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CHESTER PAXTON SOCIETY
Catalogue reference: ZCR 233
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This record is about the CHESTER PAXTON SOCIETY dating from 1889-1921.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ZCR 233
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Title (The name of the record)
- CHESTER PAXTON SOCIETY
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1889-1921
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes, indexes of members financial and administrative records.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cheshire Archives and Local Studies
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Chester Paxton Society</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 41 files
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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The records listed below were deposited in the City Record Office on 8 November 1976 by G. Miller, esq., The Cottages, Eaton Hall, Chester via C.N. Moore, esq., Curator, The Grosvenor Museum, Chester.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Chester Paxton Society, named after the gardener and architect, Sir Joseph Paxton (1801-65), was founded in 1889, with headquarters at the Grosvenor Museum.
The society's main objective was to encourage horticulture in Cheshire and North Wales, especially the cultivation of hardy fruits and to this end, arranged lectures and demonstrations at various centres in the area. Other activities of the society included annual exhibitions in the autumn and lectures and practical papers in the winter covering almost every aspect of horticulture. The society was dissolved in 1921.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/74ffc749-e937-4074-ad20-1795caed9261/
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CHESTER PAXTON SOCIETY