The Stranger's Handbook to Chester and Its Environs / Containing a short sketch of its history and antiquities, a descriptive walk round the walls, and a visit to the cathedral, castle, and Eaton Hall.

No. 36, BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER,

ESTABLISHED 30 YEARS.

PIETRO BORDESSA

Begs to acquaint Tourists and Visitors to the Ancient City that a large Stock of

FOREIGN AND FANCY GOODS

are always kept on hand at this Old Established House.  A large quantity of BAROMETERS at half-price.  Also, LOOKING GLASSES of every description selling off at very reduced prices.

P. B. begs to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and his Friends in general, that he has just received a large stock of Naples Maccaroni of the finest quality.

J. KEARTLAND,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

TEA DEALER AND GROCER,

140, UPPER BRIDGE STREET,

CHESTER.

(ESTABLISHED 1780.)
BOWERS, BROTHERS,
DISPENSING CHEMISTS,

101, EASTGATE ROW, CHESTER.

PRESCRIPTIONS and FAMILY RECEIPTS prepared with the GREATEST CARE AND ACCURACY, and compounded of Drugs and Chemicals of the FINEST and PUREST Description.

AGENTS TO THE
SUN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.

WILLIAM WEBB,

(LATE FIELDING)
GLASS, CHINA, AND EARTHENWARE MERCHANT,
145, BRIDGE STREET (Near the Cross), CHESTER.

Dinner Services, &c., matched.  Glass made to pattern.  Glass Shades, Water Filters, &c.  Glass, Fruit, and Stone Porter and Ginger Beer Bottles.  Hotel Keepers and Parties Furnishing supplied on most reasonable terms.  All Kinds of Stoneware, Garden Pots, &c.

14, BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER.

FUNERALS FURNISHED,

GEORGE LOWE,
Working Silversmith, Jeweller, & Watch Maker,

EASTGATE STREET ROW, CHESTER.

A Large and Fashionable Stock always on hand for sale.

CLOCKS, TIME PIECES, AND PATENT LEVER WATCHES.

HAIGH’S PAPER-HANGING WAREHOUSE,

10, GROSVENOR STREET, CHESTER.

THE ONLY ONE IN THE CITY WHERE NOTHING BUT PAPER-HANGINGS ARE DEALT IN.

LONDON BREAD AND BISCUIT ESTABLISHMENT,

136, BRIDGE STREET, CHESTER.

JOHN BAKER,

(BAKER TO THE LATE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER)

Returns his sincere thanks to the Nobility, Gentry, and Public generally, for the very liberal patronage he has received during the last eleven years, and embraces this opportunity of informing them that he has entered more extensively into the

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BISCUIT TRADE,

Of which he will have a daily supply of superior qualities, in packages of all sizes, and on moderate terms.

J. B., in soliciting a continuance of the favours hitherto bestowed, assures those who may honour him with their future commands, that they shall at all times meet with his prompt and careful attention.

BRIDGE STREET, CHESTER.

At Home daily from 10 till 4.

BRIDE CAKE MANUFACTURER

RICHARD BOLLAND,
CONFECTIONER,
EASTGATE ROW, CHESTER,

SUCCESSOR TO THE LATE MRS. THOMAS.

(NO OTHER PERSON HAVING THE PURCHASE AND USE OF HER RECEIPTS
FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF BRIDE CAKES,)

WEDDING BREAKFASTS,

FURNISHED IN WHOLE OR PART.

PIC-NIC PARTIES SUPPLIED.

FRENCH AND ORNAMENTAL CONFECTIONERY.

PARTIES VISITING CHESTER WILL FIND HIS REFRESHMENT ROOMS REPLETE WITH
Soups, Pies, Jellies, Ices, Pastry in variety.

THOMPSON,
(LATE WALKER AND COLTON),

SEEDSMAN, NURSERYMAN, AND FLORIST,

136, NORTHGATE STREET, CHESTER,

Has always on hand a full supply of

AGRICULTURAL, GARDEN, & FLOWER SEEDS, OF GENUINE QUALITY,

With every other article connected with the trade.  Catalogues may he had, or
will be forwarded on application.

CHESTER.

JOHN DAVIES,
(LATE R. FLETCHER,)

GOLDSMITH, SILVERSMITH, AND JEWELLER,

PATENT LEVER WATCH AND CLOCK MANUFACTURER,

EASTGATE, CHESTER.

A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SECOND HAND WATCHES AND PLATE.

MESSRS. EDWARDS,
CABINET MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS,

AND

PAPER-HANGERS,

6, WATERGATE ROW,

CHESTER.

W. J. WRIGHT,
(FROM MESSRS. BROADWOOD’S, LONDON)

PIANOFORTE TUNER AND DEALER,

ST. WERBURGH’S STREET, CHESTER.

