BEESTON-CASTLE, (Cheshire), near Bunbury, and not far from Delamere-forest, was built by Ranulph, E. of Chester, on a precipice fenced all round with mountains, and appears by its ruins to have taken up a vast extent of ground. The Beestons, an ancient family, of which was Sir William Beeston, the governor of Jamaica, took their name from this place. According to Leland, in his verses upon this castle, old prophecies say it shall rise again from its ruins.