Editing Chester (section)

===Industrial history===
[[File:The Cross and Rows, Chester, Cheshire, England, ca. 1895.jpg|thumb|right|[[Photochrom]] of the [[Chester Rows]] designed by [[Thomas Meakin Lockwood|T.M. Lockwood]], as seen from the [[Chester Cross (junction)|Cross]], 1895]]
Chester played a significant part in the [[Industrial Revolution]], which began in the North West of England in the late 18th century. The city village of Newtown, located northeast of the city and bounded by the [[Shropshire Union Canal]], was at the very heart of this industry.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cheshire West and Chester Council |url=http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/microsites/chester_renaissance/about_us/history_and_market_analysis.aspx |website=www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk |publisher=Cheshire West and Chester Council |access-date=7 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010162839/http://cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/microsites/chester_renaissance/about_us/history_and_market_analysis.aspx |archive-date=10 October 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> The large Chester Cattle Market and the two Chester railway stations, [[Chester railway station|Chester General]] and [[Chester Northgate railway station|Chester Northgate Station]], meant that [[Newtown, Chester|Newtown]] with its cattle market and [[canals|canal]], and [[Hoole]] with its railways were responsible for providing the vast majority of workers and in turn, the vast amount of Chester's wealth production throughout the Industrial Revolution.

The population was 23,115 by 1841.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge, Vol IV |date=1848 |publisher=Charles Knight |location=London |page=475 |edition=First}}</ref>