IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 DRO/084
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN, BEDFONT: HATTON ROAD, BEDFONT GREEN, HOUNSLOW
Date(s): 1593-1977
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2.63 linear metres (67 files).
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Mary the Virgin, Bedfont | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The church of St. Mary The Virgin has parts dating to 1130, although the church has been subsequently extended and restored. The advowson of the church was granted to the priory of the Holy Trinity, Hounslow. A vicarage was endowed by the Bishop of London in 1316, and the advowson was granted to the Bishop after the Dissolution.
From: 'Spelthorne Hundred: East Bedfont with Hatton', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2: General; Ashford, East Bedfont with Hatton, Feltham, Hampton with Hampton Wick, Hanworth, Laleham, Littleton (1911), pp. 309-314. Available online.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Mary the Virgin, Bedfont, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, and church services; financial accounts; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; papers of the Overseers of the Poor; tax assessments; and papers regarding parish charities.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
DRO/084/001-034: Parish Registers; DRO/084/035-067: Other Parish Papers.
DRO/084/049-067 is a series of artificially created files. The titles allocated to the files have been retained but the description expanded to give fuller indication of content. Library reference numbers have been noted where appropriate.
Conditions governing access:
Some files are only available on microfilm. Please check access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright for these records rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in April 1991.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Registers of baptisms 1941 to date with incumbent. Registers of marriage 1945 to date with incumbent.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: March to April 2010.