Welcome to the World Wide Web pages of the Chester Archaeological Society. For a summary of what the Society does, please read our 'History and Activities' page. If you have any questions about the website, please contact Alison Heke, c/o Historic Environment Team, Grosvenor Museum, 27 Grosvenor Street, Chester CH1 2DD. Tel +44 (0)1244 402023. Fax +44 (0)1244 347522. 

Advance notice of a Special Lecture 
Organised jointly by Chester Archaeolgical Society and Chester Civic Trust. On Wednesday 28 October 2009 at 7.30 pm, Grosvenor Museum, Chester. 

'The Roman colony of Sena Gallica: Recent archaeological excavations' 
Speaker: Dr Marcello Mormont from Senigallia, Italy. 

Please go to the Notices page to find out more. 

New publications about Chester 

Please go to the Notices page to find out more about these books: 

Excavations at Chester, 25 Bridge Street 2001  
Two thousand years of life in microcosm by Dan Garner and others. Published by Chester City Council, January 2009. 
This excavation in the backlands of one of Chester's main streets has made major contributions to our understanding of all periods of the city's history: 

• Information on the layout of the forward part of the Roman fortress 
• The first large Roman pottery and building material assemblages to be published for many years 
• The emergence of burgage plots in the Norman period and their later subdivision 
• The fortunes of city-centre properties from the 16th tot eh 18th century, reflected in outstanding groups of pottery, clay tobacco pipes, glass and animal bone and related through documentary evidence to the leading Chester families who owned or occupied them.

Life in a late medieval city, Chester 1275–1520 by Jane Laughton. Published by Windgather Press, October 2008. 
Jane Laughton has researched medieval Chester since the late 1980s and has contributed to several publications. She was formerly a Research fellow in the School of History, University of Birmingham, and is currently working on a book about Cheshire's small towns. Her new book is due to be launched at the Grosvenor Museum on 17 October, as part of the Chester Literature Festival. 

The latest volume of the Journal is now available 
Volume 80 of the Society's journal features a range of articles and reviews. For further information and details on how to place an order, please click here. 

Towards a model of Roman society in Cheshire: first to third centuries AD. This speculative essay by our member Dr Peter Carrington uses a variety of current models of Roman demography and frontier society to seek to understand the size, composition and function of the canabae of the Chester legionary fortress; the development of the surrounding area as a supporting hinterland; and its social and economic trajectory. Click here to read this essay. 

The Claverton Project  
Click here for the latest update on the Society's fieldwork and research project in an area to the west of Heronbridge, known as the 'lost village of Claverton'.