Chester Castle

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fortress historic site medieval castle

Chester Castle is a historic medieval fortress and former administrative center in Chester, England, long associated with the Earls of Chester and later used for military and judicial purposes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Chester Castle canonical	9
Chester Castle complex	3

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fortress ⓘ historic site ⓘ medieval castle ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Norman architecture ⓘ medieval architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	County Palatine of Chester ⓘ Earl of Chester ⓘ surface form: Earls of Chester
builtFor	Earl of Chester ⓘ surface form: Earls of Chester
category	Castles in Cheshire ⓘ History of Chester ⓘ Tourist attractions in Cheshire ⓘ
coordinateLocation	53.188°N 2.891°W ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 20 metres ⓘ
foundedBy	William the Conqueror ⓘ
hasPart	Agricola Tower ⓘ Chapel of St Mary de Castro ⓘ Chester Crown Court ⓘ former prison buildings ⓘ gatehouse ⓘ
hasUse	court building ⓘ military headquarters (historical) ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Grade I listed building ⓘ scheduled monument ⓘ
inception	11th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Cheshire ⓘ City of Chester ⓘ surface form: Chester England ⓘ North West England ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Europe/London ⓘ
locatedOn	River Dee ⓘ
material	sandstone ⓘ
near	City of Chester ⓘ surface form: Chester city walls Old Dee Bridge ⓘ
operator	Ministry of Justice ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Justice of the United Kingdom
ownedBy	Crown Estate ⓘ
partOf	City of Chester ⓘ surface form: City of Chester conservation area
significantEvent	used as county court for Cheshire ⓘ used as military garrison ⓘ
usedFor	administrative purposes ⓘ judicial purposes ⓘ military purposes ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earl of Chester → seatHistorically → Chester Castle ⓘ

Earl of Chester → associatedWithCastle → Chester Castle ⓘ

City of Chester → hasFeature → Chester Castle ⓘ

Chester, United Kingdom → hasFeature → Chester Castle ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester

Agricola Tower → locatedIn → Chester Castle ⓘ

Agricola Tower → partOf → Chester Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chester Castle complex

Agricola Tower → associatedWith → Chester Castle ⓘ

Chapel of St Mary de Castro → locatedIn → Chester Castle ⓘ

Chapel of St Mary de Castro → partOf → Chester Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chester Castle complex

Chester Crown Court → locatedIn → Chester Castle ⓘ

Chester Crown Court → partOf → Chester Castle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chester Castle complex

Chester Crown Court → associatedWith → Chester Castle ⓘ