Pianofortes for Sale or Hire, Tuned and Repaired, Taken in Exchange, &c. &c.

EASTGATE ROW, CHESTER.

CLOTHES MADE IN THE FIRST STYLE OF FASHION.

Funerals Completely Furnished.

JOSEPH FINCHETT,
FAMILY GROCER,

EASTGATE STREET,

CHESTER.

E. ACTON,
SHIRT MANUFACTURER AND GENERAL OUTFITTER,
EASTGATE ROW, CHESTER.

Hosiery, Gloves, Parasols, Umbrellas, Carpet-Bags, Ladies’ Ready-made Linen, Gentlemen’s Cravats and Handkerchiefs of every Description, Perfumery, &c., &c.

Sole Agent for Ford’s Celebrated Eureka Shirt.

(A CARD.)
MESSRS. JOHN PALIN AND SON,
LAND AGENTS AND SURVEYORS,

WESTMINSTER BUILDINGS, NEWGATE STREET,

CHESTER.

JAMES WORRALL,
GUN AND PISTOL MAKER,

30, FOREGATE STREET, CHESTER.

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF SPORTING AMMUNITION.

Repairing in all its Branches.

99, EASTGATE STREET,
CHESTER.

FUNERALS COMPLETELY FURNISHED.

A CARD.

MR. D. HERBERT,
AUCTIONEER, APPRAISER, AND COUNTY COURT AGENT,

98, BROOK STREET,
CHESTER.

OFFICE:—FRODSHAM STREET.

T. R. HINCKS,

CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST,

NORTHGATE STREET,
CHESTER.

RICHARD DAVIES,

GENERAL DRAPER AND SILK MERCER,

112, EASTGATE STREET,
(OPPOSITE THE ROYAL HOTEL)
CHESTER.

JOSEPH ROBERTS,
FAMILY TEA DEALER AND GROCER,

138, BRIDGE STREET,
CHESTER.

EASTGATE STREET ROW,
CHESTER.

THOMAS EDWARDS,
BRUSH MANUFACTURER,

CROSS, CHESTER,

Begs most respectfully to return his grateful thanks to the Inhabitants of Chester and its vicinity, for the liberal support which he has received since his succession to his late Father’s business, and hopes by strict attention and personal superintendence to merit a continuance of their future favours, and an extension of public patronage.

ROBERT GREGG,

SUCCESSOR TO BROADHURST & JONES,
154, BRIDGE STREET, CHESTER,

Rope and Twine Manufacturer, and General Dealer in
Smallwares.

WILLIAM ALDIS,
CLOTHIER AND HATTER,

BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER,

First-class Goods, ready for immediate wear, consisting of Over-coats, Frock,
Dress, and Shooting Coats, Vests, Trousers, &c., always on hand.

Loudon and Paris Hats, Portmanteaus and Hat Cases, Shirts, Stocks, Neck Ties, Handkerchiefs, &c. &c.

CONFECTIONERY AND GENERAL REFRESHMENT ROOMS,
EASTGATE ROW,
CHESTER.

SOUPS, STEAKS, CHOPS, COFFEE, TEA, &c. &c.

LEMONADE, SODA WATER, A GINGER BEER.
MELTON MOWBRAY PIES.

HENRY SPENCER,
GOLDSMITH AND JEWELLER,
Watch and Clock Maker,

Has always on hand a large assortment of GOLD and SILVER Patent
Lever WATCHES, Wedding Rings, &c. &c.

EASTGATE ROW,
CHESTER.

J. THOMPSON,
PRINT SELLER, &c.,

BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER.

Repository for the Sale of VIEWS IN WALES, of the ANCIENT BUILDINGS
IN CHESTER, and GUIDE BOOKS for CHESTER and WALES.

ENGRAVER, LITHOGRAPHER, AND COPPERPLATE PRINTER.

Ladies and Gentlemen’s Address Cards Engraved and Printed.

W. CROSBY,
AUCTIONEER AND APPRAISER,

104, EASTGATE ROW NORTH,
CHESTER.

Agent for the Clerical, Medical, and General Life Assurance Society.

BRIDGE STREET ROW,

CHESTER.

WILLIAM RICHMOND,

TUNER, REPAIRER, AND DEALER IN

ACCORDEONS, FLUTINAS, AND CONCERTINAS,
2, EASTGATE STREET, CHESTER.

(NEAR THE CROSS.)

A variety of Music Books, arranged for the Accordeon, Concertina, &c.  A choice assortment, of Instruments kept constantly on hand.  Old ones taken in exchange for new.

MARIA WILLIAMS,
SILK, WOOLLEN, COTTON, AND FANCY DYER,

CLEANER, GLAZER, AND HOT PRESSER,
ST. WERBURGH STREET, CHESTER.

Gentlemen’s Wearing Apparel Renovated.  Blankets and Carpets scoured on
the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable terms.

