Talk:Chester

Discussion about addition of Welsh names to articles about English settlements

Editors sometimes add the Welsh name for Chester to this article, usually in the lead. Since this matter has been raised on a number of different pages now, and is ongoing, I think it best to refer people to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements/Archive 2#Addition of Welsh names to English articles and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK geography/How to write about settlements/Archive 2#Addition of Welsh names to English articles (2) where the matter is being discussed for a number of articles (at least 4) about English settlements in which Welsh names have recently been added. Please go there and join in if you would like to contribute to the discussion and try to reach some kind of consensus about it.  DDStretch  (talk) 18:00, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

I suppose some of this relies on what we mean by Chester, parts of the Chester Built Up Area are in Wales, which might provide justification for the inclusion of the Welsh name in a way that might not apply to say Shrewsbury. 80.192.37.143 (talk) 13:14, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

What about the walls of Derry/Londonderry. They are complete too, although of more recent origin than Cheater's —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chasnor15 (talk • contribs) 13:38, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Images

Lots of terrible images in this article at the moment. As an alternative, we can use the following free-to-use images from Flickr (they just need uploading to WikiCommons:

• Eastgate Clock (My favourite)
• Town Hall Spire
• Chester Main Street
• Chester Landmarks

Hope these help, --Jza84 |  Talk  14:54, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Good suggestions. I did attempt to contact the most prolific adder of the current images when they were added (User:Chestertouristcom) about them and the amount of unreferenced material that the person was adding to this and to other articles. I got no reply, either from a message on the articles' talk pages, the user's talk page, or even by email or the website that the user seemed to own (here).  DDStretch  (talk) 15:32, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

There's also Geograph.co.uk for "free" images (see here, for example). - Dudesleeper / Talk 15:53, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I removed some images with this edit. I didn't feel they were of a befitting quality. They can always be reintroduced should the text pad out. I'm hoping to remove the gallery asap. --Jza84 |  Talk  20:16, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm very happy with the removal of unsuitable images; there are still too many. Should we scrap the lot and begin again? (I've just added a new section on Landmarks and tourist attractions.) Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:14, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

The image that's used under Governance showing Cheshire - this has the new proposed boundaries, rather than the current ones. Replace? Salinae (talk) 20:02, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

POV: Relationships with Wales - Request for deletion

I think this section should be deleted for several reasons, firstly

Associated with its proximity to Wales, Chester (Welsh: Caer) has a history of anti-Welsh sentiment (at least in repute), as discussed in this recent exchange in parliament between the local MP Christine Russell and Welsh MP David Jones:[23]

1. It's a fallacy - a Bare assertion fallacy. Just because someone says so, doesn't mean it is so. And neither does one exchange in Parliament make a hard case for hating the welsh.

2. David Jones MP became the conservative member of parliament for Clywd West in 2005. But he finished second to Chester's current MP, Christine Russell in the 2001 General Election. So if the assumption, that there is anti-welsh feeling in Chester, is to believed then Mr Jones appears to be a hypocrite and sore loser as a former prospective MP for the City of Chester.

3. Chester newspapers carry no suggestion of any anti-welsh sentiments. In fact the Evening Leader, based in Wrexham, has a Chester edition and the Chester Chronicle has Flintshire and Deeside versions. None of them have editorials suggesting any cross-border animosity.

4. Where is the the repute? Chester is not a racist city especially for welsh people. M&S used to have designated welsh speakers. What kind of anti-welsh sentiment is there?

At best this section should note the anachronistic nature of any anti-welsh feelings, this is now after all the 21st century. I don't think anyone still keeps a bow handy to kill welshmen after dark inside the city walls. Which itself is anachronistic because even at the time of the active Law in the Middle Ages, it appears that there were many Chester people who liked the Welsh so much, they put up their own money as a surety for their friend's good behaviour. See Chester Council's website.

5. This article is purporting that anti-welsh sentiments are still reputedly still in the city. For balance and NPOV this section says Chester is racist but there are no reciprocating references about the simmering anti-english/Chester feelings that manifest themselves just across the border.

Remember Saltney railway bridge English Out or the popular roadside message Welsh homes for welsh people that adorned walls along the A55. And lest we forget the firebombings in the early 1990s by Meibion Glyndŵr on estate agents in Chester.

