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The text below came originally from the page Cathedral School. All of the content will be replaced, but I will re-use the markup in the spirit of starting from an example. There was a previous page of the same name, started by me in 2020 - G13 Abandoned draft. This is a new page.

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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[1] and closed at the end of summer term 1975[2].

History

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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[citation needed] 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 12 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[3] 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)[1], 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[citation needed].

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Barrow, J.S.; et al. "Major buildings: Cathedral and close". A History of the County of Chester.

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