Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street
Town
Aerial view of Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street is located in County Durham
Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street
Location within County Durham
Population24,227 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceNZ270512
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCHESTER LE STREET
Postcode districtDH2, DH3
Dialling code0191
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
County Durham
54°51′34″N 1°34′12″W / 54.8594°N 1.5699°W / 54.8594; -1.5699

Chester-le-Street (/ˈtʃɛstəlistriːt/)[2][3] is a market town in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It is located around 6 miles (10 kilometres) north of Durham and is also close to Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland.[4] The town holds markets on Saturdays.[5][6] In 2021, the town had a population of 23,555.[7]

The town's history is ancient; records date to a Roman-built fort called Concangis. The Roman fort is the Chester (from the Latin castra) of the town's name; the Street refers to the paved Roman road that ran north–south through the town.[8] The parish church of St Mary and St Cuthbert is where the body of St Cuthbert remained for 112 years, before being transferred to Durham Cathedral. An Old English translation of the Gospels was made in the 10th century: a word-for-word gloss of the Latin Vulgate text, inserted between the lines by Aldred the Scribe, who was Provost of Chester-le-Street. [9]

  1. ^ Durham County Council – Chester le Street Archived 10 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine (this is the population for the old urban district. The larger district population is 53,100)
  2. ^ "languagehat.com : BBC PRONUNCIATION BLOG". languagehat.com.
  3. ^ Forvo Team. "Chester-le-Street pronunciation: How to pronounce Chester-le-Street in English". forvo.com.
  4. ^ Measured from Durham Cathedral to St Mary and St Cuthbert's Church, Chester-le-Street
  5. ^ "Towns in County Durham: Chester-le-Street". Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
  6. ^ "Markets". durham.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  7. ^ City Population - Chester-le-Street [1] 7 July 2024
  8. ^ "Key to English Place-Names". University of Nottingham. [for Chester-le-Street]: "Street" from strēt (Anglian), a Roman road
  9. ^ Selkirk (2000) pp. 339–40