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Mapping Medieval Chester needs YOU!

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Be part of our website – add your photos to the map!

The interactive digital map at www.medievalchester.ac.uk will soon include a layer of photos of medieval locations in Chester today. We need your help to do this!

How to help:

  1. Take digital photos of medieval locations in Chester which are on our map (e.g. St Werburgh’s, St John’s, the city walls, the gates etc.)
  2. Upload them on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/groups/1204980@N21/ (Mapping Medieval Chester Group)
  3. Remember to add a tag for each photo, identifying the subject – this is important
  4. We’ll do the rest – your photos will be added to the map in the near future and we’ll let you know!

 Your photos will provide an integral dimension to the map, allowing our users all over the world to see Chester sites for themselves, and enabling you to include your own perspectives on the city. Thank you!

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6 Responses to “Mapping Medieval Chester needs YOU!”

  1. Peter Brown Says:
    September 17th, 2009 at 11:11 am

    Are there any particular photos you require as I live locally and am also doing research in that area though in a much later period.

  2. cclarke Says:
    September 29th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    Hi Peter,
    Thanks very much for your interest. Really, we’re just after photos of any medieval locations in the city – the Rows, churches, walls, castle – anything which shows the medieval heritage of Chester in the modern city today. We’re not worried about having duplicate photos of the same location: in fact, because our project looks at subjective ‘mappings’ and perspectives on place, we’re actually quite keen to have images which represent different views of the same features. So, we’d be very grateful for any photos which you could upload onto a Flickr page. (Just please be sure to tag them so that it’s clear what location they show.) The Flickr map layer will be arriving soon…
    I’m interested to hear that you’re also doing research on Chester – what particular subject are you working on? Although we’re looking at different periods, we may have some shared research interests / questions.

  3. Peter Brown Says:
    September 30th, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    Thanks for you reply. I have posted a series of photos under “Chester DHP” and have quite a few more to upload later on.

    My main area of interest is the development post 1800 of the area between The Barrs and Boughton. I also do work with St John’s Project. Happy to supply any additional information if you want to email me or to discuss.

  4. Phil Hirst Says:
    March 28th, 2011 at 3:22 pm

    Dear Medieval Chester,

    I’m doing some research for a programme on medieval Chester. Is there anyone I can chat to briefly to get a sense of the geography of Chester city and what has been said the area within the walls?

    Best wishes

    Phil Hirst
    producer, freelance BBC

  5. Paul Vetch Says:
    March 28th, 2011 at 3:29 pm

    Dear Phil,

    I’ve passed your comment on to the team and I suspect Keith Lilley (at QUB) may be in touch with you first. It’s exciting to hear of a programme focussing on medieval chester!

  6. Geraint Wyn Owen Says:
    October 12th, 2011 at 6:30 pm

    Its nice to see that other periods of Chester history are being showcased ,with a city with so much diversity of history and culture through the ages right up to todays modern architecture its refreshing for Chester not to be known as just a roman city !

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