Chester Diocesan Training College (1839–1963) Chester College of Education (1963–1974) Chester College of Higher Education (1974–1996) University College Chester (1966–1999) Chester, a College of the University of Liverpool (1839–2003) University College Chester (2003–2005)
Burek, Cynthia and Stilwell, Richard, Geodiversity Trail: Walking Through the Past on the University's Chester Campus (Chester: Chester Academic Press, 2007)
Astbury, Stanley, A History of Chester Diocesan Training College (Chester: Chester College, 1946)
Bradbury, John Lewis, Chester College and the Training of Teachers, 1839–1975 (Chester: Chester College, 1975)
Dunn, Ian, The University of Chester, 1839–2008: The Bright Star in the Present Prospect, 3rd edn (Chester: University of Chester Press, 2012)
Newton, Elsie, The Padgate Story 1946–2006 (Chester: Chester Academic Press, 2007)