Chester (place name)

Chester (place name)

The suffix -chester, -caster or -cester on an English place name indicates that it is of Roman origin, referring to a camp or fort.

A

* Alcester
* Ancaster

B

* Bicester
* Binchester
* Brancaster

C

* Caistor
* Caistor St Edmund
* Caister-on-Sea
* Chester
* Chesterfield
* Chester-le-Street
* Chichester
* Cirencester
* Colchester

D

* Doncaster
* Dorchester, Dorset
* Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

E

* Ebchester
* Exeter

F

G

*Gloucester
*Godmanchester

H

I

* Ilchester

J

K

L

* Lancaster
* Lanchester
* Leicester

M

* Manchester
* Muncaster

N

O

P

* Portchester

Q

R

* Ribchester
* Rocester
* Rochester

S

* Silchester

T

* Tadcaster
* Towcester

U

* Uttoxeter (may be unrelated in origin)

V

W

* Winchester
* Worcester
* Wroxeter

X

Y

Z


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