Chester

Northwest England city

Chester is a masculine given name, now somewhat old-fashioned.

It also names several cities, most notably Chester in northwest England, founded as a Roman fortress.

The suffix -chester (from Latin *castra*, "camp") appears in many English place names: Manchester, Winchester, Rochester.

Chester was my grandfather's name.

city

England

Largest British country

  • CheshireCounty in northwest England
  • RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
  • wallsVertical enclosing structures

cathedral · Dee · medieval · rows · Tudor · racecourse · amphitheatre · walled · historic · galleries

cheese

Cheshire

County in northwest England

yellow · orange · mild · aged · dairy · wheel · wedge · farmhouse · pub · ploughman's

name

Bennington

Vermont municipality, historic battlefield

surname · given name · American · admiral · president · singer · Linkin Park · nickname · Chet · diminutive

furniture

drawers

Sliding furniture compartments

cabinet · wooden · antique · bedroom · storage · handles · knobs · mahogany · oak · Victorian

Categories
Opposites
english city type

ChesterLondon

England's capital city

Manchester · Liverpool · Birmingham · Leeds · Sheffield

urban character

ChesterCoventry

West Midlands manufacturing city

Sheffield · Middlesbrough · Swindon · Crawley · Telford

roman british settlement geography

ChesterColchester

Historic Essex municipality

Canterbury · Dover · London · Rochester · Chichester

Phrases
Family

Manchester, Chesterfield, Winchester, Westchester

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G