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As well as its cathedral Chester has at least six ancient churches, several of them now no longer serving as churches.

Invited by the exterior to come.

The highlight of a visit is to the Sanctuary to view the fine triptych reredos with covered cornice and panels of saints and inscriptions recording incumbents and donors.

Dedicated to St Chad, who died in AD 672, and listed in the Domesday Book, the outline of the present building dates from the 14th century.

St Chad's church in Holt is a marvellous historic church, built largely of red sandstone, on the banks of the River Dee, just barely inside Wales.

St Margaret's was built in 1879 in the late Neo Gothic, or Perpendicular, style.