- published: 02 Feb 2013
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Coordinates: 53°11′33″N 2°53′30″W / 53.1926°N 2.8918°W / 53.1926; -2.8918
Chester ( /ˈtʃɛstər/ CHESS-tər), is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 80,121 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the 2001 Census. Chester was granted city status in 1541.
Chester was founded as a "castrum" or Roman fort with the name Deva Victrix in the year 79 by the Roman Legio II Adiutrix during the reign of the Emperor Vespasian. Chester's four main roads, Eastgate, Northgate, Watergate and Bridge, follow routes laid out at this time – almost 2,000 years ago. One of the three main Roman army bases, Deva later became a major settlement in the Roman province of Britannia. After the Romans left in the 5th century, the Saxons fortified the town against the Danes and gave Chester its name. The patron saint of Chester, Werburgh, is buried in Chester Cathedral.
On my way home
I sometimes wonder, "Where have you gone?"
Unattached, you wander alone,
Lookin' for what, nobody knows
And you've got so much love
You bring it home in bundles of blood
To my doorstep, to my doorstep, yeah
Doo doo doo doo doo doo...
And it's a funny world out there
When your preying from your lair
And it's a funny world out there...
And if your neighbors could talk
They'd talk you up as the king of the block
Clapping hands with the rest of the lot, six fingered friend, right at the end
And in the end it will be
We'll hear your voice till eternity
Always cryin'
Your friends are dyin', yeah
Doo doo doo doo doo doo...