CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER

BY PHILLIP E JONES

LISTED BELOW IS AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SOME OF THE NUMEROUS NOTABLE CHARACTERS THAT HAVE FEATURED IN CHESTER'S LONG AND TURBULENT 2000 YEAR HISTORY. NOT ALL ARE NATIVES OF THE CITY, BUT MOST HAVE PLAYED A VITAL OR SOMETIMES INFAMOUS ROLE IN BOTH THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND LATER DEMISE OF WHAT WAS AT ONE POINT IN TIME, ONE OF ENGLAND'S MOST IMPORTANT TRADING AND LOGISTICAL CENTRES. 

EACH OF THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS IS LINKED TO A NEW WEB PAGE WHICH OFFERS DETAILS ON THE INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS WHOSE SURNAME BEGINS WITH THAT PARTICULAR LETTER. THESE DETAILS WILL BE ADDED TO AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE. IN THE MEANTIME PLEASE ENJOY THE FEATURE 

1. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "A"

Including; Aethelflaeda, Aethelfrith, Aethelred, Alan la Zouche, Alice Street, Andrew Gamull, Andrew Yarraton

2. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "B"

Including; Baldwin de Radington, Brochfael

3. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "C"

Including; Cadwan, Cecily Compton, Charles Stanley, Christopher Goodman, Cuthbert Scott

4. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "D"

Including, Daniel King, Dafydd ap Gruffudd, Dafydd ap Iorwerth, Dean Swift, Denis F Petch

5. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "E"

Including; Ealdgyth, Edgar, Edward I, Edward Dutton, Edward Langtry, Edward Stanley, Edward Whitby 

6. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "F"

Including; Ferdinando, F H Crossley, Francis Gell, Francis Talbot, Fulk Aldersey, Fulk Dutton

7. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "G"

Including; George Borrow, George Cotes, George Cuitt, George Jeffrey's, George Lloyd, George Marsh

8. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "H"

Including; Hadrian, Henry III, Henry VII, Henry Bolingbroke, Henry Bradshaw, Henry Brown, Henry de Bradford

9. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "J"

Including, James Broadhurst, James Harrison, James Hunter, James Jolley, James Lothian, James St George

10. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "L"

Including; Leofine, Leofwine, Llewellyn ap Gruffudd, Llewellyn ap Iorwerth, Lord Charles Murray, Lord John Byron

11. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "M"

Marius, Margery Kendal, Marius, Mary Heald, Matthew Henry, Maxwell Ayrton, Michael Jones, Moses Griffiths

12. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "N"

Including; Nathaniel Kindersley, Nicholas Byfield, Nicholas Byron, Nicholas Stratford

13. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "O"

Including; Offa, Owain ap Gruffudd

14. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "P"

Including; Pelagius, Peter the Clerk, Peter Warburton, Pettison Ellames, Philip de Orby, Phyllis Brown, Piers Legh

15. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "R"

Including; Ralph Aldersey, Ralph Dutton, Randal Caldecot, Randal Holme, Randal Richardson, Ranulph Blundeville

16. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "S"

Including; Samuel Burrows, Septimius Severus, Simon de Montford, Simon de Whitchurch, Stapleton Cotton

17. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "T"

Including; Thomas Brassey, Thomas Chaloner, Thomas Clare, Thomas Erdeley, Thomas Gamull, Thomas Hand

18. CHARACTERS FROM CHESTER BEGINNING WITH "W"

Including; Walter de Gerbod, William Beswick, William Brickhill, William Brown, William Cole, William de Bache

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