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Q - Cheshire Quarter Sessions - 16th century-20th century

A - Quarter Sessions Administration

A - Accounts

B - Building and Gaols

1 - Gaol and County Hall at Chester - Buildings - 1784-1881

2 - Gaol and County Hall at Chester - List of plans and drawings of Chester Castle and its surroundings by Thomas Harrison and others.

1 - The New County Hall & Gaol - 1788-1798

1 - Front and rear elevation. - n.d.

2 - General plans. (2A, 3A) - n.d.

4 - 'Plan or one of the Felons' Wards with an open or hanging Gallery. Elevation of one Ward.Plan of the Cells.' (6A) - n.d.

5 - 'Ground Plan of the Chapel and Felons' Prison.' (1B) - n.d.

6 - 'Plan of the Felons' Prison.' (2B) - n.d.

7 - 'Plan of the Cells ando.' (3B) - n.d.

8 - 'General Plan of the County Hall.' (4B) - n.d.

9 - 'Plan of a New Gaol, County Hall...' (6B) - n.d.

10 - 'Plan of 3rd Floor of Cells and Foundations of the County Hall...' (1C) - n.d.

11 - 'Plan of the Principal Floor.' (2C) - n.d.

12 - 'Plan of the 2nd Floor from the Womens' Courts.' (3C) - n.d.

13 - 'Plan of the Felons' Cells, Arcades, Day Rooms, Solitary Cells etc.' (5C) - n.d.

14 - 'Plan of the Cells over the Arcades & Solitary Cells.' (6C) - n.d.

15 - 'Plan of the Foundations of the Chapel etc.' (1D) - n.d.

16 - 'Plan of the Foundations of the County Hall and Gaoler's House etc.' (2D) - n.d.

17 - 'Plans of the 'County Hall, Gaoler's House and Part of the Debtors' Gaol.' (3D,4D) - n.d.

19 - 'Plan of the Solitary Cells etc.' (1E) - n.d.

20 - 'Plan of the Principal Floor.' (2E) - n.d.

21 - 'Plan of the Second Floor.' (3E) - n.d.

22 - 'Plan of the Foundations of the Debtors' Gaol etc.' (1F) - n.d.

23 - 'Plan of the Second Floor of the Debtors' Gaol etc.' (3F) - n.d.

24 - 'Plan of the Joisting and Flloring of the Galleries.' (4F) - n.d.

25 - 'Section of the Cells, Prothonotary's Office and Elevation of one Flank of the Court. Elevation of the Front of the Terrace etc.' (1G) - n.d.

26 - 'Section of the Cells & Elevation of one Flank of the Women Debtors' Court.' (2G) - n.d.

27 - 'Section lengthways through the Cells and Galleries etc.' (4G) - n.d.

28 - 'Elevation of one Side of the Infirmary Court & Section through the Grand Jury Room and Treasurer's Office.' (5G) - n.d.

29 - 'Elevation of the Infirmary End & half of the Court with Section across the Infirmaries.' (6G) - n.d.

30 - 'Elevation of one end of the Front.' (7G) - n.d.

31 - 'Elevation of the Chapel & Gaoler's House.' (8G) - n.d.

32 - Sections. (2H) - n.d.

33 - 'Half of the Plan of the Gallery etc Felons' Boxes.' (1H) - n.d.

34 - 'Sections of the Chapel.' (2I) - n.d.

35 - General Plan of the County Hall.' (1K) - n.d.

36 - 'Elevation of the County Hall.' (2K) - n.d.

37 - Section through County Hall. (3K) - n.d.

38 - 'Plan of the Bench.' (4K) - n.d.

39 - Section & plan of the Portico. (5K) - n.d.

40 - 'Section of the County Hall, Chapel & Gaoler's House.' (6K) - n.d.

41 - 'Section of the County Hall.' (7K) - n.d.

42 - 'Elevation of County Hall, Prison etc. towards the Castle Yard.' (1L) - n.d.

43 - 'Elevation of a new Gate into the Inner Wards. (3M) - n.d.

44 - Plan of Lower Ward. Showing site of intended new buildings (5M) - n.d.

45 - 'Elevation of part of the wall with the Hanging Walk,' (1N) - n.d.

46 - General plan of drainage - n.d.

47 - 'Sections of the Grand Jury Room.' (1Q,2Q) - n.d.

49 - Section of the Witnesses' Waiting Room.etc. (3Q) - n.d.

50A - 'Grand Jury Room.' (1R) - n.d.

50B - 'Prothonotary's Record Rooms' (2R) - n.d.

51 - Elevation of the County Hall. - n.d.

52 - Miscellaneous rough plans, drafts, sketches etc - n.d.

133 - Details of the ironwork, doors, windows etc. in the cells. - n.d.

149 - Letter from Thomas Harrison, Lancaster, to William Bell, Superintendant of the New Gaol at Chester, re ventilation of chapel and cell blocks. - 17 Apr 1792

1c - Plans of proposed hospital and barracks adjoining Grosvenor Rd. - n.d.

2 - The Armoury and Barracks pre 1807

3 - The Approach and Entrance Gate. - c 1807-1811

4 - The Exchequer Court and Provost's Quarters. - 1809-1827

5 - The Grosvenor Bridge. - 1828-1832

6 - Miscellaneous.

3 - Gaol and County Hall at Chester: Minutes of Visiting Justices - 1851-1878

4 - Gaol and County hall at Chester: Rules and Fees for Gaol - 1729-1869

5 - Gaol and County Hall at Chester: Papers concerning prisoners - 1726-1857

6 - Gaol and County Hall at Chester: Miscellaneous records relating to Gaol - 1785-1884

7 - Gaol and County Hall at Chester: Reference books etc. on prisons.

8 - Gaol and Sessions House at Knutsford: Administrative records of Gaol.

9 - Gaol and Sessions House at Knutsford: Rules of Gaol and House of Correction

10 - Gaol and Sessions House at Knutsford: Plans - 1840, 1877

C - Coroners - 1837-1937

L - Licensing Committee

M - Committee Minutes

R - Roads and bridges

V - Vagrancy

X - Administration - Miscellaneous

C - Quarter Sessions: Clerk of the Peace

D - Quarter Sessions: Enrolment Registration and Deposit

J - Quarter Sessions: Judicial