ISO 3166-2:GB-CHW
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Corporate body
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1931- present day
Chester Zoo was opened in 1931 by our founder George Mottershead.On 17 February 1931 Chester Zoological Gardens Limited was formed. On 9th May 1934 a new society known at the North of England Zoological Society Limited was formed with four Trustees appointed; Col. Richard Blair Young as Chairman, Mrs I. Johnson, Mrs E. Young and Professor Ramsbottom. The Society took over the gardens for the sum of £250 from Chester Zoological Gardens on 13th June 1934 with George Mottershead as the Director-Secretary.