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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lumley_Castle" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lumley_Castle"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Lumley Castle</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lumley_Castle-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Queens_Head_Hotel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Queens_Head_Hotel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>The Queens Head Hotel</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Queens_Head_Hotel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_Post_Office" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_Post_Office"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>The Post Office</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_Post_Office-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religious_sites" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religious_sites"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Religious sites</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Religious_sites-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Religious sites subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Religious_sites-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert_Church" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert_Church"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>St Mary and St Cuthbert Church</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert_Church-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bethel_United_Reformed_Church" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bethel_United_Reformed_Church"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Bethel United Reformed Church</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bethel_United_Reformed_Church-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Cricket" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cricket"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Cricket</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cricket-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rowing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rowing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Rowing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rowing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Football" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Football"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Football</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Football-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Transport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Transport</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Transport-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Transport subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Transport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Railway" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Railway"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Railway</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Railway-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Buses" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Buses"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Buses</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Buses-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roads" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roads"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Roads</span> 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Secondary_schools"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Secondary schools</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Secondary_schools-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Twin_town" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Twin_town"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Twin town</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Twin_town-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="چستر لی استریت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="چستر لی استریت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9F" title="चेस्टर ली स्ट्रीट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="चेस्टर ली स्ट्रीट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargnogh" title="Kargnogh – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Kargnogh" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9F" title="चेस्टर-ली-स्ट्रीट – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="चेस्टर-ली-स्ट्रीट" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="تشترلى ستريت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="تشترلى ستريت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9A%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B0_%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%9F%E0%A9%8D%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%9F" title="ਚੈਸਟਰ ਲੀ ਸਟ੍ਰੀਟ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਚੈਸਟਰ ਲੀ ਸਟ੍ਰੀਟ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%B9" title="چیسٹرلی اسٹریٹ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="چیسٹرلی اسٹریٹ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" title="Chester-le-Street – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Chester-le-Street" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80-%D0%BB%D0%B5-%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82" title="Честер-ле-Стрит – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Честер-ле-Стрит" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester-le-Street" 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.pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Durham_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chester-le-Street is located in County Durham"><img alt="Chester-le-Street is located in County Durham" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Durham_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Durham_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Durham_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Durham_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, 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Durham">County Durham</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">24,227 (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=54.854873~-1.580971&lvl=13&sp=Point.54.854873_-1.580971_Chester-le-Street&sty=s&style=s">NZ270512</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">Unitary