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Z TR - Statutory Authorities - 1783-1954
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B - Dee Bridge Committees and Dee Bridge Commissioners - 1818-1864
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BL - Blacon cum Crabwall Parish Council - 1894-1936
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H1 - Hoole Urban District Council - 1759-1954
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H2 - Hoole Parish Council - 1876-1928
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I - Police (Improvement) Commissioners - 1783-1846
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N - Newton by Chester Parish Council - 1859-1936
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P - Chester Parish Council - 1885-1928
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T - Chester and Whitchurch Turnpike Trust - 1820-1852
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U - Chester Poor Law Union and Public Assistance Records - 1850-1954
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1 - Attendance book: includes the names of those attending Board of Guardians meetings and committee meetings 1928-9, and Public Assistance Committee meetings and sub-committee meetings 1929-1931. - 1928-1931
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2 - General ledger - 1929-1933
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3 - Receipts and payments - 1929-1930
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4a - Register of charges payable and receivable i.e. payable 1914-1930, receivable 1913-1933 - 1913-1933
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4b - Register of title deeds of freehold property held by the Guardians of the Poor on the Chester Union on 31 March 1930 - 1872-1930
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5 - Admission and discharge book - 1933-1935
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6 - Admission and discharge book - 1936-1941
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7 - Admission and discharge book - 1945-1954
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8 - Indoor relief list - Sep 1933-Sep 1934
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9 - Indoor relief list - March 1939-Sep 1940
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10 - Indoor relief list - March 1941-Sep 1942
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11 - Indoor relief list - March 1943-Sep 1944
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12 - Indoor relief list - March 1945-March 1947
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13 - Indoor relief list - Sep 1947-March 1950
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14 - Medical examination book, with index - 1935-1941
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15 - Quarterly list of lunatic paupers - 1912-1948
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16 - Register of inmates - 1930-1939
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17 - Register of inmates - 1942-1948
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18 - Creed register - 1875-1880
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19 - Creed register - 1881-1886
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20 - Creed register - 1889-1901
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21 - Creed register - 1910-1914
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22 - Creed register F-Z only - 1914-1928
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23 - Creed register - 1928-1930
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24 - Creed register - 1930-1943
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25 - Creed register - 1942-1950
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26 - Bathing register - 1946-1952
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27 - Master's journal - 1940-1942
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28 - Admission and discharge book - 1941-1942
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29 - Admission and discharge book - 1942-1943
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30 - Register of applications ? used as casual admission and discharge book. - 1943-1948
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31 - Report book of N.S.P.C.C. inspectors re casual children - 1932-1946
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33 - Account book of receipts and payments - 1926-1930
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34 - Poor Law Board to Chester Guardians of the Poor rescinding an order of 1 Nov 1850 re the appointment of relieving officers. - 13 Dec 1850
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35 - Order of the Poor Law Board to Chester Guardians of the Poor re the appointment and duties of a relieving officer for the city. - 14 Dec 1850
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36 - Order of the Local Government Board to the Guardians of Chester Union re three fields in Hoole Lane belonging to the trustees of Thomas Brassey, esq., deceased, to be purchased for £3,500 for the site of a workhouse, schools and hospital. The said workhouse to be built within twelve months to hold 450 persons at a cost not exceeding £15,750, the children's building to hold 150 children at a cost not exceeding £5,250, and the hospital at a cost not exceeding £3,500, the total cost, therefore, including the land not exceeding £28,000. - 26 April 1872
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37 - Charge by the Guardians of the Poor of Chester Union to Henry William Danglish of Coleman Street, London, esq. and others on the common fund of the Union to secure £4,000 with interest. - 8 Aug 1874
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38 - Charge by parties as in 37 to secure £5,000 with interest. - 21 July 1876
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39 - Order of the Local Government Board to the Guardians of Chester Union authorising an extra £10,000 to be spent on new workhouse, school and hospital buildings. - 16 Oct 1877
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40 - Bundle of vaccination contracts and miscellaneous papers. - 1895-1929
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41 - Charge by the Guardians of Chester Union to the Secretary of the Public Works Loan Commissioners to secure £6,598 with interest, for the erection of four homes for children. With copy of Guardians' minutes dated 18 Dec. 1900 relating to the same etc. - 18 Dec 1900
