IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): ACC/1850-17
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: TREDEGAR ROAD CHURCH
Date(s): 1866-1874
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.05 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:
The Methodist Church established its first East-End Mission in 1885, hoping to combat the poverty and squalor of the area. Poverty and sin were fought by a combination of evangelism and social work, for example, handing out free meals during winter, organising trips to the seaside and showing films for a penny. The Mission had its own magazine, The East End, which included articles on the scale of the distress.
As the population of the East End changed after the Second World War, so too did the Mission. In 1985 the Mission celebrated its centenary and highlighted its continuing work in socially deprived areas, supporting the homeless, unemployed, single parents, immigrants, the disabled and the elderly.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Wesleyan School Chapel Tredegar Road Trust Treasurer's account book, 1866-1874.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One volume.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
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:
Received in 1983 (Acc/1850).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The LMA also has log books (1867-1906) for the Tredegar Road Wesleyan School, Bow, see LCC/EO/DIV05.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to March 2009