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Eaton Hall near Chester is the home of the Duke of Westminster
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Almost at the end of the motorway-standard section of the A483. A last straight on which to let speed tail off in anticipation of the junctions ahead.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Looking across the old Wrexham Road, now by-passed by the A483 dual carriageway. The gap in the trees, to the right of the pole, indicates the line of the new road.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Roundabout sign visible
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©Colin Pyle
Dist:0.4km<br/>This is the east side of Belgrave Bridge, which has been widened and strengthened in modern times. The west side of the bridge still has the old stone arch but is surmounted by the same concrete platform. The 1857 Ordnance Survey schedule for the 'Abstract of levelling from Newtown to Chester' records that benchmark number 120 was cut on the east parapet of this bridge, so this mark must have been destroyed when the bridge was widened. The cars in the distance are negotiating the A483/B5445 roundabout junction. See also [[1477981]]
©John S Turner
Dist:0.4km<br/>The west side of Belgrave Bridge, which although it has been strengthened and widened on its east side, has retained its earlier stone arch here. See also [[1477926]]
©John S Turner
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking south along the old Wrexham Road, which has been by-passed by the A483 dual-carriageway. On the left is the old Cheshire County Council mile marker 'Chester 3 Miles' [[1478018]], and beyond that the parapets of Belgrave Bridge can be seen.
©John S Turner
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©Colin Pyle
Dist:0.5km<br/>This cast iron Cheshire County Council mile marker is dated 1898 and indicates that it is 3 miles to Chester and 8 1/2 to Wrexham. Cheshire County Council was formed in 1888 and they seem to have instigated a complete removal of all old stone mileposts in exchange for cast iron ones. This one was cast by the WHSmith iron company of Whitchurch. It is hollow and open at the back.
©John S Turner
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking across the roundabout at the B5445 and A483 junction. The road to the left is the old Wrexham Road, which has been by-passed by this modern dual carriageway.
©John S Turner
Dist:0.5km<br/>Grosvenor Garden Centre is located on Cheshire's Eaton Estate, which has been the home to the Grosvenor family since the 15th century.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking towards the roundabout where the B5445, old Wrexham Road, meets the modern A483 dual carriageway. The white 'blob' on the right is an 1898 cast iron Cheshire County Council mile marker 'Chester 3 Miles'.
©John S Turner
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©Peter Whatley

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