| Description | The boundaries of the city of Chester, first defined in a charter granted to Chester by Edward the Black Prince in 1354 (CH/13), remained virtually unchanged until the Municipal Corporations Act, 1835, when part of Boughton was added to the city. In 1898, the boundaries were altered at Blacon and around Chester Castle. The County of Chester Review Order, 1936, which transferred land from Chester Rural District and Hoole Urban District, was the first major expansion of the city. The Chester (Extension) Order, 1953, transferred most of the parishes in Hoole Urban District to the city. On 1 April 1974, following the Local Government Act, 1972, Chester Rural District and Tarvin Rural District were combined with the city to form the new Chester District. The collection comprises a volume which describes the boundaries of the city and the boundary stones which marked them in 1820; papers relating to the proposed alterations of the city boundaries in 1835, 1898, 1947 and 1949; papers relating to the perambulation of the boundaries in 1913 and 1972; papers relating to the review of county districts in Cheshire, 1930-36 and to the Local Government Commission for England, 1962-63; copies of the report of the commissioners under the Representation of the People Act, 1867 and of the City of Chester Provisional Order, 1898; and a map relating to the Chester (Extension) Order, 1953. |