What is "chester"

Cestre (1086), from Old English Legacæstir (735) "City of the Legions," from Old English ceaster "Roman town or city," from Latin castrum "fortified place" (see castle (n.)). It was the base of the Second Legion Adiutrix in the 70s C.E. and later the 20th Legion Valeria Victrix. But the town's name in Roman times was Deoua (c.150 C.E.), from its situation on the River Dee, a Celtic river name meaning "the goddess, the holy one."

Chester is a city and is also the county town of Cheshire, United Kingdom.

Chester may also refer to:

Chester is a walled city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales. With a population of 79,645 it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 329,608 at the 2011 Census. Chester was granted city status in 1541.

Chester was founded as a " castrum" or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix in the reign of the Emperor Vespasian in 79 AD. One of the main army camps in Roman Britain, Deva later became a major civilian settlement. In 689, King Æthelred of Mercia founded the Minster Church of West Mercia, which later became Chester's first cathedral, and the Saxons extended and strengthened the walls to protect the city against the Danes. Chester was one of the last cities in England to fall to the Normans. William the Conqueror ordered the construction of a castle, to dominate the town and the nearby Welsh border.

Chester is one of the best preserved walled cities in Britain. It has a number of medieval buildings, but some of the black-and-white buildings within the city centre are Victorian restorations. Apart from a section, the listed Grade I walls are almost complete. The Industrial Revolution brought railways, canals, and new roads to the city, which saw substantial expansion and development – Chester Town Hall and the Grosvenor Museum are examples of Victorian architecture from this period.

Chester was a non-metropolitan local government district of Cheshire, England, with the status of a city and a borough.

Apart from Chester itself, which was the principal settlement, the district covered a large rural area. Other settlements included Malpas and Tarvin.

Chester is a subway station on the Bloor–Danforth line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is located on Chester Avenue just north of Danforth Avenue. It opened in 1966 as one of the original stations of this subway line. The Toronto Parking Authority operates a public parking lot across Chester Avenue opposite the subway entrance.

Chester is a patriotic anthem composed by William Billings and sung during the American Revolutionary War. Billings wrote the first version of the song for his 1770 songbook The New England Psalm Singer, and made improvements for the version in his The Singing Master's Assistant (1778). It is the latter version that is best known today.

The curious title of the song reflects a common practice of Billings's day, in which tunes were labeled with (often arbitrarily chosen) place names. Billings's song evidently has little more to do with any particular town named Chester than his famous hymn " Africa" has to do with Africa. The idea behind this practice was that by labeling the tunes independently, one could sing them to different words without creating confusion (indeed, this later did happen; see below).

The English place-name Chester, and the suffixes -chester, -caster and -cester, are commonly indications that the place is the site of a Roman castrum, meaning a military camp or fort, but it can also apply to the site of a pre-historic fort. Names ending in "-cester" are nearly always reduced to "-ster" when spoken, the exception being " Cirencester", which is pronounced in full. The pronunciation of names ending in -chester or -caster is regular.

Chester is an EP by the indie folk musician Josh Rouse and the Lambchop member Kurt Wagner. It was released in September 1999 by Slow River Records. Recorded and engineered by David Henry at True Tone Studios in Nashville,Tennessee personnel includes Rouse providing vocals, guitar, and melodica, Kurt Wagner on vibes and additional ambient noises, Sharon Gilchrist on upright bass, Malcolm Travis on drums, David Henry adding cello and background vocals, with Dennis Cronin on trumpet and Curt Perkins on Rhodes piano.

Chester (1874–1888) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and a leading sire. He defeated some of the best horses in training over distances ranging from five furlongs to three miles. He was the Leading sire in Australia on four occasions.

Chester is a surname. Its Romance ( Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Galician) equivalent is Castro. Notable people with the surname include:

• Albert Chester (1886–1943), English footballer
• Art Chester (1899–1949), American air racer
• Bob Chester (1908–1977), American jazz and pop music bandleader and tenor saxophonist.
• Charlie Chester (1914–1997), British stand-up comedian
• Craig Chester (born 1965), American actor and screenwriter
• Elroy Chester (1969–2013), American murderer
• Frank Chester (politician) (1901–1966), Canadian politician in Manitoba
• Frank Chester (umpire) (1895–1957), English first-class cricketer and notable international cricket umpire
• Gary Chester (1924–1987), American session drummer and drum teacher
• Major F. G. L. Chester (1899–1946), also known as Gort Chester, British soldier and member of Z Special Unit in Borneo
• Ilan Chester (born 1952), Venezuelan singer, keyboardist, arranger and composer; he was born in Israel as Ilan Czenstochowski
• James Chester (born 1989), English footballer who plays for Hull City
• John Chester (disambiguation), several people
• Joseph Lemuel Chester, American genealogist
• Peter Chester - English convicted murderer and paedophile
• Peter Chester (governor) - Governor of West Florida between 10 Aug 1770 - 9 May 1781)
• Raymond Chester (born 1948), retired American football tight end
• Robert Chester (disambiguation), multiple people
• William Chester (disambiguation), multiple people

Chester is a historic home located near Homeville, Sussex County, Virginia. It was built in 1773, and is a two-story, three bay, frame dwelling with side gable roof. It features two exterior chimney stacks, joined on both the first and second floor levels by pent closets. Attached to the main section is a two-story wing with an exterior chimney and a shallow gable roof added in the 1820s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Chester was a Canadian bubblegum pop band, active primarily from 1972 to 1975. Although they released only two singles in their original form before breaking up, the single "Make My Life a Little Bit Brighter" was a Top 10 hit on the Canadian pop charts in 1973 and the band garnered a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising Group at the Juno Awards of 1974.

The band was formed by keyboardist Glen Morrow in 1972, and included vocalist Jim Mancel, guitarist and backing vocalist Mike Argue, bassist Mel O'Brien and drummer and pianist Wedge Monroe. In summer 1973, their single "Make My Life a Little Bit Brighter" premiered on RPM magazine's RPM100 and Adult Contemporary charts, eventually peaking at #10 in the RPM100 the week of September 22, 1973, and at #8 in the AC chart the week of October 27, 1973. The followup single "Start a Dream", released in 1974, did not chart.

Argue left the band in 1974 to pursue a solo career. Although the remaining band members initially continued as Chester, they released no further recordings before breaking up in 1975. Mancel recorded a solo single under his own name; in 1977, Mancel and Morrow each separately revived the band name Chester for two singles. New vocalist Fran Cheslo performed with Morrow's version of the band.

In 1996 the band received a Classics Award from SOCAN, to mark "Make My Life a Little Bit Brighter" having been played 100,000 times on Canadian radio.

A compilation album, containing the singles released by Chester and those released by Argue and Mancel as solo artists, was released in 2006 on Unidisc Music.