authority</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/DH_postcode_area" title="DH postcode area">DH2, DH3</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0191</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Durham_Constabulary" title="Durham Constabulary">Durham</a></td></tr><tr 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_County_Durham" title="List of places in County Durham">County Durham</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Chester-le-Street&params=54.8594_N_1.5699_W_region:GB_type:city(24227)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°51′34″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°34′12″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.8594°N 1.5699°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.8594; -1.5699</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chester-le-Street</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'">tʃ</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span></span>/</a></span></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market town</a> in the <a href="/wiki/County_Durham_(district)" title="County Durham (district)">County Durham</a> district, in the ceremonial county of <a href="/wiki/County_Durham" title="County Durham">Durham</a>, England. It is located around 6 miles (10 kilometres) north of <a href="/wiki/Durham,_England" title="Durham, England">Durham</a> and is also close to <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sunderland" title="Sunderland">Sunderland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town holds markets on Saturdays.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, the town had a population of 23,555.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town's history is ancient; records date to a Roman-built fort called <a href="/wiki/Concangis" title="Concangis">Concangis</a>. The Roman fort is the <i>Chester</i> (from the Latin <i><a href="/wiki/Castra" title="Castra">castra</a></i>) of the town's name; the <i>Street</i> refers to the paved Roman road that ran north–south through the town.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The parish church of <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert,_Chester-le-Street" title="St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street">St Mary and St Cuthbert</a> is where the body of <a href="/wiki/Cuthbert" title="Cuthbert">St Cuthbert</a> remained for 112 years, before being transferred to <a href="/wiki/Durham_Cathedral" title="Durham Cathedral">Durham Cathedral</a>. An <a href="/wiki/Old_English_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Old English language">Old English</a> translation of the Gospels was made in the 10th century: a word-for-word <a href="/wiki/Bible_gloss" class="mw-redirect" title="Bible gloss">gloss</a> of the Latin <a href="/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a> text, inserted between the lines by <a href="/wiki/Aldred_the_Scribe" title="Aldred the Scribe">Aldred the Scribe</a>, who was Provost of <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Chester-le-Street</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toponymy">Toponymy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Toponymy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Romans founded a fort named <i>Concangis</i> or <i>Concagium</i>, which was a <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latinisation</a> of the original <a href="/wiki/Celtic_languages" title="Celtic languages">Celtic name</a> for the area, which also gave name to the waterway through the town, <a href="/wiki/Cong_Burn" title="Cong Burn">Cong Burn</a>. The precise name is uncertain as it does not appear in Roman records, but <i>Concangis</i> is the name most cited today.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although a meaning "Place of the horse people" has been given, scholarly authorities consider the meaning of the name obscure.<sup id="cite_ref-heroicage.org_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heroicage.org-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Old_English" title="Old English">Old English</a> forms of the name include <i>Cuneceastra</i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Conceastre</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which takes its first two syllables from the Roman name, with the addition of the Old English word <i>ceaster</i> 'Roman fortification'.<sup id="cite_ref-heroicage.org_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-heroicage.org-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Universal Etymological English Dictionary</i> of 1749 gives the town as <i>Chester upon Street</i> (and describes it as "a Village in the Bishoprick of Durham").<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At some point this was shortened to the modern form. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Town_biography">Town biography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Town biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is evidence of <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> use of the <a href="/wiki/River_Wear" title="River Wear">River Wear</a> near the town,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Concangis" title="Concangis">Concangis</a> was built alongside the Roman road <a href="/wiki/Cade%27s_Road" title="Cade's Road">Cade's Road</a> (now Front Street) and close to the River Wear, around 100 A.D., and was occupied until the Romans left Britain in 410 A.D. At the time, the Wear was navigable to at least Concangis and may also have provided food for the garrisons stationed there.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the Romans left, there is no record of who lived there, until 883, when a group of monks, driven out of <a href="/wiki/Lindisfarne" title="Lindisfarne">Lindisfarne</a> seven years earlier, stopped there to build a wooden shrine and church to St Cuthbert, whose body they had borne with them. It became the seat of the <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Lindisfarne" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Lindisfarne">Bishop of Lindisfarne</a>, making the church a cathedral. There, the monks translated the Lindisfarne Gospels into English. They stayed for 112 years, leaving in 995 for a safer home in Durham.