Charles I and Siege of Chester green plaque

Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, England, United Kingdom

Siege Damage Looking ahead, you can see repairs to the stonework of the medieval City Wall. The unweathered masonry marks the site of a breach, battered through the wall by Parliamentary cannon, when Chester was besieged during the Civil War. By September 1645 Chester's loyal stand for King Charles

I was nearing an end. The suburbs had been taken. The Royalist garrison and all the citizens took refuge inside the City Walls. Parliamentary troops mounted cannon at St John's Church, just east of he

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