Monument record 10430 - St Martin's Ash (Street)

The short stretch of what is currently Nicholas St., where it once passed St Martin's Church (no longer extant) and at the intersection with Blackfriars, was marked as St Martin's Ash on OS First Edition mapping (3) and with the label 'St Martin's Church' on Lavaux's 1745 plan (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.