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Chester Market at the heart of the City Chester Market Chartered 1208 AD
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Button's Electrical/Button's Emporium, specialists in Mobile Phone Unlocking, Dyson Repairs and Sales. Also the largest stockist of Dust Bags in the North West.

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Indoor Public Market
Chester since the 12th Century, its roots steeped in history from Early Roman Times

Chester Town Hall

Located behind the Town Hall Located behind the Town Hall Open Monday-Saturday

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6 Princess Street
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Cheshire
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David James

Unit 53

Jewellers / Jewellery Repairs

Gold and Silver Jeweller
Jewellery Bought and Sold.
Watch Repairs and a selection of Watches and Clocks

Mobile 07967 123250

Welcome to Chester Market Over 70 shops with over a 100 experts happy to help you and waiting to serve you... Click on the page buttons to browse the many shops and stalls for bargains

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S. Cartridge
Fishmonger

S. CartridgeClick here for more information >>> S J Bebbington

Jim's Wool Stall

Jim's Haberdashery Haberdashery and Handicrafts
Browse through the many Pattern Books
01244 321 518
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Button's Electrical

 Shop Unit 8

Also Stall centre of market

A Family Business for over 25 Years
Chester's Specialist Dyson Repairer
Dyson Sales/Repairs. Full range of Dust Bags
Also Mobile Phone Spares and Network Change (Unlocking)
 

Phone/Fax 01244 314927

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Chester Food & Drink Festival
David Joinson
Superlative Sausages
Chester Food & Drink Triple Winners 2007 2008 & 2009!
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The Character Jug Company
The English Character Jug Company

John's Framing Service
John's Framing Service
Near the Centre of the Market
Bespoke Picture Framing Service.
01244 375600
07974 357798

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Jill Pears
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Chester Market used to be situated on Northgate Street next to the Town Hall, where it traded for over 100 years before moving to the current  site in Princess Street in 1967. The lively city of Chester, is steeped in history and, and has been attracting shoppers looking for bargains for thousands of years.

The earliest mention of Chester Market was in 1139, when the first shopping charter was  issued in 1208 and 'the men of Chester and heirs'  were granted the privilege of sole selling rights, except  the annual fairs which were fair game for all-comers.

Henry III confirmed this in 1239 and so it remained right up to until the Great Charter 1506, which gave Chester its first mayor. With a sharp eye for business, the local boys wasted no time in expanding shopping opportunities to include coal and cattle markets among other enterprises. The  famous Rows were originally named after the trading that went on. There was a Shoemakers, Cooks and Ironmongers Row - and a Pepper Alley and Fish Shambles. Then came Linen Hall, the Fruit, Root & Herb Market...indeed Chester sold practically every thing!

The horse, cloth and cheese fairs of old were to be the natural forerunners of today's magnificent array of shops, not forgetting the bustling town centre market, which has continued for centuries, by order of king and queen.

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