A fact from Siege of Chester appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 23 September 2011 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that during the Siege of Chester, King Charles I watched the Battle of Rowton Heath from the Phoenix Tower (pictured) on the city's walls? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/September. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Siege of Chester.

This article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects:

Military history: British / European / Early Modern / Wars of the Three Kingdoms This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status: Referencing and citation: criterion met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met Associated task forces: /  British military history task force European military history task force Early Modern warfare task force (c. 1500 – c. 1800) Wars of the Three Kingdoms task force Cheshire Start‑class This article is within the scope of WikiProject Cheshire, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Cheshire on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CheshireWikipedia:WikiProject CheshireTemplate:WikiProject CheshireCheshire articles Start This article has been given a rating which conflicts with the project-independent quality rating in the banner shell. Please resolve this conflict if possible. ??? This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

I have added a rider to the statement that Charles observed the Battle of Rowton Moor from this tower. See the Phoenix Tower article for comment about this and the appropriate refs. -- Peter I. Vardy ( talk) 13:26, 21 September 2011 (UTC) reply

Yes, that's a reasonable change. Moonraker ( talk) 21:25, 22 September 2011 (UTC) reply

The link to William Brereton in the first paragraph is incorrect - it should be linked to /info/en/?search=Sir_William_Brereton,_1st_Baronet 2404:4408:4087:E100:C42A:3BA2:1B41:14C9 ( talk) 04:03, 13 May 2023 (UTC) reply