Heritage of Great Boughton
Boughton is a suburb of Chester located a mile to the east of the city on a bend in the River Dee. Boughton has a long history stretching back into Roman times.
Natural pure water springs were tapped and water transported to the Roman fortress nearby. Important Roman roads into the fortress were lined with cremation burials and possibly monuments.
Traces of a Roman Temple were discovered near Boughton Bars. In the middle-ages Boughton was a place of execution and the housing of the sick. Much of Boughton was destroyed in the English Civil War.
The Parish Council was founded in 1894 and most of the current buildings date from the development of a number of housing ‘estates’ from the 1960s, spreading out form the older areas of Boughton and Vicar Cross Road (Appendix 2). The book ‘A History of the Civil Parish of Great Boughton Cheshire’ by Cecil F Wright published in 1997, provide further reading on the history of the Parish.
We are constantly collecting local information and if you have any photos or memories of Vicars Cross, Boughton Heath or Caldy Valley, we’d love to hear from you.
Great Boughton Heritage Project