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42 - Charge by parties as in 41 to secure an additional £1,000 for the erection of children's homes, and papers re the same. - 7 April 1903
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43 - Order of exchange from the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries between the Guardians of Chester Union and Samuel Smith of Chester, gent., of lands in Hoole. Plan. See also 176. - 6 July 1905
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44 - Counterpart lease for 21 years from Chester Guardians to Edward Dixon of Stanley Place, Chester, esq., of a plantation in Littleton for the annual rent of £5. - 11 June 1907
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45 - Agreement between Chester Corporation and Chester Guardians re the reception of patients from Chester Union into the Isolation and Smallpox hospitals of the Corporation at Sealand. - 9 June 1908
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46 - Agreement between the Committee of Visitors of Upton Lunatic Asylum and Chester Corporation and Chester Guardians for the reception of pauper lunatics from the city. - 28 July 1908
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47 - The Poor-Law Institutions Order 1913. Chester Union. Regulations for the control of the Institutions etc 3 copies, one with notes and amendments etc. - 25 Aug 1914
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48 - Bundle of papers re appeal of the Shropshire Union Canal Company against the rating assessment of the Chester Poor Law Union.
With 2 plans showing canal property at Cow Lane Bridge, Chester and at Christleton. - 1916-1921
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49 - Four agreements between the Guardians of Chester Union with the Guardians of the Unions of Prescot, Hawarden, Wirral and Tarvin for the reception and maintenance of patients from Chester Union Workhouse, due to the conversion of Chester Union Workhouse as a temporary military hospital. Also contracts for building work and installations re this conversion. - 1917
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50 - Letter, specification and plan from Manchester Steam Users Association re new boilers at Chester Union Workhouse. - 1917
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51 - Specifications, correspondence, bill of quantities for conversion of part of the administrative work of Chester Union Workhouse into a nurses' home.
For plans re this conversion see 179-181. - 1920-1921
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52 - Letters and papers re representation of Hoole Urban District Council on Chester Board of Guardians. - 1920-1926
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53 - Bundle of case papers - 1920-1930
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54 - Letters, papers etc. re land at Crawford's Walk, Hoole Park purchased by Chester Board of Guardians. - 1921-1924
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55 - Specification, letters, papers etc. re conversion of stable at Chester Union Workhouse into female tramp ward.
For plans re this conversion see 183-4. - 1922
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56 - Papers re contract with T.G. Huxley of Chester, contractor, for building works connected with extension of hot water system. - 1923
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57 - Two contracts with Bunkenite Co., Ltd., re reflooring. - 1923-1924
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58 - Letters, papers etc. re erection of verandahs and fire escapes. Roberts and Lawson, architects, 88 Foregate Street, Chester, contractor, John Myers and Sons, Chester. Plans. - 1923-1925
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59 - Accounts re Wrexham inmates at Chester Union. - 1923-1925
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60 - North West Vagrancy Committee, copies of minutes etc. - 1923-1925
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61 - Letters and papers re purchase by Chester Board of Guardians of 6 Hoole Park, Plan. - 1924
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62 - File of correspondence labelled Mental Hospital Committee re patients and accommodation. - 1924-1927
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63 - Annual returns of persons in receipt of poor relief. - 1925, 1926
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64 - Papers re purchase of land in Hoole Park by Chester Board of Guardians from William Gamon and Co. - 1926
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65 - Letters and papers re tithe compositions. - October 1926
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66 - Letters and papers re contract re new mortuary. Plans by J.H. Davies of Chester. - 1926-1928
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67 - Local Government Act 1929, Ministry of Health. City of Chester. Representations to the Minister of Health from the Council of the City of Chester, and the Cheshire County Council regarding the transfer of institutional properties and liabilities of the Chester Poor Law Union, together with the Order of the Minister of Health of the 29 March 1930, to the city as the Chester Union, (Institutional Property) Order, 1930. J.H. Dickson, Town Clerk, Chester. - March 1930
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68 - Papers re nurses' salaries - 1931
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69 - Separation of St James Hospital from Public Assistance Home
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70 - Appointment of superintendant and matron of Children's Home, Wrexham Road - 1932-1948
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71 - Appropriation of Hospital from the Public Assistance Department to the Public Health Department - 1933-1942
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72 - Public Assistance Institution, master and stewards' reports - 1935-1948
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73 - Public Assistance Institution, inmates dietry - 1936-1939
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74 - Central Hall rest centre, admission returns - 1941-1944
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75 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union Workhouse, revised chapel design'
Ground plan and half W. and half E. elevations. Marked No. 1.
