IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): LMA/4009
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: HIGHGATE METHODIST CIRCUIT
Date(s): 1843-1981
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 6.71 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Methodism was established in the Highgate and Hornsey region in the early nineteenth century. It expanded alongside housing in the area and more churches were constructed. These churches belonged to the Islington Circuit until 1873, when the Highgate Circuit was established.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Highgate Methodist Circuit and constituent churches, 1843-1981: Archway Road Church; Holly Park Church; Hornsey Road Church; Jackson's Lane Church; Kentish Town Circuit Records; Muswell Hill Church and Middle Lane Church, Hornsey.
Records include minute books, reports, financial accounts, papers relating to property, circuit plans, registers, pamphlets, papers relating to church groups and organisations, magazines, newsletters, publications and photographs.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
LMA/4009/AR: Archway Road Church; LMA/4009/HC: Highgate Circuit Records; LMA/4009/HP: Holly Park Church; LMA/4009/HR: Hornsey Road Church; LMA/4009/JL: Jackson's Lane Church; LMA/4009/KTC: Kentish Town Circuit Records; LMA/4009/MH: Muswell Hill Church and LMA/4009/ML: Middle Lane Church, Hornsey.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: Depositor
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1983 (Acc/1849).
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: January to March 2009