So in all honesty DELETE! It should not be in an article about Chester. Probably the work of a Troll. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.75.196 (talk) 21:56, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

It does seem to be given far too much space, to be honest. If it were worthy of inclusion at all, a single line somewhere might be in order, but I see little of note in the references that are currently supposed to be verifying the material. Incidentally, your comment about people saying that something is the case doesn't make it the case is quite correct, but we should not fail to realise that wikipedia could report what those people think is the case as fact. In this instance, however, I tend to agree that the section is not particularly worty of being retained. We need a few other views first, probably.  DDStretch  (talk) 22:03, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I support deleting the section - one anecdote (no doubt largely in jest after a hard day's work at Westminster) does not make it encylopaedia-worthy, and the true history of the Welsh Marches and the County Palatine is (or rather should be) better explained elsewhere Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:23, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I agree with a deletion. Looks like a case of WP:UNDUE. --Jza84 |  Talk  22:37, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Yey, fourthed or is that fifthed. Get rid of it. --Malleus Fatuorum (talk) 22:42, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Done!  DDStretch  (talk) 22:51, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

I object, Chester has a HISTORY of anti-settlement with the welsh which is definatly relevant. The village of Handbridge for one was once uninhabited with the welsh attacking over the old dee bridge, the welsh have also repeatedly in the past burnt down the old wooden bridge across the river dee where the Old Dee Bridge is now in place. This is part of Chester's history and just because it may not be relevant to modern day it certainly deserves it's place on the page. I would ask that the removal edit is undone. Aaron Allen (talk) 11:07, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Wasn't Chester part of Wales at one point? Now that would deserve a mention. :) --Jza84 |  Talk  11:10, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

See this and this, I think. Essentially, Chester was "Welsh" up to 616AD or so. There could also be more reference made in, for example, this article and this one (both of which need some work}, so long as comments are properly referenced. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:21, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

I think it was unacceptable as it stood. So, I think the deletion can stand. Now, if Azallen (Aaron Allen) thinks some section should be placed in the article, then how about this as a solution: He can create a special section here in this talk page, and then write what he thinks should be included, complete with references. I am sure that none of us would object to any relevant, verified piece of prose about it, and, it may be that, once we all see it, it can be placed in a better article. If there really is "a HISTORY of anti-settlement with the welsh which is definatly relevant", then it should be much better verified than the meagre text that was removed. So, how about it?  DDStretch  (talk) 12:18, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Bearing in mind this, of course. Ghmyrtle (talk) 12:37, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Of course. We may be able to jointly get a version of expanded text that could be included in one article, with summaries in other relevant ones, such as the ones you provided. In that way, more than one article wins.  DDStretch  (talk) 12:47, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

I am happy to create a new section as you said which this time hopefully will be more relevant! Aaron Allen (talk) 08:49, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Well done, and good luck. Remember, we can always help you get it into shape so long as you give us the references, and they are good ones (we can suggest how you can improve them as well) So don't spend an enormous amount of time trying to get it too perfect at first go.  DDStretch  (talk) 09:30, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

3 years later I'm going to begin my work on this! Watch this space Aaron Allen (talk) 05:39, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

If it's properly referenced encyclopedic text, and of the right length - that is, not unduly long - then, good. Ghmyrtle (talk) 07:57, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

Serious Potential Confusion between Boughton and Great Boughton

There seems to be some confusion between two separate, yet adjacent places in or near Chester at the moment: Great Boughton is the name of a civil parish in Chester District, and yet some or even most of its information is about Boughton. Boughton, Cheshire is now an unparished area that is esssentially a suburb of Chester, though it may have been a separate village at some point. (This can be confirmed by looking at the various 1:25000 OS Survey maps.) It is adjacent to the civil parish of Great Boughton also shown on the 1:25000 OS Survey map. The content of both articles needs some serious attention as both contain a mixture of information that would be better placed in the other, and a cursory glance shows that if the names of the articles were swapped round, they may be more accurate. Finally, once that has been done, if the entry for Boughton, Cheshire is still as stub-like as it is now, I recommend that it is merged into the general Chester article. Can anyone who knows more about this specific area of Cheshire take a look at this, please? Its a similar problem that cropped up with Hoole and Hoole Village, in which the first is a suburb of Chester and unparished, and the second is a civil parish adjacent to the Hoole part of Chester.  DDStretch  (talk) 13:23, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

pronunciation

Is it W'pedia style that this should be rhotic? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pauldanon (talk • contribs) 23:32, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, basically. See Wikipedia:IPA_for_English: "In many dialects /r/ occurs only before a vowel; if you speak such a dialect, simply ignore /r/ in the pronunciation guides where you would not pronounce it." Lfh (talk) 13:22, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

archaeology

What is the point of this little section? It seems to suggest that the only work done in Chester was done in 2006-2007 on this small area. Either the section should be expanded to take in the vast amount of archaeology done in Chester or removed. It almost seems like someone is promoting their own dig. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.250.143.122 (talk) 13:21, 20 February 2010 (UTC)

Eastgate Clock

Shouldn't there be a photo of the Eastgate Clock on this page? There are 5 photos of street scenes with black and white buildings, but none of (allegedly) the second most photographed clock in the world. There is a perfectly useable photo of the clock on its own page. PJBeef (talk 00:04, 22October 2010 (UTC)

