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Z C - Chester City Council - 12th century - 21st century

1 - Council

2 - Boards

3 - Committees

6 - Panels

7 - Working Parties

AB - Civic Miscellanea

C - Chester City boundaries - 1820-1972

CC - Chester City leases,agreements and related papers (D series)

E - Chester City title deeds and related papers - 17th - 20th centuries

1 - Conveyances (former Chester City 'C' series)

83C - Papers relating to land at Crane Bank

84C - Papers relating to land at Claremont Walk

85C - Papers relating to land at Union Street

86C - Papers relating to land at Union Street

87C - Papers relating to land at Frodsham Street

89C - Papers relating to land at Love Street

90C - Papers relating to land adjoining the Public Baths, Union Street

91C - Papers relating to the Fire Station, Northgate Street and Valentine's Court

92C - Papers relating to land at Tramway Street

94C - Papers relating to land at Grosvenor Road

95C - Papers relating to land near Hamilton Place (Shaw's Smithy)

96C - Papers relating to land in Union Street - 1903

97C - Papers relating to land at Queen's Park View [formerly Bottoms Lane]

98C - Papers relating to land fronting Queen's Park View [formerly Bottom's Lane] - 1904

99C - Papers relating to land at Garden Lane

100C - Papers relating to land at the junction of Love Street and Foregate Street

101C - Papers relating to land at Bath Street

102C - Papers relating to land at Frodsham Street

103C - Papers relating to land at Frodsham Street

104C - Papers relating to land at Lache Lane

105C - Papers relating to 12 and 14 Christleton Road and 1 Mount Place

111C - Chester Teachers' Centre [formerly George Street Council School]

129 - Papers relating to Bishop Graham Memorial School, Princess Street, Chester - 1721 - 1958

133C - Victoria Road Junior and Infant School - 1867 - 1910

179C - Papers relating to 45 Frodsham Street, Chester - 1739-1915

182 - Papers relating to Grosvenor Museum, Grosvenor Street, Chester - 1858 - 1916

183C - Papers relating to the Grosvenor Museum and adjacent property - 1858 - 1916

185 - Papers relating to land at Heath Lane off Christleton Road, Chester - 1912 - 1971

191C - Papers relating to Linenhall Place and Linenhall Street, Chester - 1881 - 1921

196 - Papers relating to land at Curzon Park, Chester - 1886-1926

199C - No. 20 [formerly No. 24], St. John Street, No. 2 The Newgate, and Right of Way and land adjoining the Post Office, St. John Street

213C - Papers relating to 8 King Street

216C - Nos. 22, 24 and 26 Watergate Street; Nos. 22, 24 and 26 Watergate Row; Nos. 1 and 3 Goss Street

217C - Abstract of title, 1877-1924

264C - Papers relating to extension of the Public Library, St John Street [formerly Auction Sale Rooms]

266C - Nos. 65, [formerly the 'Blue Bell'], 67 and 69, Northgate Street

312 - Deeds etc relating to houses on west side of Love Street (formerly Love Lane), Chester - 1764-1933

313 - Deeds etc relating to Overleigh Cemetery - 1848 - 1938

316 - Deeds etc relating to premises in Linenhall Street, Chester - 1664 - 1810

324C - 8 Hoole Park

352C - Premises in Watergate Street and Goss Street

353C - Nos. 4 and 6 Linenhall Street

1 - Mortgage, William Venables and Richard Venables, bricklayers, to Mary Batho, [spinster] - 28 Apr 1770

2 - Bond - 28 Apr 1770

3 - Assignment of bond, Mary Batho to John Crosbie and John Smatthews, stewards of the United Society held at the Cross Keys, Northgate St - 30 July 1776

4 - Probate copy of the will dated 21 Aug. 1776 of William Venables, bricklayer - 18 Mar 1783

5 - Assignment of mortgage, Mary Batho to John Crobie, cordwainer, and John Smathers, carpenter - 27 Oct 1783

6 - Assignment of mortgage, John Crosbie and John Smatters by the direction of William Brown, cordwainer, and Lettice Venables, [spinster], sister of William Venables, deceased, to Vincent Evans, victualler and Richard Duke, schoolmaster - 1 Nov 1783

7 - Assignment and release, William Venables, Carpenter, nephew of William Venables, deceased, to Lettice Venables and William Brown - 7 Mar 1785

8 - Assignment of mortgage, William Evans and Richard Duke by the direction of Lettice Venables and William Brown to William Massey, gentleman - 8 Mar 1785

9 - Agreement for sale, William Brown to William Meredith, gunsmith - 12 Apr 1791

10 - Conveyance by Lease and Release, William Massey of Moston Hall, gentleman, by the direction of William Brown to William Meredith and assignment to Samuel Meredith of Coddington, miller, to attend the inheritance - 22-23 Jun 1791

12 - Conveyance by Feoffment, Laetitia Meredith of Westminster, heiress of William Meredith, deceased, to Philip Humberston, gentleman, in trust to hold one half for Robert Pierce, gentleman, and the other half for Edward Hodkinson, carpenter - 8 Aug 1807

13 - Copy will of Robert Pierce - 21 July 1815

14 - Attested copy disclaimer, Francis Edge Barker, gentleman, of his interest under will of Robert Pierce - 20 Aug 1817

