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The Carver family lived at the newly built Egerton Terrace in 1857. They later moved to Lorne Street, Chester.
[[File:9HEB2 Census 1861 Carver Family.jpg|thumb|
[[File:9HEB3 Egerton Terrace 2015.jpg|center|thumb|''<small>Egerton Terrace in 2015</small>'']]
[[File:9HEB4 Advertisement 1857.jpg|left|thumb|''<small>Advertisment 1857</small>''|297x297px]]
[[File:9HEB5 Census 1861 Sunday school.jpg|thumb|
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[[File:9HEB7 Article 1858 re Wedding.jpg|center|thumb|442x442px|''<small>1858 Newspaper article regarding the wedding of the Princess Royal</small>'']]▼
▲''<small>1858 Newspaper article regarding the wedding of the Princess Royal</small>''
Miss Carver’s school was a recipient of buns distributed to celebrate the royal wedding. [Note the names of the other schools in Chester]
Jane Carver realised that the children needed day school education as well as Sunday school and she convinced the Marquis of Westminster to build the school on land in Peploe Street acquired from Thomas Faulkner. John Douglas was the architect and it was one of his first buildings. The plan show that it was designed for 150 infants and 150 girls. It opened in 1865.
[[File:9HEB7 WS School Plan 1865-93.jpg|center|thumb|708x708px|''<small>Original plan for Westminster School 1865-93</small>'']]
[[File:9HEB8 Westminster School original entrance.jpg|thumb|280x280px|''<small>Westminster School original main entrance</small>'']]
[[File:9HEB9 1867 Article Procession.jpg|left|thumb|361x361px|''<small>Extract from an Article about a Procession in 1867 at the opening of Grosvenor Park</small>'']]
Jane Carver became the ‘Superintendent’, working with the Mistresses (for Girls, Miss Elizabeth A. White and for Infants, Miss Mary Frazer) and at the same time continuing the work of the non-secular Sunday School which met twice on the Sabbath and on 3 evenings in the week.
[[File:9HEB10 Census 1871 Schoolmistresses.jpg|thumb|426x426px|''<small>Extract from 1871 Census showing 'Schoolmistresses'</small>'']]
The 1871 Census records the first Mistresses by name Elizabeth White (Girls) and Mary Fraser (Infants) living at 12 Peploe Street. They were aged 21 and 23 respectively. Miss Carver’s name is annotated on the Census return.
[[File:9HEB11 1875 Death Mrs Carver.jpg|thumb|''<small>Advertisment 1875, following Miss Carver's death, handing over the school to a 'comittee of management'</small>'']]
From their opening the schools were run on non-sectarian lines and when Jane died at an early age in November 1875 the by then Duke confirmed that this would continue, and adverts in the local press show its use for Sunday services. Her work was carried on by her sister Emma and then by a group of like-minded enthusiasts.
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