The Old Dee Bridge in Chester, Cheshire, England, is the oldest bridge in the city. It crosses the River Dee carrying the road that leads from the bottom...
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across the river in Chester. The second is the Old Dee Bridge, a road bridge and by far the oldest bridge in Chester, being built in about 1387 on the site...
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The Dee Bridge disaster was a rail accident that occurred on 24 May 1847 in Chester, England, that resulted in five fatalities. It revealed the weakness...
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further houses and a brewery. The Bangor-on-Dee Bridge, a five-arched stone arch bridge across the River Dee, dates its reconstruction to 1658 and it is...
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written record of what would eventually become known as the Old Dee Bridge. By the Old Dee Bridge is a large field known as Edgar's field; this is one of...
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Clauddine "Dee Dee" Blanchard (née Pitre; born May 3, 1967, in Chackbay, Louisiana, United States) was a 48-year-old woman who was found stabbed to death...
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The Grosvenor Bridge is a single-span stone arch road bridge crossing the River Dee at Chester, England. Located on the A483 Grosvenor Road (grid reference...
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History of Chester (category Articles containing Old Welsh-language text)
what is now called "Edgar's Field", near the old Dee bridge in Handbridge. Taking a barge up the River Dee from his court to the Minster of St John the...
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and featured Dee Dee singing in German on the bridge of the song. "Fix Yourself Up" was recorded by Dee Dee on the album Zonked. Dee Dee formed a Ramones'...
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century the only bridge over the Dee had been the Old Dee Bridge immediately to the south of Bridgegate. In the 1820s Grosvenor Bridge was built, passing...
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Chester (category Articles containing Old English (ca. 450-1100)-language text)
the River Dee, with its 11th-century weir. The river is crossed by the Old Dee Bridge, dating from the 13th century, the Grosvenor Bridge of 1832, and...
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by the city walls. The castle stands on an eminence overlooking the River Dee. In the castle complex are the remaining parts of the medieval castle together...
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Bridges in the United Kingdom is a link page for significant road bridges or footbridges in the United Kingdom. Significant railway bridges are listed...
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and some former crossings of the River Dee downstream of Bala Lake. Upstream of the lake where the River Dee is little more than a stream, there are...
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Llangollen (section Dee Rocks)
River Dee, in Denbighshire, Wales. Its riverside location forms the edge of the Berwyn range, and the Dee Valley section of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley...
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The Bridge of Sighs in Chester is a crossing that originally led from the Northgate gaol, across the Chester Canal, to a chapel in the Bluecoat School...
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Chester Weir (category Weirs on the River Dee, Wales)
Weir is a weir which crosses the River Dee at Chester, Cheshire, England, slightly upstream from the Old Dee Bridge (grid reference SJ407658). The weir and...
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Janie Dee (born 20 June 1962) is a British actress. She won the Olivier Award for Best Actress, Evening Standard Award and Critics' Circle Theatre Award...
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overlooking the bridge crossing the river and close to the natural harbour which is today occupied by the Chester Racecourse. The bend in the River Dee provided...
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Gate. The bridge, sometimes now known as the Old Welsh Bridge, was demolished in 1795 and was replaced with the Welsh Bridge. The bridge's date of construction...
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and had the lyrics: London Bridge is broken down, Dance over the Lady Lea; London Bridge is broken down, With a gay lay-dee. The earliest printed English...
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Bridgegate, Chester (redirect from Bridgegate Bridge)
gateway directly after crossing the Old Dee Bridge. It is possible that the gateway was rebuilt at the time the bridge was rebuilt in the later part of the...
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his court in a palace in a place now known as Edgar's field near the old Dee bridge in Handbridge. After the kings swore fealty and allegiance they rowed...
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Bangor Bridge (also known as the Bangor-on-Dee Bridge) is a Grade I listed bridge crossing the River Dee in Bangor-on-Dee, Wrexham County Borough, Wales...
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views such as Figures In The Grounds Of Hestercombe, Somerset and The Old Dee Bridge, Chester. He was elected an Associate in 1770, and was elected Royal...
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Bridge of Dee, Galloway is a settlement on the River Dee, Galloway. It lies on the A75 just west of Castle Douglas, and north-east of Kirkcudbright. The...
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Eastgate, Chester (category Grade I listed bridges)
Chester History of Chester List of walls Minerva's Shrine Nine Houses Old Dee Bridge Shropshire Union Canal Siege of Chester Town walls in England and Wales...
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are Bangor-on-Dee and Penley whilst the small towns of Ellesmere and Ruabon are only a short distance away. The hamlet of Overton Bridge is a distinct...
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Deanna Wallace (née Bowers), also known as Dee Wallace Stone, (born December 14, 1948) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role...
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On 8 December 2000, Trevor Deely, a 22-year-old Irish man, disappeared in Dublin. He had been walking home around 4 a.m. from his work Christmas party...
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