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• Early Methodism in and around Chester, 1749-1812 (Phillipson & Golder, 1903), by Francis Fletcher Bretherton (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the church of St. Peter in Chester : including quaint and interesting extracts from its old registers, and a brief reference to its former surroundings (G.R. Griffith, 1909), by Frank Simpson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Chartulary of Chester Abbey (Printed for the Chetham Society, 1920), by Chester Cathedral and James Tait (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Cheshire sheaf (The "Chester Courant" Office, 1880), by J. Brownbill, William Fergusson Irvine, and Francis Sanders (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chester, painted by E. Harrison Compton (A. & C. Black., 1910), by Francis Robinson Gladstone Duckworth (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Cheshire sheaf. (Deesider Magazine [etc.], 1878), by J. Brownbill, William Ferguson Irvine, and Francis Sanders (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old Chester (Charles Scribner's sons, 1895), by H. Hovell Crickmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• The stranger in Chester; giving an accurate sketch of its local history, with chronological arrangements of the most interesting events connected therewith. (Printed by J. Fletcher, 1816), by J. H. Hanshall (page images at HathiTrust)

• The recent discoveries of Roman remains found in repairing the north wall of the city of Chester. (A series of papers read before the Chester archaeological and historic society, etc., and reprinted by permission of the council.) Extensively illustrated. (A. Ireland & co., printers, 1888), by J. P. Earwaker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Journal ... (G.R. Griffith, 1849), by Archaeological and Historic Society Chester and North Wales Architectural (page images at HathiTrust)
• A History of Chester Cathedral: with biographical notices of the Bishops and Deans, by John Hicklin (Gutenberg ebook)
• On the Lady Chapel in Chester Cathedral, by George Becher Blomfield (Gutenberg ebook)

• The recent discoveries of Roman remains found in repairing the north wall of the city of Chester. (A series of papers read before the Chester archaeological and historic society, etc., and reprinted by permission of the council.) Extensively illustrated. (A. Ireland & co., printers, 1888), by J. P. Earwaker (page images at HathiTrust)

• Extracts from the ms. Liber Luciani de laude Cestrie, written about the year 1195 and now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. (Printed for the Record Society, 1912), by of Antioch Lucian, Margerie Venables Taylor, and Bodleian Library (page images at HathiTrust)

• Guide to Chester and Hawarden (A. Heywood & Son, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chester (E.T.W. Dennis & Sons, in the 1900s), by Arnold Fairbairns (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Chester as it was (Longmans, Green, and co., 1872), by J. S. Howson and Alfred Rimmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chester: a historical and topographical account of the city (Methuen and Co.;, 1904), by Bertram C. A. Windle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chester. (D. Estes, 1912), by Charles Edwardes and Ernest W. Haslehurst (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old Chester etched and described. (J. M. Dent, 1895), by H. Hovell Crickmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catherall's new guide to Chester. (Phillipson and Golder, 1908), by George Ashdown Audsley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chester: a historical and topographical account of the city (Methuen and co., 1903), by Bertram C. A. Windle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The medieval architecture of Chester. (H. Roberts; [etc., etc], 1858), by John Henry Parker and Francis Grosvenor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to Chester, its antiquities and points of interest (Abel Heywood & Son, 1877) (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Chester guide: containing a copious history of the antiquities & public buildings of the city, & a descriptive account of Eaton Hall ... (Prichard, Roberts & co., 1850) (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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 (T. Catherall, 1870), by Thomas Hughes and George S. Measom (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic Chester (Taylor Garnett Evans & Co., 1927), by Hugh M. Goody and W. Mallard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The official guide tothe rare old city of Chester. (E. J. Burrow, 1912), by Rupert Hugh Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handy guide-book to Chester and its vicinity; with brief notices of its civil and ecclesiastical history; Roman and Saxon antiquites, walls, castle, and cathedral; and a description of Eaton Hall. (Chester, 1800), by Gresty (J.) & Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
• The stranger's handbook to Chester, Eaton Hall and Hawarden castles and vicinity : a historical, architectural, and descriptive guide (Catherall & Prichard, [1899?], 1899), by George Ashdown Audsley, Thomas Hughes, and Catherall and Prichard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guide to Chester and Hawarden (A. Heywood & Son, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Guide to Chester, its antiquities and points of interest (Abel Heywood & Son, 1877) (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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, illust. by George S. Measom (Gutenberg ebook)
• Roberts' Chester Guide [1858], by Hugh Roberts, ed. by John Hicklin (Gutenberg ebook)

