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WANDSWORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): LMA/4392

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: WANDSWORTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Date(s): 1871-1945

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.51 linear meters

Name of creator(s): Presbyterian Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

A Presbyterian congregation was first established in Wandsworth in 1871, worshipping in hired assembly rooms until their church was constructed in 1872, at Merton Road.

In 1946 the church amalgamated with Putney Presbyterian Church, Briar Walk, and became known as Putney and Wandsworth Presbyterian Church. The joint congregations worshipped at Briar Walk. In 1968 the spire was removed and the tower was capped off. At the same time, the manse which had stood next to the church was sold and replaced by a house in Fairdale Gardens.

In 1972 the church became known as Putney United Reformed Church following the union of the Congregational and Presbyterian denominations. The last service to be held took place in February 1996.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Wandsworth Presbyterian Church including Court of session minute books, 1904-1945; Deacons' Court minute books, 1871-1945; Sunday School teachers' minute book, 1902-1925; Communicants' roll books, 1874-1936 and register of baptisms, 1872-1944.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Minutes; Registers.

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

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by the United Reformed Church (URC) History Society in 2001 (B01/024).

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

See also LMA/4102 for Wandsworth Presbyterian Church, Briar Walk; LMA/4103 for Wandsworth Presbyterian Church, Merton Road; LMA/4022, LMA/4309 and LMA/4380 for Putney United Reformed Church.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: January to March 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Church administration | Administration | Organisation and management
Church records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Nonconformist chapels | Chapels | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Presbyterianism | Protestant nonconformity | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Presbyterians | Protestant nonconformists | Protestants | Christians | Religious groups
Nonconformists
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Wandsworth Presbyterian Church | Merton Road

Places
Wandsworth (district) | Wandsworth | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe