RHH's photos with the keyword: cheshire

Our hour-long walking tour of the city of Chester was led by this man, dressed as a 15th Century Shropshire archer. He gave some of the history of the city and also of the Battle of Shrewsbury, fought in 1403 between Henry IV and Henry Percy in which the Shropshire archers played a major part. The story of the battle and the events leading up to it is told in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts I and II.

This is the interior of the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Chester. It was built in the 11th Century amid the remains of an older 7th Century church and rebuilt in the 1800's. It was originally Chester's cathedral but was replaced as the cathedral by Chester Abbey.

When in Chester we not only walked the city walls but walked along the Shropshire Canal outside the walls. We walked to the locks that connect the canal to the River Dee. The canal runs for 66 miles through the counties of Staffordhire, Shropshire and Cheshire.