Scale: 10 feet to 1¼ inches.
Henry Perkin, architect, Jan. 1878.
Seal of the Local Government Board and memorandum that this and plan marked No. 2 had been approved, 19 Feb. 1878.
Approved: William [Jacobson, Bishop of] Chester. 25 Feb. 1878
Received: Thomas S.L[ockwood] 18 March 1878. - 1878
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76 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union Workhouse revised design chapel'
Half cross section, part of longitudinal section and N. elevation.
Marked No. 2.
Scale: 10 feet to 1¼ inches.
Received by Local Government Board 4 Feb. 1878, otherwise sealed and signed as 152. - 1878
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77 - Plan headed: 'Chester Workhouse burial ground'.
Ground plan.
Scale: 30 feet to 1 inch.
No signature or date, ?c.1880. - ?c 1880
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78 - Plan headed: 'Sketch plan of proposed hospital Chester Union Workhouse'.
Plans and elevations.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Son, architects and surveyors, 24 Newgate Street, Chester.
28 Jan., 1893.
Received by Local Government Board, 30 Jan. 1893. - 1893
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79 - Tracing plan headed: 'Sketch block plan showing position of new hospital. Chester Union Workhouse'.
Ground plan.
Scale: 30 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects.
Received by Local Government Board, 30 Jan. 1893. - 1893
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80 - Plan headed: 'Proposed ovens for the Chester Union'.
Plan and section.
Scale: 1 foot to 1/4 inch.
Alex. A. Anderson, oven builder, Doncaster, 2 March 1894. - 1894
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81 - Plan headed: 'Proposed observation wards Workhouse, Chester.
Ground plan.
Scale: 30 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Son, architects, 9 April 1896.
Signed: George Forester and Sons. ? contractor.
Received by Local Government Board, 14 April 1896. Seal. - 1896
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82 - Plan headed: 'Proposed observation wards, Workhouse, Chester.'
Plans, elevation and section.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Son, architects, 9 April 1896.
Signed: George Forester and Sons, ?contractor.
Received by the Local Government Board 14 April 1896, and sealed and signed, 22 May 1896. - 1896
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83 - Plan headed: 'Proposed classification scheme, Chester Union Workhouse'.
Plans and elevations.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects, 5 Nov. 1896.
Received by the Local Government Board, 11 Dec. 1896, and sealed and signed, 28 Jan. 1897. - 1897
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84 - Plan headed: 'A. Taken from Ordnance Survey, Sheet No. 38.15 (Cheshire)' showing 1 acre of land on the Wrexham Road, Chester near Overleigh Lodge.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects.
Stamped as received by the Local Government Board, 19 Oct. 1899 and sealed and signed with approval to purchase, 8 Nov. 1899. - 1899
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85 - Plan headed: 'B. Taken from Ordnance Survey Sheet 46.5 Cheshire' showing 2 roods of land in Dodleston.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects.
Stamped as received by Local Government Board 19 Oct. 1899 and sealed and signed with approval to purchase 8 Nov. 1899. - 1899
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86 - Plan headed: 'C. Taken from Ordnance Survey Sheet 38.1 Cheshire' showing 1 acre of land in Great Saughall.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects.
