Chapter Estates Accounts

Comprising: annual accounts, ledger books, cash books, rough cash books, vouchers, rent books, Improvement Fund accounts, Audits, Agents' Commission books, Estates in Hand accounts, and registers of investments.

Under the Parish of Manchester Division Act, 1850, the finances of Manchester Cathedral were made accountable to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. In 1933, the Parish of Manchester Revenues Measure dictated that the Dean and Chapter became responsible for the repair and maintenance of the fabric of the whole Cathedral instead of just the Quire and the Chapter House. The measure required the Chapter revenues to be allocated as follows, after provision for the costs of estates management and repairs: i) £55,000 to be paid annually to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. ii) £9,000 to be retained annually by the Chapter. iii) £6,000 or such less sum as may be available to be divided equally between the Commissioners and the Chapter. Any surplus revenues above the £70,000 were to be divided by the consent of the Bishop and the Commissioners between the Cathedral and the Manchester incumbents.