Monument record 11199/2 - Chester Union Workhouse, now St James' Church

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

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

<3> Higginbotham, P., 2012, The Workhouse, http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Chester/ (Web Site). SCH6930.

St James’ Church was built in 1873 as part of the Chester Union Workhouse on Hoole Lane. The church included a graveyard. In 1930 the workhouse became a hospital with St James’ remaining as a chapel. Following the closure of the hospital the chapel has remained on Hoole Lane.