Stamped as received by Local Government Board, 19 Oct. 1899 and sealed and signed with approval to purchase, 8 Nov. 1899. - 1899
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87 - Plan headed: 'D. Taken from Ordnance Survey Sheet No. 38.3 (Cheshire)' showing 611 square yards of land in Upton Heath John H. Davies and Sons, architects.
Stamped as received by the Local Government Board 19 Oct. 1899 and sealed and signed with approval to purchase 8 Nov. 1899. - 1899
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88 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union scheme for children's homes headquarters block Wrexham Road'.
Plans, elevations and section.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
T.M. Lockwood and Sons, architects, Chester, April 1900.
Received by the Local Government Board, 2 May 1900 and sealed 30 July 1900, see 166. - 1900
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89 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union scheme for children's homes headquarters block Wrexham Road.'
Elevations.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
T.M. Lockwood and Sons, architects, April 1900.
Received by the Local Government Board 2 May 1900 and sealed and signed 30 July 1900. - 1900
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90 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union scheme for cottage homes, home for 12 boys at Saughall'.
Plans, elevations and section.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
T.M. Lockwood and Sons, architects. April 1900.
Received by the Local Government Board 2 May 1900 and sealed 30 July 1900, see 166. - 1900
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91 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union scheme for cottage homes, 12 girls at Dodleston'.
Plans.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
T.M. Lockwood and Sons, architects, March 1900.
Received by the Local Government Board 2 May 1900 and sealed 30 July 1900 see 166. - 1900
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92 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union scheme for cottage homes, 12 girls at Dodleston'.
Elevations and section.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
T.M. Lockwood and Sons, architects, April 1900.
Received by the Local Government Board 2 May 1900 and sealed 30 July 1900 see 166. - 1900
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93 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union scheme for cottage homes, 12 mixed girls and infants at Upton'.
Plans, elevations and sections.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
T.M. Lockwood and Sons, architects, April 1900.
Received by the Local Government Board 2 May 1900 and sealed 30 July 1900 see 166. - 1900
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94 - Tracing plan headed: 'Foundations of patent weighbridge for Chester Union'.
Plans.
Scale: 3 feet to 1 inch.
Henry Pooley and Son, ironfounders and engineers, Albion Foundry, Liverpool.
Undated: c.1900. - c 1900
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95 - Plan headed: 'Cottage Home, Upton, plan of roads.'
Plan.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
T.M. Lockwood and Sons, architects, 19 Nov. 1902.
Received by Local Government Board, ?20 Nov. 1902, and sealed and signed with approval to purchase, Dec. 1902. - 1902
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96 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union Workhouse, proposed alterations and additions to laundry'.
Plans and elevations.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, May 1903.
Received by the Local Government Board, 23 May 1903 and sealed and signed 27 July 1903.
Also additional date stamp of Local Government Board 21 July 1908. - 1908
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97 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union, proposed additions to laundry'.
Plan, elevation and section.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects.
Undated: c.1903. - c 1903
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98 - Plan headed 'Chester Union'.
Plan of laundry.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects.
Undated: c.1903. - c 1903
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99 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union Workhouse grounds'.
Plan of lands to be exchanged with Samuel Smith, esq., see 43.
Scale: 40 feet to 1 inch.
Thomas A. Beckett, Chester, 11 Nov. 1904.
Received by the Local Government Board 13 Jan. 1905 and sealed and signed with approval for exchange according to an order of the Board dated 4 Feb. 1905. - 1905
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100 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union Workhouse, main body, proposed alterations'.
Plan and elevations of laundry.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects.
Undated: c.1908 see 173. - c 1908
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101 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union Workhouse, present plans for administrative block'.
Plans.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects.
Undated: c.1920-1 see 51. - c 1920-1
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102 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union Workhouse, proposed nurses quarters'.
Plans for central heating see 51.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
William Griffiths, Sons and Cromwell Ltd., engineering specialists in heating, 1 Nov. 1921. - 1921
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103 - Tracing plan headed: 'Chester Union Workhouse, proposed nurses quarters'.
Plans with memorandum: 'Proposed conversion of the front administrative block and officers quarters into nurses quarters'.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects.
