Chester Diocese

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1500-2011
Places:	Chester, Cheshire
Functions, occupations and activities:	Church of England > Dioceses
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C3165 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O38016 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1545-19th cent: probate records	Lancashire Archives	MF 5-9	NRA 15339 Chester diocese
2	16th-20th cent: administrative records, consistory court records	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	ED, EDA	NRA 33455 Chester See Annual Return 1992, 1999, 2001
3	1873-20th cent: board of finance records	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development	No 185	NRA 28631 Business
4	1756-1807: accounts, fines and revenue	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	50-52	NRA 10780 Bennett
5	1821: Lancs parish visitation papers	Manchester Archives and Local Studies	L1/34/22	NRA 17338 Dr Farrer
6	1628-1805: misc corresp	Bolton Archives and Local Studies Service	DCH	NRA 34799
7	18th cent: visitation articles, Lancs, 1707-37	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	CR63/2/692	NRA 16683 Chester Arch Soc
8	c1974-2004: personal files rel to clergy	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	EDA 21	See Annual Return 2004
9	1870-2011: Board of Education school records	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	EDM 6
10	c1900-2010: minutes	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	EDM
11	1854-1884: seals of Bishops of Chester, incl William Stubbs, Charles Augustus Thurlow, William Jacobson	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	ED
12	17th-19th cent: papers rel to disputed probate cases and church patronage papers	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	ED	See Annual Return 2017
13	1995-2011: guidelines, policies and training material rel to safeguarding of children and young people	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	EDM 6	See Annual Return 2018