The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . e ancient, half-tiudjered , like the Gods Iroviileiice House wlii<Ii has liecome so famous, insuch satisfactory preservation, and tluy have given a chaiacter even to the modernarchitecture of Chester, which, in many .striking instances, is oiilv a reproduction mia larger scale of the prevailing style of the jjast. Chester has two cathedrals, and a remarkalile ecclesiastical histoiw The citywalls, roMinl which the i-iver sweeps in laoad, bold curves, an^ chiefly of theIldwaidian per
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . e ancient, half-tiudjered , like the Gods Iroviileiice House wlii<Ii has liecome so famous, insuch satisfactory preservation, and tluy have given a chaiacter even to the modernarchitecture of Chester, which, in many .striking instances, is oiilv a reproduction mia larger scale of the prevailing style of the jjast. Chester has two cathedrals, and a remarkalile ecclesiastical histoiw The citywalls, roMinl which the i-iver sweeps in laoad, bold curves, an^ chiefly of theIldwaidian period. J*rom out/ of thi towers, which is now much what it was during The Dee.] 239 tlip Civil ^Yars, riiarlos I. watched tlie defeat of liis army on Rowton was shortly afterwards surrendered, and thus was finally lost the cause ofthe king in the north-west. Following the walls to the opposite side of the city, wefind that pleasant pictures are nuide Ijy two of the Dee bridges—the modern Sus-pension Bridge for foot-passengers, erected where the river is of great breadth, and. Photo: Frith £ Co., Eetgate. CHESTER CATHEDRAL, FROM THE SOVTH-WEST. the old Dee Bridge, just under tlie walls, with a huge Hour-mill beside it, and alittle colony of salmon-fishers on the other side, not far away. Passing the Roodee,a great level space by the river, on which the races are held and other popularfestivities take place, we arrive at the great iion arch of the Grosvenor Bridge,which is as noticeable on account of its design as because of the breadth of itssingle span. For eight miles henceforward the river flows through an artificial channel, madefor purposes of navigation, and with the consequence of reclaiming some five thou-sand acres of land. The swing railway bridge, opened by Mrs. Grladstone in18S9, the first cylinder being placed in position by Mr. Gladstone two yearsearlier, is the next object of interest. Not far away is Hawarden Park, notexceeded in beauty b
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