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The title has been revived as the Roman Catholic <a href="/wiki/Titular_see" title="Titular see">titular see</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cuncacestre" title="Cuncacestre">Cuncacestre</a>. </p><p>The church was rebuilt in stone in 1054 and, despite the loss of its <a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">bishopric</a>, seems to have retained a degree of wealth and influence. In 1080, most of the huts in the town were burned and many people killed in retaliation for the death of <a href="/wiki/Walcher" title="Walcher">Walcher</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/Prince-bishop" title="Prince-bishop">prince-bishop</a>, at the hands of an English mob. The region<i><b>?</b></i> was not recorded in the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> of 1086.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cade's Road did not fall out of use but was hidden beneath later roads which became the Great North Road, the main route from London and the south to <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>. The town's location on the road played a significant role in its development, as well as its name, as <a href="/wiki/Public_house#Inns" class="mw-redirect" title="Public house">inns</a> sprang up to cater for the travelling trade. This trade reached a peak in the early 19th century as more people and new mail services were carried by <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach" title="Stagecoach">stagecoach</a>, before declining as railways became more popular. The town was bypassed when the <a href="/wiki/A167" class="mw-redirect" title="A167">A167</a> road was routed around the town and this was later supplanted by the <a href="/wiki/A1(M)" class="mw-redirect" title="A1(M)">A1(M)</a> motorway.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From the late 17th century onwards, coal was dug in increasing quantities in the region. At the same time, the growth of the mines and the influx of miners supported local businesses, not just the many inns but new shops and services, themselves bringing in more people to work in them. These people would later work in new industries established in the town to take advantage of its good communications and access to raw materials.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the evening of 5 October 1936, the <a href="/wiki/Jarrow_March" title="Jarrow March">Jarrow Marchers</a> stopped at the town centre after their first day's walk. The church hall was used to house them before they continued onward the following day.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1894 until 2009, local government districts were governed from the town. From 1894 to 1974, it had <a href="/wiki/Chester-le-Street_Rural_District" title="Chester-le-Street Rural District">a rural district</a>, which covered the town and outlying villages. In 1909, the inner <a href="/wiki/Rural_district" title="Rural district">rural district</a> formed an <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban district council">urban district</a>, which covered the town as it was at that time. </p><p>By 1974, the town expanded out of the urban district, during that year's <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1974_(United_Kingdom)" title="Local Government Act 1974 (United Kingdom)">reforms</a> the urban and rural districts, as well as other areas formed a <a href="/wiki/Chester-le-Street_(district)" title="Chester-le-Street (district)">non-metropolitan district</a>. It was abolished in <a href="/wiki/2009_structural_changes_to_local_government_in_England" title="2009 structural changes to local government in England">2009 reforms</a> when the <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">non-metropolitan county</a> became a unitary authority.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ChesterleStreetFlood.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/ChesterleStreetFlood.JPG/220px-ChesterleStreetFlood.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/ChesterleStreetFlood.JPG/330px-ChesterleStreetFlood.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/ChesterleStreetFlood.JPG/440px-ChesterleStreetFlood.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>Flooding on Front Street in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>The town has a mild climate and gets well below average rainfall relative to the UK. It does though experience occasional <a href="/wiki/Flood" title="Flood">floods</a>. To the east of the town lies the Riverside cricket ground and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Riverside_Park_(Chester-le-Street)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Riverside Park (Chester-le-Street) (page does not exist)">Riverside Park</a>. They were built on the flood plains of the River Wear, and are often flooded when the river bursts its banks. The town centre is subject to occasional <a href="/wiki/Flash_flooding" class="mw-redirect" title="Flash flooding">flash flooding</a>, usually after very heavy rain over the town and surrounding areas, if the rain falls too quickly for it to be drained away by Cong Burn. The flooding occurs at the bottom of Front Street where the Cong Burn passes under the street, after it was enclosed in concrete in 1932.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Landmarks">Landmarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Chester-le-Street_Civic_Heart_outdoor_sculpture_12_March_2009.jpg/93px-Chester-le-Street_Civic_Heart_outdoor_sculpture_12_March_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Chester-le-Street_Civic_Heart_outdoor_sculpture_12_March_2009.jpg/140px-Chester-le-Street_Civic_Heart_outdoor_sculpture_12_March_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Chester-le-Street_Civic_Heart_outdoor_sculpture_12_March_2009.jpg/186px-Chester-le-Street_Civic_Heart_outdoor_sculpture_12_March_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3576" data-file-height="2652" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:114px;max-width:114px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:69px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:QueensHead.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Front of a three-storey building, six windows across, with a large-framed wood door at ground level and a painted sign with the words "THE QUEENS HEAD"" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/QueensHead.jpg/112px-QueensHead.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/QueensHead.jpg/168px-QueensHead.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/QueensHead.jpg/224px-QueensHead.