page_title: Newtown, Chester
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Newtown, Chester / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Permission given by Cheshire County Council See email: "Thank you very much for the map. Just the job! Kind Regards, Tony Swaine Original Message---- From: James.Orme@cheshire.gov.uk Date: 25/07/2007 16:18 To: &lt;a.swaine@tiscali.co.uk&gt; Subj: FW: Map of Chester Mr. Swaine, Please find attached an extract from the 1899 OS map of Chester illustrating the area you are interested in. If you require any further info please don't hesitate to contact me Rega &lt;&lt;george street 1899.jpg&gt;&gt; ds Neil Turner Tel: 01244603475 Fax: 01244603001 CHESHIRE - YOUR 4 STAR COUNCIL ****"
context_page_description: Newtown is an area of Chester, Cheshire, England.
context_section_description: Newtown is an area of north-east Chester, just outside the city walls and to the east of Chester Cathedral and the Phoenix Tower. The main layout of streets originated in the late 1790s because of the location by the cattle market and along the Shropshire Union Canal.
  Newtown, together with Boughton and Hoole, provided most of the workers to Chester during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th century, leading to substantial wealth for the city.
  Newtown's growth and importance to the Chester economy was driven from about 1793 by its location in the canal network, and from the 1840s by its location in the railway network, close to the two Chester railway stations: Chester General and Chester Northgate. The area supported a thriving community of artisans and working-class families who lived mainly in "two-up-two-down" terraced housing with no bathroom and an outside toilet. The last canal-side flour mill closed in the late 1950s.
  Because of its location in the canal and railway networks, Newtown in Chester, along with Liverpool and Manchester, became a hub of northern English commerce. The canal was the 'motorway' of its day and narrowboats carried produce and supplies to and from North Wales (coal, slate, gypsum and lead ore). Finished lead (for roofing, water pipes and sewerage), produced in the huge leadworks in Egerton Street Newtown, was exported all over the country. Grain from the Cheshire farmlands was processed in the large mills and granaries on the banks of the canal at Newtown and Boughton; and salt (for preserving food such as fish and meat) came from Northwich.
caption: 1899 Ordnance Survey map of N.E. Chester showing Newtown. The Cathedral grounds of St. Werburgh can be seen to bottom left of the map. The Phoenix Tower (The King Charles Tower) forms part of the Roman Walls of Chester.
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