Monument record 10054/1 - Queen Street Congregational Chapel

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1872-1875, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Chester, Cheshire Number 25 (Maps and Plans). SCH6780.

The original chapel was 18.28m by 14m and held 900 seats although it has been extensively altered since and was virtually rebuilt in 1838. The chapel burnt down in 1963 and the congregation dissolved the following year, although the chapel was never rebuilt, the façade has been retained in the present Tesco supermarket built on the site.

<2> Lewis C.P & Thacker A.T. (eds), 2005, Victoria County History - A History of the County of Chester: Volume Vii, The City of Chester - The City of Chester, Culture, Buildings, Institutions (Book). SCH6522.

This chapel was purpose built in 1776 to replace the Independent Chapel on Commonhall Street (see CHER 10040).

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1872-1875, Metric Ten Foot Scale Town Plan of Chester (Maps and Plans). SCH6780.

This map depicts an "Independent Chapel" with seats for 1000 and an attached Sunday School.

<4> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

A photographic archive of the gravestones from the graveyard was made during investigations for the Arrowcroft Scheme in 1978. The collection is currently held by the Grosvenor Museum.