[Picture: Book cover] [Picture: Chester, from Curzon Park] 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. BY THOMAS HUGHES. WITH THIRTY-FOUR NEW ILLUSTRATIONS, BY GEORGE MEASOM. * * * * * “My guide, philosopher, and friend.” * * * * * ENTERED AT STATIONERS’. HALL. CHESTER: THOMAS CATHERALL, BOOKSELLER, EASTGATE ROW. LONDON: WHITTAKER & CO., AND WARD & LOCK. * * * * * LONDON: BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. * * * * * TO EDWARD HAWKINS, ESQ., F.R.S. & F.S.A., KEEPER OF THE ANTIQUITIES IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND A “CHESHIRE MAN” WITHAL, THIS NEW STRANGER’S HANDBOOK TO THE CITY OF CHESTER IS, WITH A LIVELY SENSE OF HIS UNIFORM KINDNESS AND FRIENDSHIP, GRATEFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. TABLE OF CONTENTS.