Famous people = Beth Tweddle

Er, is the famous people section getting a little bit strained...she apparently was born in South Africa and lives out in Bunbury. This is about as a tenuous link to Chester as I can imagine. Surely this has to go. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.52.210.84 (talk) 22:49, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Apparently Tweddle, after she arrived in the UK, attended the Queens School in Chester. So yeah she was neither born here likewise she did all her gymnastics in Liverpool. It's all very tenuous and desperate. Same goes I suppose for Daniel Craig. Born in Chester, gone before one. The city press certainly claim him as one of its own. Come off it, like Tweddle tenuous at best, inclusion for names sake only. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.182.108 (talk) 14:14, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

Hmmm on that basis maybe they should also include famous people who "stayed" in Chester, Richard Gere was in the Grosvenor Hotel for a while when he was making First Knight up in North Wales, also Tom Cruise was there for a couple of nights in the 90s, too. What is the actual remit for inclusion in the famous people list?? like noted above, all very debatable at best. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.150.45.183 (talk) 12:37, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Demographics

> Chester has a large White British population of around 96.3% of the population. 1.2% described themselves as Asian. 1.1% described themselves as Chinese. 0.9% described themselves as Black or Black British and 0.5 are classed as other. Chester also has a large number of Christians at 84.1%. 10.4% are not stated. 4.2% are Muslim. 1.1% are Sikhs. 0.8% are Jewish. 1.7% are Buddhists. < No criticism of Moslems intended but the figure seems rather too high. According to this there must be a minimum of 0.5% white British Moslems which I would find surprising, and that would be to assume that all Sikhs were White British. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mornamont (talk • contribs) 09:30, 18 May 2012 (UTC)

Industrial History

The sentence (condensed here) in the Industrial History section does not make sense: "The city village of Newton....was at the heart of this industry." What industry? or is "industry" erroneous word?Cloptonson (talk) 06:46, 11 March 2013 (UTC)

Historical Timeline Potential Problem

In the lead it states that the city was fortified by the Saxons when the Romans left in the 5th Century. In later history the Britons (Welsh/Celts/Romano-British) in the 7th Century lost the city to the Anglo Saxons of Northumbria after the Battle of Chester. I cannot find any reference to the Saxons taking over Chester in the "400's" after the Romans demonstrably left Britain. There are many references to the Battle of Chester and its outcome in the early "600's" however. Does anyone have any thoughts on this please? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.43.54.42 (talk) 14:34, 7 August 2013 (UTC)

Now revised to include slightly expanded details as seen on the 'History of Chester' page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.145.22 (talk) 06:21, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Civil War History 17th Centenary

I was going to make an edit to the History section but I wanted to ask first if there is a valid reason as to why the civil war period is missing from Chester's history section? It's a very important part of the history of Chester and explains a lot of the damage and missing landmarks around the city of Chester. For example some of the main attractions in Chester is the Roman gardens and the remains of the Castle, both extensively destroyed during the siege of Chester. The fact that King Charles personally oversaw the battle from the Chester battlements and the fact several historic landmarks and streets are named in honour of King Charles during that time show it's relevant here. The civil war was a very defining event in what we see of Chester today. Chester is an important location for reenactment events with some of the largest civil war reenactments taking place at the Chester racecourse annually. I can understand that there are websites and other Wikipedia pages that are dedicated to Chester in the civil war but I do feel that it should receive a mention on the main Wikipedia site because of its direct impact on Chester today. --NiR011110 (talk) 14:19, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Introductory paragraphs and medieval history

I made these changes in an effort to begin the process of helping to develop the article to a reasonable standard. I don't claim the changes are perfect - whole sentences remain unreferenced, for example - but the previous wording of the introduction gave massively undue weight to the city's Roman and medieval history. I have (I hope) not removed anything significant, but simply moved text into the later history sections of the main article. All I can say is that I think that my version is an improvement on the previous version. A lot more work is needed, but I hope this can be the start of a collaborative process of improvement. I am happy to help - I know Chester fairly well, but have few sources on it myself. Ghmyrtle (talk) 09:37, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for your edits. There is a problem of an editor who swoops into an article, radically removes what they think are excess words, and then leaves But they return again, if one has reverted them and asked for discussion because one disagrees with what has been removed by them, and just reverts again to reinstate their deletions. This breaks the WP:BRD cycle, because the deletions they do are never discussed by them, even when discussion is asked for. I encounter this from the same editor in periodic bouts on articles I watch. I must apologize to you if the changes you made have been a victim of this deletion. I am pleased that you are doing things the correct way. I think you can improve this article considerably. Unfortunately, I am in China and all my local history books are back in the UK, so I can do only limited things myself.  DDStretch  (talk) 10:07, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

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Chester, Wales?

isn't half of the city in England and half of it in Wales?--94.193.245.38 (talk) 21:59, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

