Farndon, Cheshire

Stone relief carving in sharp light showing horseman and trampled adversary

When life gets you down...

Striking Roman tombstone in the Grosvenor Museum, Chester, showing a mounted Roman soldier in chainmail trampling a native - who is clutching his shield 😞

An incredible collection of Roman tombstones on display here 👌

📷 My own

Who knew carbon dating could be so interesting? From River Kings to the Mississippi...

Sciencesplaining is a thing. Believe me, I try to do it here

Who knew carbon dating was so interesting? open.substack.com/pub/histfest...

Another great result and performance at #Goodison !
And my article for @evertonheritage.bsky.social in the @Everton match day programme too! What a day! 💙💙
📷@lewisroyden
#EVELEI

Dramatic black & white galleried buildings rising above Chester high street, with masonry lower floors

Chester's timber-framed buildings do not disappoint.

You just have to look up...

📷 Yesterday. Corner of Werburgh & Eastgate

Well this has left me quite choked up, thanks so much!
🥲☺️

The summer excavation in Holt revealing further traces of the Roman settlement, plus the extremely rare example of an early Medieval longhouse in North East Wales, is featured in the December issue of Current Archaeology.
More on the @histarchchester
website;

www.chester.ac.uk/about/news/a...

New book places Chester’s past in the picture New book places Chester’s incredible past in the picture A whistle-stop tour through Chester’s fascinating history is provided in a new book featuring a unique blend of narrative, humorous ill…

New book explores Chester's history :

thechesterblog.com/2024/11/28/n...

The @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social December issue of the Cheshire Ancestor is now out, just about to flick through my digital copy - available now from the website, printed copies on the way

A great read, full of news, views and more, including how you can become involved with our Operational Teams

David Mason lecture via Zoom: "Heronbridge Excavations 2002-5: The Roman Phases" 4th December at 1930. This is the Zoom link for members:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Non-members are very welcome. Tickets £5.00 each. The Ticket Source link for booking is at:
ticketsource.co.uk/chester-arch...

A map printed in black on white paper shows the town plan of the old city of Chester. Across the top and down the left-hand side are many heraldic shields.

Map of Chester, 1653
Chester is the county town of #Cheshire & has been much researched. This wonderful map comes from "Fenwick's History of Chester" published in 1896. The Roman layout of the roads is still largely unchanged, many of the buildings survive, too. A great map!
#MapMonday #Chester

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The popular Lewis’s Cafe on the High Street replaced the equally popular Nag’s Head. Here’s the story through time;

www.roydenhistory.co.uk/farndon/buil...

Jon Hawke 🏛️🏺
@HawkeJon
#FindsFriday 👀😍
The Caergwrle Bowl
This Middle Bronze Age bowl was discovered during drain digging beside the River Alun, near Caergwrle Castle, north #Wales. 1300-1150 BCE

Lewis now on BlueSky -
@lewisroyden.bsky.social

Follow Lewis, now on @lewisroyden.bsky.social

One of the most popular displays at Nantwich Museum is the Cheese Room. It’s believed that by 1600 local people were making cheese, with production in Cheshire peaking around the start of the 20th century. The exhibit includes a cheese vat, a cheese press & other cheesemaking equipment.

Farndon
#ListedBuildings

More here;
www.roydenhistory.co.uk/farndon/buil...

Just another day on the High Street
#FarndonSoapBoxDerby

Pte Roberts’ headstone in 1996

Pte Roberts’ headstone yesterday (2024)

Tyne Cot cemetery: 1996, 2024. Pte Thomas Henry Roberts, formerly of the Cheshire Regiment. My great uncle. Killed in action at Third Ypres, I had no idea he was related to me when I took the original photograph.

#RemembranceSunday at St Chad’s #Farndon 🌹
#LestWeForget

The men of Farndon have not been forgotten and their stories can be found here - tinyurl.com/yhptbpt3

The Barnston Spire
(Photos Lewis Royden)

Farndon Bridge
(Photos LewisRoyden)

Text: The Wem Short. Buy our book on the history of Wem! 174 pages, with 35 figures, 5 maps. Paperback. Available by post from VCH Shropshire. [List of three places to purchase the book in Shrewsbury.] Email treasurer@vchshropshire.org.uk to arrange a bank transfer. [Details of where to send cheques if using that payment method.] £16 plus £32.50 delivery fee. Image: Picture of the front cover of the book.

The Victoria County History project's 'Big Red Books' are great sources for #LocalHistory and #OnePlaceStudies in England. Smaller books, 'shorts,' are produced too. VCH #Shropshire for example has published one on #Wem. More info in their graphic (below) and on their website: www.vchshropshire.org.

Don't forget to visit to the Farndon history website farndon.co.uk

A colour scan of an old road map from 1675 showing the route from Chester to Cardiff and illustrated with small drawings of bridges, hills, towns, villages, churches, country seats and compass roses etc. that you would see on the route.

We've digitised dozens of historic maps of #Cheshire and you can view them for FREE on our website!
Here's an unusual "imaginary scroll" road map of the journey from #Chester to #Cardiff by John Ogilvy dated 1675. See and download all eight maps from our website!
Enjoy! #maps #localhistory

Don't forget to visit to the Farndon history website farndon.co.uk