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P 17 - Chester Christ Church Parish - 19th century-21st century

1 - Registers and Services

2 - Ecclesiastical Administration

3 - Parish Affairs

1 - Vestry Minutes and PCC Minutes - 1886-2003

2 - Churchwardens' Accounts and PCC Accounts - 1857-2003

3 - Charities - 1953

4 - Church Buildings - 1869-1995, n.d.

1 - Christ Church

1 - Report of John Douglas, architect, on the condition of the church - 5 Jan 1869

2 - Faculty - 10 Feb 1887

3 - Citation to lead to Faculty for enlargement of the chancel and other alterations - 20 May 1893

4 - Faculty - 1 Jun 1893

5 - Sentence of Consecration - 15 Dec 1893

6 - Design for reredos - c.1893

7 - Citation to lead to Faculty for taking down the present nave, transepts vestry porch and to build a new nave with aisles, tower, side chapel, organ chamber and vestries - 16 Jul 1896

8 - Design for side chapel screen and wall decorations - c.1896

9 - Draft Memorandum of Agreement - 1899

10 - Appeal for contributions to enlargement fund to pay off debt of £500 still remaining on new church (Printed) - c.1900

11 - Inventory of plate, furnishings and furniture - 27-Apr-01

12 - Citation to lead to Faculty for confirming and allowing certain additions and alterations to the church - 01-Jun-01

13 - Faculty - 24-Jul-01

14 - Citation to lead to Confirmatory Faculty for stained glass window and two tablets and for authorising the erection of a tablet on the south pillar of the chancel arch - 10-Jan-07

15 - Faculty - 24-Jan-07

16 - Faculty - 03-Oct-07

17 - Postcard with six views of the interior of Christ Church - 1909

18 - Citation to lead to Faculty to confirm the provision of a new church bell, organ and processional cross - 07-Jan-09

19 - Faculty - 02-Apr-09

20 - Solicitors' letter and accounts relating to P17/6/19 - 26-Apr-09

21 - Programme for dedication and opening of the new organ (Printed) - 14-Jul-09

22 - Design for rood beam - Sep-19

23 - Specification and estimate of work to be done by Taylor & Son of Chester, interior and exterior decorators - 21-Jun-21

24 - Faculty - 22-Nov-22

25 - Revised inventory - 26-May-30

26 - Letter relating to legacy of £200 left by Joseph Hill Jones of West Kirby for the erection and cleaning of a memorial tablet to his father William Jones - 05-Dec-32

27 - Order of service for dedication of porch erected in memory of Mary Howson (Printed) - 27-Jun-36

28 - Account of William Vernon & Son of Chester, builders and contractors, for new porch entrance - Jun-37

29 - Estimate from W. G. Kaleyards Ltd. of Chester, craftsmen for metal windows, patent glazing etc., for alterations to windows - 06-May-47

30 - Faculty - 21-Apr-49

31 - Specification and estimate of John Lightfoot & Son of Chester, house and church decorators, for interior painting and decoration of church - 10-Sep-52

32 - Report of committee, specifications and estimates relating to central heating apparatus - 1956

34 - Ground plan and sections of church - 20-Feb-68

34 - Photographs of the interior of Parish Hall - n.d.

35 - Report on the Condition of the Roofs at the North East Corner Following Gale Damage - 6 May 1993

36 - Faculty for the Installation of a Sound Reinforcement System and Inductions Loop, the Disposal of up to 22 Pews and 27 Chairs - 27 Jul 1995

37 - Inventory of silver - n.d.

2 - St. Luke's Mission - 1921-1963

3 - Church Log Book with Quinquennial Reports - 1973-1988

5 - Churchyard - 1969-1972

7 - Parochial Statistics - 1963-1967

8 - Electoral Rolls - c.1920-1994

9 - Papers and Correspondence - 20th century

5 - Publications and Memorabilia

6 - Related Organisations

7 - Schools