CHESTER IN THE STREET, (Durham) 5 m. beyond that city, in the road to Berwick, stands near the r. Were, almost opposite to
Lumley-Castle, and had a collegiate Ch. founded by Anth. Beck, Bp. of Durham, for a dean, and 7 prebendaries. 'Tis the
fourth ward T. of the Co. and the ancient seat of the Hedworths, 'Tis old, and said to have been heretofore a Roman
colony; and the Bp's. see was translated from Lindisfern, and continued in it 113 years; but, whatever was its grandeur
then, it is now a poor, dirty place. On Chester West Moor, in this neighbourhood, there are frequent horse races.