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3788" data-file-height="2327" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:154px;max-width:154px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:114px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lumley_Castle_Hotel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_579104.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Square castle with square tower" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Lumley_Castle_Hotel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_579104.jpg/152px-Lumley_Castle_Hotel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_579104.jpg" decoding="async" width="152" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Lumley_Castle_Hotel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_579104.jpg/228px-Lumley_Castle_Hotel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_579104.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Lumley_Castle_Hotel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_579104.jpg/304px-Lumley_Castle_Hotel_-_geograph.org.uk_-_579104.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:154px;max-width:154px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:114px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_Burn_viaduct_looking_west.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A large railway viaduct made from red bricks, topped by railings and electric pylons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Chester_Burn_viaduct_looking_west.jpg/152px-Chester_Burn_viaduct_looking_west.jpg" decoding="async" width="152" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Chester_Burn_viaduct_looking_west.jpg/228px-Chester_Burn_viaduct_looking_west.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Chester_Burn_viaduct_looking_west.jpg/304px-Chester_Burn_viaduct_looking_west.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">The general Post Office, the marketplace with the former Civic Heart sculpture (now demolished),<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Queens Head Hotel on Front Street, <a href="/wiki/Lumley_Castle" title="Lumley Castle">Lumley Castle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chester_Burn_viaduct" class="mw-redirect" title="Chester Burn viaduct">Chester Burn viaduct</a></div></div></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Leland_(antiquary)" title="John Leland (antiquary)">John Leland</a> described Chester-le-Street in the 1530s as "Chiefly one main street of very mean building in height.", a sentiment echoed by <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Defoe" title="Daniel Defoe">Daniel Defoe</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chester_Burn_viaduct">Chester Burn viaduct</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Chester Burn viaduct"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chester_Burn_viaduct" class="mw-redirect" title="Chester Burn viaduct">Chester Burn viaduct</a></div> <p>The viaduct to the northwest of the town centre was completed in 1868 for the <a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Railway_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="North Eastern Railway (UK)">North Eastern Railway</a>, to enable trains to travel at high speed on a more direct route between Newcastle and Durham. It is over 230m long with 11 arches, now spanning a road and supermarket car-park, and is a Grade II listed structure.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lumley_Castle">Lumley Castle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Lumley Castle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Lumley_Castle" title="Lumley Castle">Lumley Castle</a> was built in 1389.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is on the eastern bank of the <a href="/wiki/River_Wear" title="River Wear">River Wear</a> and overlooks the town and the Riverside Park. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Queens_Head_Hotel">The Queens Head Hotel</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: The Queens Head Hotel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Queens Head Hotel is located in the central area of the Front Street. It was built over 250 years ago when Front Street formed part of the main route from Edinburgh and Newcastle to London and the south of England. A Grade II listed building, it is set back from the street and is still one of the largest buildings in the town centre.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Post_Office">The Post Office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The Post Office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_VIII_Royal_Emblem_Chester-le-Street_Post_Office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Edward_VIII_Royal_Emblem_Chester-le-Street_Post_Office.jpg/220px-Edward_VIII_Royal_Emblem_Chester-le-Street_Post_Office.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Edward_VIII_Royal_Emblem_Chester-le-Street_Post_Office.jpg/330px-Edward_VIII_Royal_Emblem_Chester-le-Street_Post_Office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Edward_VIII_Royal_Emblem_Chester-le-Street_Post_Office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="320" /></a><figcaption>Edward VIII Royal Emblem on the main Post Office</figcaption></figure> <p>Chester-le-Street Post Office at 137 Front Street is in Art Deco style and replaced a smaller building located on the corner of Relton Terrace and Ivanhoe Terrace. It opened in 1936 and is unusual in that it is one of a handful<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of post offices that display the <a href="/wiki/Royal_cypher" title="Royal cypher">royal cypher</a> from the brief reign of <a href="/wiki/Edward_VIII_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward VIII of the United Kingdom">Edward VIII</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_sites">Religious sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Religious sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert_Church">St Mary and St Cuthbert Church</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: St Mary and St Cuthbert Church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert%27s_Church,_Chester-le-Street,_County_Durham.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert%27s_Church%2C_Chester-le-Street%2C_County_Durham.jpg/220px-St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert%27s_Church%2C_Chester-le-Street%2C_County_Durham.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="336" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert%27s_Church%2C_Chester-le-Street%2C_County_Durham.jpg/330px-St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert%27s_Church%2C_Chester-le-Street%2C_County_Durham.