_West Chester_ (Vol. iii., p. 353.).--So called in contradistinction to
Chester-le-Street, Chester Magna, Chester Parva, Chesterfield,
Chesterton, and a hundred other Chesters throughout England. To be _sent
to West Chester_ (frequently so called in the beginning of the last
century), was to be sent into banishment, _i. e._ into Ireland; of which
Chester was in those days the usual, and indeed almost the only, route.