Building record 7098 - Congregational Chapel, Handbridge

A Congregational Chapel in Handbridge, Chester. The chapel opened in 1880 and is still functioning (1).

The chapel is present on second and third edition OS Maps of 1899 (2) and 1911 (3).

It was built for a congregational group formerly of Greenway Street in Handbridge. (4)

<1> Smithson, A.M., 2010, 'An Army of Ordinary People': religious Nonconformism in Chester and South-West Cheshire 18th-20th Centuries (Unpublished Report). SCH6834.

<2> Ordnance Survey, 1896-1898, Ordnance Survey First Revision County Series (Epoch 2) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4065 (Maps and Plans). SCH3848.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4065 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.

<4> 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.