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert%27s_Church%2C_Chester-le-Street%2C_County_Durham.jpg/440px-St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert%27s_Church%2C_Chester-le-Street%2C_County_Durham.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2002" data-file-height="3057" /></a><figcaption>of St Mary and St Cuthbert parish church</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_and_St_Cuthbert,_Chester-le-Street" title="St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street">St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street</a></div> <p>St Mary and St Cuthbert church possesses a rare surviving 14th century anchorage,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one of the best-preserved in the country<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. It was occupied by six <a href="/wiki/Anchorite" title="Anchorite">anchorites</a> from 1383 to c. 1538 and its walled-up cell had only a slit from which the anchorite could observe the altar and receive food, while outside was an open grave for when the occupant died. It is now a museum known as the Anker's House.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The north aisle is occupied by a line of Lumley family effigies, only five genuine, assembled circa 1590. Some have been chopped off to fit and resemble a casualty station at Agincourt, according to <a href="/wiki/Sir_Simon_Jenkins" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Simon Jenkins">Sir Simon Jenkins</a> in his <i>England's Thousand Best Churches</i>. This and Lumley Castle are Chester-le-Street's only Grade I <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed buildings</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bethel_United_Reformed_Church">Bethel United Reformed Church</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Bethel United Reformed Church"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BethelChurch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Symmetric stone-faced front of a small chapel with a round window above a red door and two windows to either side" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/BethelChurch.jpg/220px-BethelChurch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/BethelChurch.jpg/330px-BethelChurch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/BethelChurch.jpg/440px-BethelChurch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3193" data-file-height="2631" /></a><figcaption>The Bethel United Reformed church on Low Chare</figcaption></figure> <p>The small <a href="/wiki/United_Reformed_Church" title="United Reformed Church">United Reformed Church</a> on Low Chare, just off the main Front Street, was built in 1814 as the Bethel <a href="/wiki/Congregational_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Congregational church">Congregational Chapel</a> and remodelled in 1860. It is still in use and is a Grade II listed building.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cricket">Cricket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Cricket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Riverside_Ground" title="Riverside Ground">Riverside Ground</a>, known for sponsorship reasons as the Seat Unique Riverside, is home to <a href="/wiki/Durham_County_Cricket_Club" title="Durham County Cricket Club">Durham County Cricket Club</a> which became a first class county in 1992. Since 1999, the ground has hosted many international fixtures, usually involving the <a href="/wiki/England_cricket_team" title="England cricket team">England cricket team</a>. The ground was also host to two fixtures at the <a href="/wiki/1999_Cricket_World_Cup" title="1999 Cricket World Cup">1999 Cricket World Cup</a>, and three fixtures at the <a href="/wiki/2019_Cricket_World_Cup" title="2019 Cricket World Cup">2019 Cricket World Cup</a>. The town also has its own cricket club, Chester-le-Street Cricket Club based at the <a href="/wiki/Ropery_Lane" title="Ropery Lane">Ropery Lane</a> ground. They are the current Champions of the <a href="/wiki/North_East_Premier_League" title="North East Premier League">North East Premier League</a>, won the <a href="/wiki/ECB_National_Club_Cricket_Championship" title="ECB National Club Cricket Championship">national ECB 45 over tournament</a> in 2009 and reached the quarter-final of the <a href="/wiki/ECB_National_Club_Cricket_Championship" title="ECB National Club Cricket Championship">national 20/20 club championship</a> in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rowing">Rowing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Rowing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester_Le_Street_Amateur_Rowing_Club_Rowing_Blade.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Chester_Le_Street_Amateur_Rowing_Club_Rowing_Blade.svg/220px-Chester_Le_Street_Amateur_Rowing_Club_Rowing_Blade.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Chester_Le_Street_Amateur_Rowing_Club_Rowing_Blade.svg/330px-Chester_Le_Street_Amateur_Rowing_Club_Rowing_Blade.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Chester_Le_Street_Amateur_Rowing_Club_Rowing_Blade.svg/440px-Chester_Le_Street_Amateur_Rowing_Club_Rowing_Blade.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="230" /></a><figcaption>Blade colours of Chester-le-Street rowing club</figcaption></figure> <p>Chester-le-Street Amateur Rowing Club is based on the River Wear near the Riverside cricket ground and has been there for over 100 years. During the summer months the club operate mainly on the river, but in the winter move to indoor sessions during the evenings and use the river at weekends. </p><p>The club has over 160 members of which 90 are junior members, with numbers increasing annually. The club are well thought of by British Rowing as a lead club for junior development with many juniors now competing at GB level, and some competing for GB at international events. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Medieval_football" title="Medieval football">Medieval football</a> was once played in the town. The game was played annually on <a href="/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday" title="Shrove Tuesday">Shrove Tuesday</a> between the "Upstreeters" and "Downstreeters". Play started at 1 pm and finished at 6 pm. To start the game, the ball was thrown from a window in the centre of the town and in one game more than 400 players took part. The centre of the street was the dividing line and the winner was the side where the ball was (Up or Down) at 6 pm. It was played from the Middle Ages until 1932, when it was outlawed by the police and people trying to carry on the tradition were arrested.