• History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time; with an account of its antiquities, curiosities, local customs, and peculiar immunities; and a concise political history ... (Printed by J. Fletcher, 1831), by Joseph Hemingway (page images at HathiTrust)
• A history of the ancient city of Chester from the earliest times. (Phillipson and Golder;, 1896), by George Lee Fenwick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chester: a historical and topographical account of the city (Methuen and Co.;, 1904), by Bertram C. A. Windle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historic Chester (Taylor Garnett Evans & Co., 1927), by Hugh M. Goody and W. Mallard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chester in the Plantagenet and Tudor reigns (Printed for the author, 1893), by Rupert Hugh Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extracts from the ms. Liber Luciani de laude Cestrie, written about the year 1195 and now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. (Printed for the Record Society, 1912), by of Antioch Lucian, Margerie Venables Taylor, and Bodleian Library (page images at HathiTrust)
• History of the city of Chester, from its foundation to the present time; collected from public records, private manuscripts, and other authentic sources. With an account of parochial and other charities, never before published; and a chronological register of important events to the year 1815. (Printed for T. Poole, 1815), by John Margaret Becker Pigott and George Cuitt (page images at HathiTrust)
• On three dramas of Shakspere : Richard II, Henry IV part I, Henry IV part II : three papers read before the Chester Historic Society with the intention of shewing the references made in these plays to Chester, Cheshire men, and events (P. Pearse, printer, 1879), by William Beamont (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chester: a historical and topographical account of the city (Methuen and co., 1903), by Bertram C. A. Windle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chester historical pageant : July 18th to 23rd, 1910. Book of Words. (Phillipson and Golder, 1910), by George Procter Hawtrey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Three letters concerning the surrender of many Scotish lords to the High Sheriffe of the county of Chester, and the condition of Duke Hamilton, Sir Marmaduke Langdale, Middleton, and others of note.: With a list of the names of the lords, knights, colonels, and other officers of Duke Hamiltons army: which was taken prisoners by the Parliament forces under the command of Lievt. Gen Cromwell. Their numbers and qualities herein exprest. Read in both Houses of Parliament the 25. of August. 1648. (Imprinted at London : for John Wright at the Kings Head in the old Bayley, 28. Aug. 1648), by Roger Wilbraham and James Lothian (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• A letter from Colonell Generall Poynts, to the Honourable William Lenthall Speaker of the House of Commons:: concerning Sir Tho. Glenham, Colonell Gerard, [brace] and [brace] Sir Marmaduke Langdale, in the last fight neere Chester. With a perfect narration of Colonell Parsons of the said proceedings: and the number of horse and men taken in the pursuit, and which way His Majesty is fled. Die Lune, 29 Septemb. 1645. Ordered by the Lords assembled in Parliament that Col. Gen. Poynts his letter, with Colonell Parsons relation be forthwith printed and published. J. Brown Cler. Parliamentorum. (London : Printed for John Wright at the Kings-head in the Old-baily, Sept. 30. 1645), by Sydenham Poyntz, Colonell Parsons, William Lenthall, and England and Wales Parliament (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The Kings forces totally routed by the Parliaments army,: under the command of Major Generall Poyntz and Cheshire-Forces, on Routon-Heath, within two miles of Chester, Sept. 24. Together with the state of the siege at Chester; and a list of the lords, knights, commanders and common souldiers slain and taken prisoners; there being above one thousand prisoners taken, and the whole army routed. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that this be forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. ([London] : Printed for Edward Husband, printer to the Honorable House of Commons, Sept. 29. 1645), by England and Wales Parliament (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• An acte concernyng the citee of Chester, for weares in the riuer of Dee the xxv. chapiter. ([S.l.] : Richardus Graftonus, typographus regius excudebat, mense Martio A. M. D. XLIX [Mar. 1549]), by England and Wales (HTML at EEBO TCP)
• The advice and direction of both Hovses of Parliament to Sir William Brereton and to the rest of the deputy lieutenants for the county of Chester with orders of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament for the regulating of those souldiers that are gon or shall goe under the command of His Excellency Robert Earle of Essex, Lord generall for this expedition. (... Printed at London : for Iohn Wright, August 19, 1642), by England and Wales Parliament (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Chester Water-Colours, illust. by Edward Harrison Compton (Gutenberg ebook)
• Chester: A Sketch-Book, by Joseph Pike (Gutenberg ebook)

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