Editing Chester, Vermont (section)

==History==
The town was originally chartered by [[New Hampshire]] Governor [[Benning Wentworth]] as Flamstead in 1754.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/vt/Windsor/districts.htmlhttp://www.chester.govoffice.com/vertical/sites/%7B30E95ABF-6909-4E09-90E8-DB5C3B0781B0%7D/uploads/%7BF526C530-2543-4091-ABF4-F782F308B741%7D.PDF|title= History of Chester|publisher= Chester.gov|access-date= March 3, 2014}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The terms of the charter were not met and the town was re-chartered as New Flamstead in 1761.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aldrich|first=Lewis Cass and Holmes, Frank R.|title=History of Windsor County, Vermont|date=1891|publisher=D. Mason & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_2JtQAAAAYAAJ/page/n33 33]|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_2JtQAAAAYAAJ|quote=chester vt re-chartered as New Flamstead.}}</ref> In 1766, a patent was issued by [[New York (state)|New York]] that changed the name of the town to Chester, after [[George IV of the United Kingdom|George Augustus Frederick]], the [[Earl of Chester]] and the eldest son of [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=25105|title= Profile for Chester, Vermont, VT|publisher =ePodunk|access-date= March 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.yourplaceinvermont.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/There-Goes-the-Neighborhood.pdf|title= There Goes the Neighborhood: A Walking Tour of Chester and {{sic|It|’s|nolink=y}} Historic Stone Village|publisher= Your Place in Vermont|access-date= March 3, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140804130116/https://www.yourplaceinvermont.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/There-Goes-the-Neighborhood.pdf|archive-date= August 4, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later, the governing authority of Chester reverted to the 1761 charter by an act of the [[Vermont legislature]], although it left the name "Chester" in place. 2011 was thus the 250th anniversary of the town.