CITY OF CHESTER ENDOWED CHARITY SCHEMES

This collection relates to the endowed charities of the City of Chester between 1855 and c. 1960, and consists mainly of schemes for the administration of individual charities.

<span class="wrapper"><p>For further information about Chester charities see the following:</p> <p>Corporation Deeds : Charities Ref. CHC/1-15</p> <p>The Reports of the Commissioners appointed...to inquire concerning Charities and Education of the Poor in England and Wales, 1836, pp. 334-751.</p> <p>A History of the Municipal Charities of Chester from 1837 to 1875, 1875.</p></span>

Schemes were proposed by the trustees of each charity to the Board of Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, for approval under the Charitable Trusts Acts, 1853 to 1939, and later, the Charities Act, 1960. In the case of educational charities, approval was given by the Charity Commission under the Endowed Schools Act, 1869 and amending Acts, 1873 and 1874, and following the Board of Education Act, 1899, by the Board of Education.