No. The city is in England, but part of the suburb of Saltney extends over the border into Flintshire in Wales. Ghmyrtle (talk) 22:08, 8 April 2016 (UTC)

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Aerial photo

The Environment Agency has released a lot of free aerial photography, and they have quite a lot of Chester (annoyingly, the corner of the walls is cut off, and it runs northwest-southeast following the river). Would this fit in the article anywhere? Smurrayinchester 21:35, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

The Geography section seems the obvious place to add it. Feel free to add it with a suitable caption. Absolutelypuremilk (talk) 23:09, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

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Population

I am very unclear what the population estimate currently purporting to be the 2011 census figure actually comes from. The given source is a Telegraph puff piece, which seems inadequate. A figure of 118,600 was given by Cheshire County Council for the 2005 estimated population of the "Chester City" area ("Chester City covers much of the west of Cheshire, encompassing an area of some 44,800 hectares ... comprises the city of Chester and the towns and villages of Elton, Tarvin, Tattenhall, Malpas, together with a large rural area particularly to the south of Chester"), with 77,040 in the "Greater Chester urban area".[1]

The 2011 census figures from the spreadsheet linked at the Cheshire West & Chester website are 79,645 for the "Chester Locality" which looks plausible for a 6-year increment on 77,040.

The census atlas for CW&C suggests that the Chester urban area might cover ten wards: Blacon, Garden Quarter, Chester City, Boughton, Handbridge Park, Lache, Newton, Hoole, Great Boughton, Upton, which I've just extracted and summed in Excel to get 79,645.

As a side issue, the 2011 census figure used in List of Cheshire settlements by population comes from citypopulation.de, which gives 86,011. [2]

Can anyone shed any light? If nobody has any better ideas I'd be minded to go with 79,645 but it's a big change to a long-established figure. Espresso Addict (talk) 00:24, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

• The larger figure covers a much bigger area than what we normally regard as Chester, and I agree that 79,645 is more realistic estimation of the true figure. --Peter I. Vardy (talk) 09:25, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

I changed it, but it was shortly afterwards changed back by an IP. I've just undone that edit but doubt it will stick. Espresso Addict (talk) 00:08, 19 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-Protection Edit Request

Regarding the discussion immediately above, an IP editor has persistently (7 times in the last 8 days) edited the page to change Chester's last census population from the correct figure of 79,645 to a much higher (and unsubstantiated) figure. They have not responded to invitations to discuss their claim here, so I would like to propose that this page is protected against further IP edits — Old Wittonian (talk) 17:14, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

 Not done: requests for increases to the page protection level should be made at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 17:27, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Done. Thank you for the clarification — Old Wittonian (talk) 18:49, 30 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 December 2019

In the section "Railways" please change "Virgin Trains" to "Avanti West Coast". As of yesterday, Virgin Trains is no longer in operation and has been replaced by Avanti West Coast. 82.0.161.78 (talk) 19:55, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

 Done MadGuy7023 (talk) 21:29, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 August 2020

UNDER: ==See also== ADD:

• Chester (placename element) for other place names containing 'Chester', 'Cester', 'Caster' etc

There is currently no link on this page for people seeking similar place names with Roman origins Chrisnd (talk) 10:57, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

 Done. There is an argument that this is unnecessary, as the disambiguation page linked in the hatnote will eventually take you to that page, but I think that the suggested "See also" link is clearer and simpler. Ghmyrtle (talk) 11:29, 26 August 2020 (UTC)

Amphitheatre

It is stated to be undergoing archaeological investigation - but from the Chester Roman Amphitheatre Wikipedia page this has been long since completed. A slight rephrasing perhaps (if some investigations are ongoing). Jackiespeel (talk) 15:36, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 September 2021

Notable People - ADD - Nicola Orme (1981-), Co-founder, Queens of Archive (Fashion) 185.219.106.138 (talk) 11:47, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: They have to be notable enough for a wikipedia article to be included. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:53, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 October 2021

I'd like to add a recent high quality image of Central Chester.

GJMarshy (talk) 20:17, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

GJMarshy, when making an edit request, you should say exactly where you'd like the picture to be added. But, as you're now autoconfirmed, you can make the change yourself. Happy editing! --Ferien (talk) 11:34, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 February 2022

I would like Michael Owen to be included among "Notable people". Olympicbandy (talk) 15:38, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: According to the page's protection level you should be able to edit the page yourself. If you seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:44, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

Chester Regatta

There is no mention of Chester Regatta, believed to be the oldest rowing regatta in the world and held since 1733 on stretches of the River Dee upriver from Sandy Lane. The regatta is usually held on a Saturday in June and has been held every year apart from unavoidable interruptions caused by wars and the recent pandemic. 95.145.39.104 (talk) 18:01, 22 January 2023 (UTC)