Monument record 10011 - Crook Street, Chester

Crook Street is first mentioned in 1220-50 as ‘Crokeslone’ (1) and has been variously called ‘Gerrards Lane’ and ‘Crokislone’, it was one of the streets listed in 1567 by Richard Dutton, then mayor of Chester (3). It originally extended north from Watergate Street as far as Princess Street although its path has since been curtailed by the construction of the Forum Shopping Centre in the 1960s, it now terminates at Hamilton Place. Lavaux’s map of 1745 depicts a square two thirds of the way along the road at the former Matthew Henry Chapel. (5)

<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> de Lavaux, A, 1745, Plan of the City and Castle of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH5255.