St John the Baptist’s Church, Chester
St John the Baptist's Church is a former cathedral in Chester, Cheshire, England during the Early Middle Ages. The church, which was first founded in the late 7th Century by the Anglo-Saxons, is outside the Chester city walls on a cliff above the north bank of the River Dee.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: Grade I listed church in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “St John the Baptist” and “St John’s Church, Chester”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chester Roman Amphitheatre and Chester Cathedral.
Chester Roman Amphitheatre
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Chester Amphitheatre is a Roman amphitheatre in Chester, Cheshire. The site is managed by English Heritage; it is designated as a Grade I listed building, and a scheduled monument.
Chester Cathedral
Church
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Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester. It is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. Chester Cathedral is situated 1,500 feet northwest of St John the Baptist’s Church, Chester.
Repositioned Roman remains in The Roman Gardens
Park
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Repositioned Roman remains in The Roman Gardens is a park, which is situated 510 feet southwest of St John the Baptist’s Church, Chester.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chester and Abbot’s Meads.
Chester
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Chester is a very pretty and historic English city on the river Dee, and the county town of the North-Western county of Cheshire. Although maybe not worth a whole holiday, it's well worth a day or overnight trip to see the Roman ruins and medieval city centre.
Abbot’s Meads
Suburb
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Abbot's Meads is a suburb of Chester in Cheshire, England. Abbot's Meads is north-west of Chester city centre. The Countess of Chester Hospital is nearby. The population as taken in the 2011 census can be found under Chester.
Saltney
Suburb
Photo: Dennis Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saltney is a town straddling the counties of Flintshire and Cheshire on the England–Wales border. The local government community of Saltney lies entirely in Wales, while the English areas are unparished. Saltney is situated 2 miles southwest of St John the Baptist’s Church, Chester.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Chester
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.18902° or 53° 11′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.88564° or 2° 53′ 8″ westHeight
71 feet (22 metres)Open location code
9C5V54Q7+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1063397372OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q7593714
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Welsh—“St John the Baptist’s Church, Chester” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس يوحنا المعمدان”
- Welsh: “Eglwys Ioan y Fedyddiwr, Caer”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. John’s Churchyard and Anchorite’s Cell, Chester.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St John the Baptist’s Church, Chester”. Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.