15 - Conveyance by Lease and Release, Philip Humberston by the direction of Elizabeth, widow of Robert Pierce, and Thomas Pierce, his eldest son, to John Walley Gorst, currier, of the Pierce moiety - 3-4 Sep 1817

17 - Abstract of title, 1770-1815, of Pierce moiety - 1817

18 - Mortgage, Philip Humberston by the direction of Edward Hodkinson, to Samuel Buckley of Hargrave, schoolmaster, of the Hodkinson moiety - 10 Mar 1821

19 - Attested copy of probate copy of will dated 20 Nov. 1831 of Samuel Buckley - 8 Feb 1833

20 - Conveyance - 4 Dec 1845

21 - Attested copy conveyance, Thomas Huxley and James Maddock to Thomas Hodkinson and others named - 19 Jan 1846

22 - Attested copy conveyance, Henry Hodkinson, builder to Mary Mellor, sp., and Eliza Hodkinson, sp., of his interest - 3 Feb 1851

23 - Attested copy conveyance from Thomas Hodkinson and others (named) to Frederick Thomas of Manchester, gentleman of the Hodkinson moiety, of messuages, one described as a public house called the Manchester Arms. Plan - 24 June 1853

24 - Attested copy of certificate of acknowledgement of Ellen Kelly re ZC353C/23 - 24 Sep 1853

25 - Conveyance from Frederick Thomas to John Walley Gorst, esq., of the Hodkinson moiety - 1 Jan 1856

26 - Copy probate copy of will dated 1 June 1859 of John Walley Gorst - 25 July 1860

27 - Receipts for estate duty under will of John Walley Gorst - 1860

28 - Copy probate copy of will dated 2 Oct. 1858 of Anne Gorst of Sealand, co. Flint, sp - 29 Jan 1864

29 - Receipts for estate duty under will of Anne Gorst - 1864

30 - Copy probate copy of will dated 13 Nov. 1858 of Martha Gorst of Sealand, co. Flint, sp - 15 June 1867

31 - Receipts for estate duty under will of Martha Gorst - 1867

32 - Copy probate copy of will 5 Nov. 1864 of Charles Gorst of Sealand, co. Flint, gentleman - 10 Sep 1869

33 - Receipt for estate duty under will of Charles Gorst - 1869

34 - Copy probate copy of will of Mary Gorst of Sealand, co. Flint, sp - 17 May 1870

35 - Conveyance, John Hignett, gentleman, and William Hignett of Sealand, gentleman, trustees under the will of Mary Gorst to Joseph Crewe, butcher. Part of property called Sportsmans Arms. Plan - 2 Aug 1870

36 - Mortgage, Joseph Crewe, butcher, to trustees of City of Chester Benefit Building Society. Repayment endorsed 8 April 1875 - 3 Aug 1870

37 - Mortgage, Joseph Crewe to Alfred Carrington, gentleman Repayment endorsed 6 April 1879 - 20 Apr 1875

38 - Abstract of ZC353C/37 - 20 Apr 1875

39 - Mortgage, Joseph Crewe to Thomas Dixon and others named, bankers. Repayment endorsed 5 Apr. 1879 - 14 Oct 1875

40 - Valuation by Thomas M. Lockwood. Plan - 3 Feb 1879

41 - Mortgage, Joseph Crewe to Job Harrison, surgeon - 8 Apr 1879

42 - Schedule of deeds, 1807-1879 - 14 July 1886

43 - Lease, Joseph Crewe to Greenall Whitley and Co., of the Sportsman's Arms - 9 Sep 1891

44 - Copy order of High Court under will of Joseph Crewe appointing trustees - 26 Nov 1897

45 - Undertaking by trustees re settlement of estate duty - 17 Dec 1897

46 - Conveyance, Ann Frances Harrison, widow and another by the direction of Mary Anne Crewe, widow to Greenall Whitley and Co. Ltd - 22 Dec 1897

47 - Abstract of title, 1879-1897, of Mrs. Crewe - 1897

48 - Schedule of deeds, 1800-1897 - 1897

49 - Conveyance, Greenall Whitley & Co., Ltd. to Chester Corporation. Plan - 11 June 1936

50 - Requisitions on title - 11 May 1936

51 - Abstract of title 1897 of Greenall Whitley & Co - 1935

52 - Schedule of deeds, 1770-1936, and correspondence - 1936

442C - No. 63 Watergate, Nos. 75 and 77; Watergate Street Row, and Nos. 1 and 3 Weaver Street

443C - Papers relating to Nos. 67, 69, 73, 75 and 77 Watergate Row South, No. 61 Watergate Street, No. 3 Weaver Street and No. 37 Nicholas Street

527C - No. 61 Watergate Street and Nos. 71 and 73 Watergate Street Row

1025C - Deeds relating to Green Bank, Eccleston Lane,Chester

1026C - Deeds relating to Green Bank, Eccleston Lane, Chester - [1706] - 1960

F - Declaration Books - 1835-1961

G - Elections

LC - Local Acts of Parliament - 1700-1944

LD - Local Bills - 1762-1951

LE - Commissions of Inquiry - 1850-1952

LU - Corporation Lawsuits - 1558-1929

N - Byelaws

P - Publications

U - Tape recordings

Z - Council manuscripts