A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BEESTON, a township in Bunbury parish, Cheshire; on the Crewe and Chester railway, 10¾ miles SE by E of Chester. It has a r. station, a Wesleyan chapel of 1866, and a Prim. Methodist chapel. Acres, 1,957. Real property, £2,786. Pop., 355. Houses, 70. Beeston Castle here crowns an isolated sandstone rock, 366 feet high; and commands a charming view of the vale of Cheshire, and over the Mersey to Liverpool. The castle was built, as a fortress, in 1228, by Ranulph de Blundeville; became a royal garrison between Henry III. and his barons; was dismantled, in 1645, by order of parliament; and is now an extensive and picturesque ruin.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Beeston Tn/CP Bunbury AP/Tn/CP Cheshire AncC |
| Place: | Beeston |
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