Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street [2][3] is an ancient town in the northeast of England. It is in County Durham. Where it stands was a Roman fort called Concangis. This is the 'Chester' (from the Latin castra) of the town's name. 'Street' refers to the paved Roman road that ran north-south through the town. It is now called Front Street (shown at right).
| Chester-le-Street | |
 Front Street |
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| Population | 23,946 (2001)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | NZ270512 |
| Unitary authority | County Durham |
| Ceremonial county | County Durham |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHESTER LE STREET |
| Postcode district | DH2, DH3 |
| Dialling code | 0191 |
| Police | Durham |
| Fire | County Durham and Darlington |
| Ambulance | North East |
| EU Parliament | North East England |
| UK Parliament | North Durham |
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Chester-le-Street is 7 miles (11 km) south of Newcastle upon Tyne and 8 miles (13 km) west of Sunderland. It is on the River Wear.
Church
The parish church of St Mary and St Cuthbert is where the body of St Cuthbert lay for 112 years. Then it was taken to Durham Cathedral. The church is the site of the first translation of the Gospels into English. There Aldred wrote the Old English gloss between the lines of the Lindisfarne Gospels.[4]
Markets
This place is a market town.[5] Markets are held on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Until 2009 the town had its own local government district. The status of the town has been changed several times by local government regulations.[6][7] The changes were controversial at the time.[8][9]
Chester-le-Street Media
Flooding on Front Street in 2007
Edward VIII Royal Emblem on the main Post Office
of St Mary and St Cuthbert parish church
The Bethel United Reformed church on Low Chare
Blade colours of Chester-le-Street rowing club
Chester-le-Street Railway Station
References
- ↑ Durham County Council – Chester le Street Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine (this is the population for the old urban district. The larger district population is 53,100)
- ↑ It is pronounced as all one word: "Chesterlystreet" or sometimes "Cheslystreet".
- ↑ Forvo Team. "Chester-le-Street pronunciation: How to pronounce Chester-le-Street in English". forvo.com.
- ↑ Selkirk, Raymond 2000. Chester-le-Street & its place in history. Birtley, County Durham: Casdec Print & Design Centre, 339/40. ISBN 1-900456-05-2
- ↑ "Towns in County Durham: Chester-le-Street". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ↑ "Unitary authority for County Durham confirmed". Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ↑ "Durham unitary authority approved". BBC News. 25 July 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wear/6915882.stm. Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ↑ "Public misled over unitary authority support – claim". Retrieved 16 November 2009.
- ↑ "Thumbs down for unitary authority". BBC News. 19 June 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6767917.stm. Retrieved 16 November 2009.