| Description | (p.6) Ms. Notebook (typescript extracts) of John Broster (autor of 'A Walk round the Walls and City of Chester 1782') written as additional notes to 'the History of Cheshire containing King's Vale Royal entire' 2 Vols. Chester, printed by John Poole, 1778; some of the notes are from sources such as Camden, Pennant and Willis, and others appear to be original contributions of Broster. The extracts include: return of the population of the city of Chester, 1801, and references to the old Eastgate (p.3); the Spurstow Family (4); Lower Spurstow Hall; the Haighton Family and Hall; Ridley Hall and Pool (5); Peckforton (p.6); ships, barques and vessels belonging to the River of Chester (7); the canal from Chester to Nantwich (8); annals of Chester, 1777-1801 (8-18); Grey House in Forrest St. Chester; Horsley Bath, Chester (9); the New Cut, River Dee; reception of E Chesterfield, Ld. Lt. of Ireland by the Mayor and Corporation of Chester (10); obituary of Alderman Thomas Broster, extracted from the Chester Courant, 25 Jun 1754
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