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Chester Cathedral Choir School was an private preparatory school for boys under the direct supervision of the Dean of Chester Cathedral providing choristers for the choir. In its modern form, the school was opened on the 26th November 1880 and closed at the end of summer term 1975. In 1973 the school's roll was 83 boys in 5 classes with the largest class of 22.

History

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Boy choristers had been a feature of the pre-reformation church in England from at least the 7th Century and there is evidence that there was a school at the Abbey of St. Werburgh, Chester

At the time of the English Reformation and the Dissolution of the monasteries, the Benedictine Abbey of St. Werburgh was dissolved and replaced with a new Church of England Chester Cathedral. These statutes set out the roles and responsibilities of the Dean, Canons, and others associated with the Cathedral. The statute created a Grammar school at Chester Cathedral (for the teaching of Latin grammar, and other subjects "for 24 poor and friendless boys"). The statute also established 8 choristers and their choir master. The statutes were ambiguous about the relationship between the requirements of choristers and their teaching and the grammar school scholars, and this lack of clarity continued for hundreds of years.

By the mid nineteenth century, the Cathedral Grammar School started to be called the King's Cathedral Grammar School, or King's School. The King's School was established a few years after the dissolution of the Benedictine Abbey in 1541 and located at Chester cathedral for most of its history.

By the middle of the nineteenth century there was a renewed focus on education leading to the

The Endowed Schools Act 1869 removed some requirements for endowed grammar schools to have teachers licensed by the Church of England. However, consistent with the ancient practice of the King's School providing choristers for the cathedral, the Dean of Chester remained responsible for an endowment to the King's School. Following the King's School reorganisation under this act in 1873, in 1880, the new Chester Cathedral Choir School was established under the direct control of the Cathedral Dean and Chapter"Article". Cheshire Observer (CITY ed.). July 6, 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 9 November 2024.</ref>.

The Cathedral Choir School was established (or "re-opened" as styled at the time), in 1880 following a period of significant improvements to both the fabric of the cathedral, and the quality of the music. Deans Anson and Howson oversaw the installation of the cathedral organ in 1875, rebuilding of the western part of Abbey Court (as it was known), and replacement of the old Bishop's Palace. At that time, the King's School moved into the new buildings from their ancient home in the original monks refectory, and the choir school was established in a small corner of the same new buildings.

References

1. "Notices". Cheshire Observer. January 17, 1880. p. 4. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
2. "Article". Cheshire Observer (CITY ed.). July 6, 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
3. Report by HM Inspectors on Chester Cathedral Choir School (Report). London: Department of Education and Science. December 3, 1973.
4. Williams, Jenevora (Nov 25, 2011). Cathedral Choirs in the United Kingdom: The Professional Boy Chorister. Springer Nature. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
5. Barrow, J.S.; et al. "Major buildings: Cathedral and close". A History of the County of Chester.
6. Cite error: The named reference notice was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Sources

• Barrow, J.S.; Herson, J.D.; Lawes, A.H.; Riden, P.J.; Seaborne, M.V.J. (2005), "Part 2, the City of Chester: Culture, Buildings, Institutions", in Thacker, A.T.; Lewis, C.P. (eds.), A History of the County of Chester, vol. 5, London: Victoria County History

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