G. MARSH,

5, BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER.

TAILOR AND DRAPER,

GARMENTS MADE TO ORDER AT A MODERATE PROFIT.

Coats from 25s. to £3.  Vests from 8s. to 15s.  Trousers from 12s. to 28s.

FUNERALS FURNISHED.

FRANCIS GILL,

SON OF THE LATE MR. JOHN GILL, SOLICITOR,

ACCOUNTANT, ESTATE, AND GENERAL AGENT,

30, NEWGATE STREET,

CHESTER.

EATON ROAD.
CHESTER.

W. J. BELL,
FASHIONABLE BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,

No. 2, BRIDGE STREET ROW,

CHESTER.

HUNTING, SHOOTING, and FISHING BOOTS made in a superior style, possessing great advantages in fit, durability, and general appearance, besides economy in price.  BOOTS REFRONTED, and Repairs executed in a superior manner.

A Good assortment of Ladies’, Gentlemen’s, and Children’s Walking Boots and Shoes; Dress, and warm House and India Rubber Over Shoes.

SAMUEL DEAN,
LATE MATTHEWS AND DAVENPORT,

SADDLER,

EASTGATE, CHESTER.

Saddlery and Harness on moderate terms.  Successor to the late E. Matthews.

GEORGE H. CROWTHER’S
OLD BOOK REPOSITORY,

No. 8, ST. WERBURGH STREET,
CHESTER.

“Whose Shop is well-known, or ought to be so, by all the true
lovers of curious little old smoke-dried Volumes.”

☞ Libraries arranged, catalogued, valued for testamentary and other purposes.  Libraries or smaller lots of Books purchased on equitable terms.

No. 6, BROOK STREET, CHESTER,

Is conveniently situated for Business, in the leading thoroughfare to the City, within five minutes’ walk of the Railway Station and Post Office, and is fitted with a view to the comfort of Commercial Gentlemen, Visitors, &c.  A respectable Boots always on the Premises.

OMNIBUSES PASS TO AND FROM EVERY TRAIN.

A CARD.
MR. JAMES HARRISON,
ARCHITECT,

23, ST. WERBURGH STREET,

CHESTER.

☞ BASS’S INDIA PALE ALE.

EASTGATE STREET, CHESTER.

FUNERALS COMPLETELY FURNISHED.

SAMUEL SETTLE & SON,
CUTLERS,

BRIDGE STREET,
(CORNER OF COMMONHALL STREET,)

CHESTER.

GENERAL DEALER IN HARDWARE,
3, NORTHGATE STREET, CHESTER.

Umbrellas and Parasols neatly covered and repaired on the shortest notice.

THOMAS LEWIS,
CURRIER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LEATHER WAREHOUSE,

No. 9, NEWGATE STREET, CHESTER,

Gutta Percha, &c.

Hosiery, Glove, Shirt, Cravat, Baby, and Ladies’ Ready-made
Linen Establishment.

J. E. EWEN,

Has always on hand a large Stock of First Class Goods at moderate prices.

N.B.  Muslin and Lace Collars, Sleeves, Scotch and Irish Embroidery, Ribbons, Neck Ties, Parasols, Umbrellas, &c.

For the convenience of purchasers, every article is marked in plain figures.

8, BRIDGE STREET ROW, CHESTER.

E. PARIS,
BAZAAR AND FANCY REPOSITORY,

EASTGATE ROW, CHESTER.

Strangers visiting Chester are invited to pay the above Establishment a visit, where may be seen a great variety of MECHANICAL FIGURES, &c., free of charge.

SAMUEL PARRY,
ENGINEER, &c.,

Most respectfully informs his friends and the Public generally that he has commenced business in the Cross Gun Yard (next to the Golden Lion Inn), Foregate Street, Chester, where he intends carrying on the ENGINEERING BUSINESS—and trusts that, having obtained during the last twenty years, and whilst with his father, Mr. Robert Taylor Parry, of Crook Street Foundry, an experimental and practical knowledge of his business in its several branches—he shall merit a continuation of those favours so liberally bestowed upon his father for so many years, which shall have his best attention, and his charges most moderate.

S. P. continues to wait upon his agricultural and other friends as usual.

AGENT,

MR. EDWARD GEE,

106, EASTGATE STREET, CHESTER.

OLD BOOK REPOSITORY.

W. ROBERTS,

44, FOREGATE STREET,

Has constantly on Sale, a large quantity of Second-hand Books, at the lowest possible charges.

Old Books Bought, Sold, or Exchanged.

W. R. will be happy to receive commissions from Gentlemen unable personally to attend the various Book bales in the neighbourhood.

POWELL AND EDWARDS,

CUTLERS AND IRONMONGERS,

BRIDGE STREET,

CHESTER.

