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St Werburgh's Old School, Queen Street.

Primary sources

• Account Book of Bishop Brown of Shrewsbury, Council House, Shrewsbury.
• Articles of Enquiry preparatory to the Visitations of the Bishop of Chester, 1778-1811, Cheshire Record Office, EDV/7.
• Catholic Directories, 1820 onw.
• Churchwardens' Accounts of St. Mary's on the Hill, St. Michael's, Holy Trinity, in Journal of Chester and North Wales Architectural, Archaeological and Historical Society, New Series, Vols. 2 (1888), 3 (1890), 38  (1951).
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• Papists' Returns, 1705, 1767, 1780, House of Lords' Library.
• Parish Records deposited in St. Werburgh's:
• • Baptism Registers, 1794 onw.
  • Marriage Registers, 1827 onw.
  • Burial Registers, 1824-36, 1861 onw.
  • Parish Magazines, 1904-1917.
  • Parish Notice Books, 1866-69, 1886-90.
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