London Metropolitan Archives

THE WELSH METHODIST CHURCH, CHILTERN ROAD

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): LMA/4423

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: THE WELSH METHODIST CHURCH, CHILTERN ROAD

Date(s): 1861-1974

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 4.71 linear meters

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:

The Welsh Methodist Church was situated on Chiltern Street, Marylebone.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Register of baptisms, 1861-1933; specifications and correspondence regarding the re-building of the Church, includes architect's floor plan, 1947-1948; Quarterly meetings minute book of the London Welsh Circuit, 1889-1908; Church committee minute book, 1908-1940; Church committee meeting minutes book, 1923-1955; Church committee meeting minute book regarding post war move of church, 1946-1963; Meeting minutes of the trustees and officers, 1953-1974; Memorandum of the choice and appointment of new trustees, 1950-1950 and Poland Street Trustees Account Book, 1884-1918. Please note that most of the minute books are written in Welsh.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and Welsh

System of arrangement:

Registers; Correspondence; Minutes; Financial Accounts.

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:

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:

Gift received in 2002 (B02/053).

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The City of Westminster Archives Centre holds marriage registers, 1956 - 1999. The National Library of Wales holds records of the London Welsh Circuit (reference WELIST).

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
Church administration | Administration | Organisation and management
Church architecture | Architecture
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Methodism | Protestant nonconformity | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Methodists | Protestant nonconformists | Protestants | Christians | Religious groups
Nonconformist chapels | Chapels | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Welsh (cultural identity) | British | National identity | Cultural nationalism | Cultural identity
Nonconformists
Nonconformity
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
London Welsh Circuit
Welsh Methodist Church | Chiltern Street, Marylebone

Places
Mary-le-bone | City of Westminster | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Marylebone | City of Westminster | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
St Marylebone | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe