Hi Martin, When I first started work in the 1970's I worked for the MoD pay office. One of the places I dealt with was the Army base at The Castle in Chester. At that time it was mostly the 22nd Cheshire Regiment, but the buildings were spread across the whole area around the Castle & Assize Courts. I've had a look at the 1911 map of Chester (on CD from FHSC) and the barracks are marked where the Regimental Museum is now. There is a Military Hospital across the road on the corner of Castle Street (Military House on Google street view). The Militia Barracks is also shown, on what is now Nicholas Street, opposite the magistrates court (that seems to be built on the site of an old graveyard). Hope this helps. Lesley Baxendale Colwyn Bay On 05/09/2013 23:02, Martin Briscoe wrote: > I managed to stop off in Chester today and I was wondering about where my > Great Grandmother was born. Her father was a soldier in the 68th Regiment > and in Chester from about the 1st April 1846, he went to Ireland in August > 1846 and died in February the following year. > > My Great Grandmother was born there in Jul 1846. > > I believe soldier's wives would often live in the barracks. > > The left hand building, now Regimental Museum of the Cheshire Regiment, is > show on maps from around the but not the other central and right hand > buildings. > > One map also shows a Military Hospital across the road where the present > Purslove & Brown building is, I believe this used to be known as something > like 'Army House'. Wondering if that is a Military Hospital from that > period though not sure whether they would take in a soldier's wife giving > birth. > > I wonder if anyone knows anything about these buildings, not hugely > important but interesting to be able to place events like that. > > There is the Militia Barracks across the other side of the modern roundabout > but he was in the regular army - I notice there is an old stone wall which > looks as if it might have been part of the barracks. > > > > > > Martin Briscoe > Fort William > martin@mbriscoe.me.uk > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >