Guide to the Collections of the Chester City Record Office (as filmed by the AJCP), 1833-1938

Summary

Collection number:

M848

Creator:

Chester City Record Office

Extent:

51 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Letters 1849-84 from John Brown to his family in Chester describing the gold diggings around Ballarat and Gippsland in Victoria, in the Snowy River district, and in various parts of New Zealand. Also a solicitor's letter and newspaper cutting 1907 relating to John Brown's estate.

Copy of extract of will 1905 of Edward Davies of Melbourne bequeathing five pounds per annum to the Blue Coat School, Chester, for an annual prize; and in every fourth year for an essay on Imperial Federation. Copies of prize-winning essays, letters and accounts 1905-38.

Letters, financial statements and reports 1900-05 of the South Australia Development Syndicate Ltd and the Murninnie Mine, Spencer Gulf, in the papers of Joliffe, Wickham and Wood, solicitors.

Deeds 1833-46 relating to Port Pool Meadow, one party being Philip Oakden of Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn333736] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Cheshire Archives and Local Studies. Formerly Chester City Record Office,Chester, Cheshire, EnglandFor more information see: Cheshire City Archives (http://archives.cheshire.gov.uk/what-we-hold/chester-city-council.aspx)

The Australian Joint Copying Project microfilmed selected records at both the Chester City Record Office (reel M848) and the Cheshire Record Office (reels M845-47). In 2000 the two record offices amalgamated to form the Cheshire Archives and Local Studies. Its current address (2017) is Duke Street, Chester CH1 1RL.

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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