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Chester-le-Street_United_F.C." title="Chester-le-Street United F.C.">Chester-le-Street United F.C.</a> were founded in 2020 and compete in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Football_League" title="Northern Football League">Northern Football League</a> Division Two. In the 2022/23 season they finished above their local rivals <a href="/wiki/Chester-le-Street_Town_F.C." title="Chester-le-Street Town F.C.">Chester-le-Street Town F.C.</a> who were founded in 1972 and compete in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Football_League" title="Northern Football League">Northern Football League</a> Division Two and based just outside Chester-le-street in Chester Moor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chester-le-Street_Railway_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Chester-le-Street_Railway_Station.jpg/220px-Chester-le-Street_Railway_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Chester-le-Street_Railway_Station.jpg/330px-Chester-le-Street_Railway_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Chester-le-Street_Railway_Station.jpg/440px-Chester-le-Street_Railway_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Chester-le-Street station</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Chester-le-Street_railway_station" title="Chester-le-Street railway station">Chester-le-Street railway station</a> is a stop on the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_Main_Line" title="East Coast Main Line">East Coast Main Line</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail">National Rail</a> network between Newcastle and Durham; it opened in 1868. The station is served by two <a href="/wiki/Train_operating_companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Train operating companies">train operating companies</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TransPennine_Express" title="TransPennine Express">TransPennine Express</a> provides services between <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Lime_Street_railway_station" title="Liverpool Lime Street railway station">Liverpool Lime Street</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Piccadilly_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Piccadilly railway station">Manchester Piccadilly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeds_railway_station" title="Leeds railway station">Leeds</a>, <a href="/wiki/York_railway_station" title="York railway station">York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durham_railway_station" title="Durham railway station">Durham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_railway_station" title="Newcastle railway station">Newcastle</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Trains" title="Northern Trains">Northern Trains</a> runs a limited service in early mornings and evenings; destinations include Newcastle, <a href="/wiki/Carlisle_railway_station" title="Carlisle railway station">Carlisle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Darlington_railway_station" title="Darlington railway station">Darlington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The station is managed by Northern Trains.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> The town is mentioned in the 1963 song "<a href="/wiki/Slow_Train_(Flanders_and_Swann_song)" title="Slow Train (Flanders and Swann song)">Slow Train</a>" by <a href="/wiki/Flanders_and_Swann" title="Flanders and Swann">Flanders and Swann</a>:</p><blockquote><i><div class="poem"> <p>No churns, no porter, no cat on a seat,<br /> At Chorlton-cum-Hardy or Chester-le-Street.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div></i></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chester-le-Street's bus services are operated primarily by <a href="/wiki/Go_North_East" title="Go North East">Go North East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arriva_North_East" title="Arriva North East">Arriva North East</a>; routes connect the town with <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durham,_England" title="Durham, England">Durham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middlesbrough" title="Middlesbrough">Middlesbrough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seaham" title="Seaham">Seaham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town is the original home of The Northern General Transport Company, which has since grown into Go North East; it operated from the Picktree Lane Depot until 2023 when it was demolished. It also pioneered the use of Minilink bus services in the North East in 1985. </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Front Street first carried the <a href="/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A1 road (Great Britain)">A1 road</a>, between London and <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, through the town. A bypass was built in the 1950s, which still exists today as the <a href="/wiki/A167_road" title="A167 road">A167</a>. The bypass road itself was partly bypassed by, and partly incorporated in, the <a href="/wiki/A1(M)" class="mw-redirect" title="A1(M)">A1(M)</a> motorway in the 1970s. </p><p>The northern end of Front Street was once the start of the A6127, which is the road that would continue through <a href="/wiki/Birtley,_Tyne_and_Wear" title="Birtley, Tyne and Wear">Birtley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gateshead" title="Gateshead">Gateshead</a> and eventually over the <a href="/wiki/Tyne_Bridge" title="Tyne Bridge">Tyne Bridge</a>; it become the A6127(M) central motorway in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a>. However, when the Gateshead-Newcastle Western Bypass of the <a href="/wiki/A1(M)" class="mw-redirect" title="A1(M)">A1(M)</a> was opened, many roads in this area were renumbered; they followed the convention that roads originating between single digit A roads take their first digit from the single digit A road in an anticlockwise direction from their point of origin. Newcastle Road, which was formerly designated <a href="/wiki/A1_road_(Great_Britain)" title="A1 road (Great Britain)">A1</a>, is now unclassified. The A6127 was renamed the <a href="/wiki/A167_road" title="A167 road">A167</a>. Car traffic is now banned from the northern part of Front Street and it is restricted to buses, cyclists and delivery vehicles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Primary_schools">Primary schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Primary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Cestria Primary School</li> <li>Bullion Lane Primary School</li> <li>Woodlea Primary School</li> <li>Lumley Junior and Infant School</li> <li>Newker Primary School</li> <li>Red Rose Primary School</li> <li>Chester-le-Street CE Primary School</li> <li>St Cuthbert's RCVA Primary School</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secondary_schools">Secondary schools</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Secondary schools"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Park_View_School,_Chester-le-Street" title="Park View School, Chester-le-Street">Park View School</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermitage_Academy,_Chester-le-Street" title="Hermitage Academy, Chester-le-Street">Hermitage Academy</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">June 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Barron" title="Michael Barron">Michael Barron</a>, footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aidan_Chambers" title="Aidan Chambers">Aidan Chambers</a>, children's author<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Browell_Charlton" title="William Browell Charlton">William Browell Charlton</a>, trade union leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellie_Crisell" title="Ellie Crisell">Ellie Crisell</a>, journalist and television presenter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Dodd" title="Ronnie Dodd">Ronnie Dodd</a>, footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Graham_(footballer)" title="Danny Graham (footballer)">Danny Graham</a>, footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Hayden-Smith" title="Andrew Hayden-Smith">Andrew Hayden-Smith</a>, actor and presenter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Leadbitter" title="Grant Leadbitter">Grant Leadbitter</a>, footballer<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Mackie" title="Sheila Mackie">Sheila Mackie</a>, artist<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jock_Purdon" title="Jock Purdon">Jock Purdon</a>, folk singer and poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Reach" title="Adam Reach">Adam Reach</a>, footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Robson" title="Bryan Robson">Bryan Robson</a>, former England <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> manager<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Robson_(footballer)" title="Gary Robson (footballer)">Gary Robson</a>, footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Sutherland_(conductor)" title="Gavin Sutherland (conductor)">Gavin Sutherland</a>, conductor and pianist<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Todd" title="Colin Todd">Colin Todd</a>, football manager and former <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> international player<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_Life_in_football_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_Life_in_football-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olga_and_Betty_Turnbull" title="Olga and Betty Turnbull">Olga and Betty Turnbull</a>, children's entertainers</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geordie_Walker" title="Geordie Walker">Kevin "Geordie" Walker</a>, guitarist of post-punk group <a href="/wiki/Killing_Joke" title="Killing Joke">Killing Joke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ward_(footballer_born_1964)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Ward (footballer born 1964)">Peter Ward</a>, footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Welch" title="Bruce Welch">Bruce Welch</a> of pop group <a href="/wiki/The_Shadows" title="The Shadows">The Shadows</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_town">Twin town</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Twin town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamp-Lintfort" title="Kamp-Lintfort">Kamp-Lintfort</a> in Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For example, the old bell in St Mary and St Cuthbert is inscribed in Latin <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r920966791">.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}</style><p><span class="smallcaps">Magister Robertus Aschbern, Decanus Cestriae, me fecit. Hac campana data Cuthbertus sic cocitata</span><br />Master Robert Ashburn, Dean of the fort, made me. This bell given is thus named Cuthbert</p></blockquote></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chester-le-Street&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Durham County Council – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/Lookup/Chester%20le%20st%20Settlement%20Summary%20Sheets%20Numbers/$file/Chester+le+st+Settlement+Summary+Sheets+Numbers.pdf">Chester le Street</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071010050136/http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/Lookup/Chester%20le%20st%20Settlement%20Summary%20Sheets%20Numbers/%24file/Chester%2Ble%2Bst%2BSettlement%2BSummary%2BSheets%2BNumbers.pdf">Archived</a> 10 October 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (this is the population for the old urban district. The larger district population is 53,100)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.languagehat.com/archives/002452.php">"languagehat.com : BBC PRONUNCIATION BLOG"</a>. <i>languagehat.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=languagehat.com&rft.atitle=languagehat.com+%3A+BBC+PRONUNCIATION+BLOG.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.languagehat.com%2Farchives%2F002452.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChester-le-Street" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFForvo_Team" class="citation web cs1">Forvo Team. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.forvo.com/word/chester-le-street/">"Chester-le-Street pronunciation: How to pronounce Chester-le-Street in English"</a>. <i>forvo.com</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=forvo.com&rft.atitle=Chester-le-Street+pronunciation%3A+How+to+pronounce+Chester-le-Street+in+English&rft.au=Forvo+Team&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forvo.com%2Fword%2Fchester-le-street%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChester-le-Street" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Measured from Durham Cathedral to St Mary and St Cuthbert's Church, Chester-le-Street</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120328011245/http://www.4durhamcounty.co.uk/towns.php?town=Chester-le-Street">"Towns in County Durham: Chester-le-Street"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 August</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=durham.