Undated: 1920-1 see 51. - c 1920-1
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104 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union Workhouse, proposed nurses home'.
Plans.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies, architect.
Undated: c.1920-1 see 51. - c 1920-1
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105 - Plan headed: 'Chester Board of Guardians, St. Martin's House, Chester, proposed alterations'.
Plan, elevation and section.
Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects.
Undated: c. early 1920s. - c early 1920s
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106 - Tracing plan headed: 'Chester Union Workhouse, proposed conversion of existing stable into female tramp ward.
Preliminary sketch drawing.'
Plans, elevations and sections see 55.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects, March 1922.
Received by the Ministry of Health, 24 March 1922. - 1922
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107 - Plan headed: 'Proposed female tramp ward, Chester Poor Law Institution.'
Plans, elevations and sections. see 55.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects, May 1922. - 1922
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108 - Plan headed: 'Chester Union Workhouse, proposed new wards and annexes'.
Plan, elevation and section.
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects.
Undated: c.1923 see 57. - 1923
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109 - Plan headed: 'Proposed alterations to oven at Chester Union for the Chester Board of Guardians'.
Plan and section.
Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch.
D. Partington and Sons, oven builders, Farnworth, Sept. 1923. - 1923
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110 - Tracing plan headed: 'Chester Poor Law Institution, proposed new male receiving and observation wards and alterations to cramps ward
Plan
Scale: 8 feet to 1 inch
John H. Davies and Sons, architects, 30 Sept. 1926. - 1926
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111 - Tracing plan headed: 'St. James' Hospital, main hospital block, proposed alterations to bathrooms, lavatories etc
Plans and section.
Scale: not given.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects, ?Jan. 1927. - 1927
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112 - Plan headed: 'Children's Home, Wrexham Road, Chester.
Site plan.
Scale: 100 feet to 3 inches.
Undated: ?late 1920s. - ?late 1920s
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113 - Plan headed: 'Children's Home, Dodleston, Nr. Chester.'
Site plan.
Scale: 100 feet to 3 inches.
Undated: ?late 1920s. - ?late 1920s
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114 - Plan headed: 'Children's Home, Little Saughall, Near Chester'.
Site plan.
Scale: 100 feet to 3 inches.
Undated: ? late 1920s. - ?late 1920s
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115 - Plan headed: 'Children's Home, Upton Heath, Chester'.
Site plan.
Scale: 100 feet to 3 inches.
Undated: ?late 1920s. - ?late 1920s
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116 - Plan headed: 'St. Martin's House, St. Martin's in the Fields, Chester'.
Site plan.
Scale: 100 feet to 3 inches.
Undated: ?late 1920s. - ?late 1920s
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117 - Plan headed: 'Poor Law Institution, Chester, proposed conversion of female receiving ward into resident's doctor's apartment.'
Plans for scheme 1 and scheme 2.
Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch.
?Aug. 1928. - 1928
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118 - Plan headed: 'Lodge Crawfords Walk belonging to the Guardians of the Poor, Chester Union.'
Plan and Schemes 1 and 2.
Scale: 4 feet to 1 inch.
John H. Davies and Sons, architects, July 1929. - 1929
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119 - Site plan of Chester Union Workhouse taken from O.S. map
Undated: ?c.1930. - ?c1930
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120 - Plan headed: 'City of Chester Public Assistance Institution'.
Taken from Ordnance Survey map as 196.
Undated: ?c.1930. - ?c1930
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121 - Plan headed: 'Poor Law Institution, Chester'.
Ground plan.
Scale:
John H. Davies and Sons, architects, Nov. 1930.
Received by the Ministry of Health, ?2 Jan. 1931. - 1931
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122 - Another copy of 198.
Not sent to Ministry of Health. - 1930
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123 - Plan headed: 'National Telephone Company Ltd., proposed position of poles...'.
Plan of telephone poles near Children's Home on Wrexham Road.
No scale given.
Undated. - n.d.
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124 - Seal of the Guardians of Chester Union. - n.d.