Map shows how city has changed over the centuries

NEW map charting the changes of Chester over the centuries has been published.

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The University of Chester and the Historic Towns Trust have put together An Historical Map of Chester: Mercantile Centre and Cathedral City, a richly detailed map exploring the city's evolution from a Roman legionary fortress into the thriving cathedral city as it stands today.

It is the result of extensive research by historians Dr Tom Pickles and Professor Katherine Wilson from the University of Chester, in collaboration with their history students, the public and external stakeholders in the city.

The map visualises how Chester's geography, trade, religion and civic life developed over two millennia. Founded as the Roman legionary fortress of Deva and re-founded as an Anglo-Saxon fortified town (burh) in the 900s, Chester was the most important seaport and mercantile city of the North West.