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Markets&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.durham.gov.uk%2Fmarkets&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChester-le-Street" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>City Population - Chester-le-Street <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/northeastengland/county_durham/E63000158__chester_le_street/">[1]</a> 7 July 2024 </i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Durham/Chester%20le%20Street">"Key to English Place-Names"</a>. University of Nottingham. <q>[for Chester-le-Street]: "Street" from strēt (Anglian), a Roman road</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Key+to+English+Place-Names&rft.pub=University+of+Nottingham&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkepn.nottingham.ac.uk%2Fmap%2Fplace%2FDurham%2FChester%2520le%2520Street&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChester-le-Street" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Selkirk (2000) pp. 339–40</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Selkirk (2001) p. 45</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Purdon (1992) p. 8</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-heroicage.org-12"><span 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<span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html">"Fox—P-Celtic Place-Names—Appendix"</a>. <i>www.heroicage.org</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.heroicage.org&rft.atitle=Fox%E2%80%94P-Celtic+Place-Names%E2%80%94Appendix&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heroicage.org%2Fissues%2F10%2Ffox-appendix.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChester-le-Street" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Purdon (1992) p. 10</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Selkirk (2000) p. 337</span> </li> <li 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keystothepast.info/Pages/pgDetail.aspx?PRN=D34970">the original</a> on 10 April 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">1 June</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Railway+Viaduct+Over+Chester+Burn+%28Chester-le-Street%29&rft.pub=Durham+County+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystothepast.info%2FPages%2FpgDetail.aspx%3FPRN%3DD34970&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChester-le-Street" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.british-history.ac.uk/antiquities-durham/vol2/pp136-206#h2-0017">"Parish of Chester-Le-Street | British History Online"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Parish+of+Chester-Le-Street+%26%23124%3B+British+History+Online&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.british-history.ac.uk%2Fantiquities-durham%2Fvol2%2Fpp136-206%23h2-0017&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChester-le-Street" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110616212830/http://www.keystothepast.info/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=D11046">"Queens Head Hotel; Listed building (Chester-le-Street)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Durham_County_Council" title="Durham County Council">Durham County Council</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keystothepast.info/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=D11046">the original</a> on 16 June 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 September</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Queens+Head+Hotel%3B+Listed+building+%28Chester-le-Street%29&rft.pub=Durham+County+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystothepast.info%2FK2P.nsf%2FK2PDetail%3Freadform%26PRN%3DD11046&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChester-le-Street" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The website <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://britishpostofficearchitects.weebly.com/">http://britishpostofficearchitects.weebly.com/</a> lists Bradford-on-Avon, Builth Wells, Havant, March and Wallingford</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1120955?section=official-list-entry">"CHURCH OF ST MARY AND ST CUTHBERT (1120955)"</a>. <i>Historic England</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 August</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=St+Mary+and+St+Cuthbert&rft.atitle=Church+Building&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maryandcuthbert.org.uk%2Fchurch-building&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChester-le-Street" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110616212655/http://www.keystothepast.info/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=D11004">"Chester-le-Street, Church of St Mary & St Cuthbert; Listed building (Chester-le-Street)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Durham_County_Council" title="Durham County Council">Durham County Council</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 September</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Chester-le-Street%2C+Church+of+St+Mary+%26+St+Cuthbert%3B+Listed+building+%28Chester-le-Street%29&rft.pub=Durham+County+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystothepast.info%2FK2P.nsf%2FK2PDetail%3Freadform%26PRN%3DD11004&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChester-le-Street" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110616212807/http://www.keystothepast.info/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=D11005">"Chester-le-Street, United Reformed Church; Listed building (Chester-le-Street)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Durham_County_Council" title="Durham County Council">Durham County Council</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 September</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Chester-le-Street%2C+United+Reformed+Church%3B+Listed+building+%28Chester-le-Street%29&rft.pub=Durham+County+Council&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystothepast.info%2FK2P.nsf%2FK2PDetail%3Freadform%26PRN%3DD11005&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChester-le-Street" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20120711082709/http://cles.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp">"Chester-le-Street – Play-Cricket"</a>. 2012. 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