The antiquities of England and Wales . ;1 ^iiiMi|«H^^. CHESHIRE; 37 A MS. account of Chefter, communicated by a friend, has thefollowing paflage relative to this bridge. After the death ofElfleda, her brother Edward fucceeded to the throne, who, fightingagainfl the Danes, would have been taken prifoner, but for the un-paralleled courage and activity of his fon Athelftan. In the yearafter this engagement he vifited his territories in Chefhire, and greatlyfecured them, by eredting fortrelies at Thelwell and likewife finifhed the bridge over the river Dee at Chefter, whichwas begun

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The antiquities of England and Wales . ;1 ^iiiMi|«H^^. CHESHIRE; 37 A MS. account of Chefter, communicated by a friend, has thefollowing paflage relative to this bridge. After the death ofElfleda, her brother Edward fucceeded to the throne, who, fightingagainfl the Danes, would have been taken prifoner, but for the un-paralleled courage and activity of his fon Athelftan. In the yearafter this engagement he vifited his territories in Chefhire, and greatlyfecured them, by eredting fortrelies at Thelwell and likewife finifhed the bridge over the river Dee at Chefter, whichwas begun by his filler Elfieda, before which time there was a ferryfor paffengers under St. Marys Hill, at the Ship Gate. This viewv/as drawn anno 1770. NEW OR WATER TOWER, CHESTER, J. HIS tower feems to have been built for the defence of a quay onthe river Dee, which once flowed clofe to it, but is now fo choakedup by fands, as to render it entirely ufelefs for that purpofe. It wasbuilt, according to the account given of it in Kings Vale Royal ofEngland, ann

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