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Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street, Durham, Eng.
Chester-le-Street
England, United Kingdom
Chester-le-Street, town and former district, unitary authority and historic county of Durham, northern England. It is situated at the southern edge of the Tyne and Wear metropolitan county near the River Wear.
It was the site of a Roman station behind the frontier of Hadrianās Wall, a defensive barrier erected across northern Britain as protection against raids from what became Scotland. The modern development of the town dates from the 17th century, when it began to grow as a centre for the local coal-mining settlements. With the closing of the mines, the area is now mainly residential. Pop. (2001) 36,049; (2011) 37,164.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Jeff Wallenfeldt.
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