The Society has published a journal since 1857, with articles on the archaeology, history and historic architecture of Chester, Cheshire and neighbouring areas. Major topics over the years have included Chester’s City Walls, amphitheatre and medieval Rows and religious houses, as well as Cheshire churches, the Civil War in Cheshire and the Flintshire lead industry. Our scope today remains as broad, with full-length reports on local excavations, historical studies, summaries of recent archaeological fieldwork and conservation, and reports on finds reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme, plus book reviews and obituaries. Volumes are published each year in the autumn and distributed free to Full and Student Members, who are also entitled to discounts on back numbers.
If you are interested in contributing an article to the Journal, contact the Editor. Click here for Notes for Contributors. Requests to reproduce material from the Journal should also be addressed to the Editor.
You can browse a contents list of all issues of the Journal and our occasional publications, with links to digital copies hosted by the Archaeology Data Service. Alternatively, you can go straight to our pages on the Archaeology Data Service website at https://doi.org/10.5284/1046285. Additional issues (except for the three most recent ones) are uploaded every three years.
Copies of the following volumes are still available:
63, 64, 65, 72, 79, 81, 84, 86, 88, 89, 91, 93 and the report on Roman discoveries at Heronbridge.
The charge for volumes 63–91 is £2.00 each for members, £5.00 for non-members; the charge for volume 93 is £15.00 and that for the Heronbridge report £18.00. In all cases, add £4.50 per volume for packing and postage, within the UK; outside the UK, please ask for a quote.
To purchase any of these, contact the Publicity Officer. All payments should be made in advance by cash, a cheque made out to ‘Chester Archaeological Society’ or a BACS transfer.
Roman bridge found during the excavation of docks at Birkenhead
Saxon crosses at Sandbach
Early 18 Century recorders by Peter Bressan