FOREGATE STREET PRINTING
ESTABLISHMENT.

BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES, CIRCULARS, CARDS, LEASES, INVOICES, HEADINGS, POSTING AND HAND BILLS,

AND EVERY DESCRIPTION OF LETTER-PRESS PRINTING,

Neatly, accurately, and expeditiously executed, with

THE BEST AND MOST MODERN TYPES AND MATERIALS,

Under the personal superintendence of

F. P. EVANS,

Who will forward Specimens and Estimates on the shortest notice.

NORTHGATE STREET,

CHESTER.

F. FODEN,
(LATE LANCASTER)

CONFECTIONER, & c. &c.,

ST.  WERBURGH’S STREET,

CHESTER.

THOMAS GRIFFITH,

LIVERY STABLES,

14, NICHOLAS STREET, CHESTER.

Licensed to let Post and Saddle Horses, Gigs, Chaises, Cars, &c.

Close and Open Carriages always ready for Visitors.

EXCELLENT YARD AND TWO-YARD COAL,

FROM TRYDDYN LODGE.

MESSRS. LOWNDES AND SMITH,

No. 5 OFFICE, RAILWAY COAL YARD,

Sole Agents for Chester.

Messrs. L. and S. beg to inform the public that they continue to sell the above valuable Coals at the undermentioned

PRICES:—

ORDERS PUNCTUALLY ATTENDED TO.

N.B.—A good Stock of BEST RUABON and LANCASHIRE COAL always on hand.

QUEEN STREET, CHESTER.

Sixteen years Assistant to Messrs. Penson & Son, Architects, of Oswestry and Chester.

W. WILLIAMS,
BASKET AND HAMPER MANUFACTURER,

104, BRIDGE STREET (Near the Cross),

CHESTER.

ALL KINDS OF WINE, FRUIT, AND PACKING HAMPERS, CONSTANTLY
ON HAND.

FRENCH FANCY BASKETS, HOLLAND RUSHES, WHITE COOPERY, &c.

Baskets of every description made to order on the shortest notice.

REPAIRS NEATLY EXECUTED.

STEPHEN BOX,
GAS FITTER, BRASS FINISHER, AND BELL HANGER,

LOCKSMITH, BRAZIER, ZINC, IRON, AND TIN PLATE WORKER,

EASTGATE ROW, CHESTER.

GAS CHANDELIERS, LAMPS, GLASSES, &c., IN GREAT VARIETY.

BRONZING, LACQUERING, AND ALL KINDS OF BRASS-WORK
NEATLY EXECUTED ON THE PREMISES.

Bell-hanging in all its branches, on the most approved principles.

WORKSHOPS AND SHOWROOMS adjoining Messrs. W. & C. Brown, Mercers.

(ELLEN ROBERTS, PROPRIETRESS,)

Is beautifully situated on the Banks of the Menai, within five minutes’ walk of the Menai Bridge, and ten of the great Tubular Bridge, also the same distance from the Railway Station; where an Omnibus, Post Horses for Private Carriages, and Cars, wait every Train.

THERE IS A BOAT IN READINESS FOR PARTIES WISHING TO SAIL TO THE
BRIDGES OR ELSEWHERE.

EXCELLENT SEA BATHING, WITH ATTENDANCE;

HOT, COLD, AND SHOWER BATHS ALWAYS IN READINESS.

TICKETS OF ADMITTANCE FOR PENRHYN CASTLE ON
THE APPOINTED DAY.

Steamboats ply Daily to and from Liverpool.

CHARLES WOOLEY,

ALBION TAVERN,

WATERGATE ROW (near the Cross), CHESTER.

Every Accommodation for Tourists and Visitors.

JOHN DENMAN,
(LATE OF THE LIVERPOOL ARMS),
ALBION FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
And Posting House,

OPPOSITE THE CATHEDRAL, BANGOR.

W. TASH,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TOBACCONIST.

Meerschaum, and other Pipes,
AND ALL ARTICLES CONNECTED WITH SMOKING.

NEWS AGENT.

All the London and Manchester Papers regularly supplied.  Weekly and Monthly Periodicals on Sale.

TOP OF SHOEMAKER’S ROW, NORTHGATE ST., CHESTER.

A. & T. B. FOULKES,

OLD ESTABLISHED

GLOVE MANUFACTURERS AND HOSIERS,

CROSS, CHESTER,

Have always in Stock a large assortment of

GLOVES AND GAUNTLETS

Of their own and other approved makes.  Their

PATENT GAUNTLETS

Continue to give great satisfaction; their accuracy in fitting being very
much superior to all others.

ANN RIGBY,
ITALIAN & FAMILY GROCERY ESTABLISHMENT,

BRIDGE STREET, CHESTER.

Potted Meats, Marmalades, Fancy Biscuits, and Choice British Wines.