Monument record 10001 - Bridge Street, Chester

Bridge Street is one of the four main streets of Chester leading from the Cross in the centre of the city to the Bridge Gate at the river Dee. The road may have its origins in the Roman via praetoria (CHER 8439). It is first mentioned as vicus ad pontem in 1121. (1)

Archaeological investigations carried out in the city in 2012 identified traces of former road surfaces beneath the present Bridge Street however no dating evidence was recovered. (6)

<1> Dodgson J McN, 1970-2, 1981, The Place-Names of Cheshire, vol.V(i) (Book). SCH3228.

<2> Mapping Medieval Chester Project, 2011, Digital Archive of Mapping Medieval Chester website (Digital Archive). SCH6761.

<3> Haswell, George. W, 1907, Notes on Chester Street-names past and present (Northern Section) (Article in Journal). SCH5548.

<4> Brown, W, 1907, Notes on Chester Street-names past and present (Article in Journal). SCH5549.

<5> Balfour Beatty, 2012, Chester City Centre, Cheshire Gas Improvement Works (Client Report). SCH6784.