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ZD - Chester City Council Departments
- ES - Chester Schools - 1803-1998

Repository	Cheshire Record Office
Level	Sub-section
Reference	ZDES 5
Title	Chester British Schools Association records
Date	1867-1906
Description	Committee minute books.
Extent	3 volumes
Location	Please note that parts of this collection are held offsite. Please contact Cheshire Archives and Local Studies in advance of your visit if you wish to view these records.
Administrative History	The Royal Lancastrian Society was formed in 1810 to promote schools based on the monitorial system as developed by William Lancaster. The name was changed in 1814 to the British and Foreign School Society. It was sponsored and supported by those in favour of non-sectarian religious education. This local branch of the British and Foreign School Society was established in 1867 to support non sectarian religious education. Schooling was first given in leased premises in Windmill Lane until Victoria Road British School opened in 1871. This was followed by a short-lived Infants' school in Commonhall Street, 1875-76, then by Boughton British Infants' School started in 1880

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