IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 DRO/169
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ALL SOULS, SAINT MARGARET'S-ON-THAMES, TWICKENHAM: NORTHCOTE ROAD, HOUNSLOW
Date(s): 1867-2000
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3.57 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of All Souls, St Margaret's-on-Thames, Twickenham | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The parish of All Souls, Saint Margaret's-on-Thames lies within Hounslow Deanery, which is within the Kensington Area of the Diocese of London. The parish boundaries are described in detail in the Parish Magazine for January 1899 (DRO/169/K/01/001), with further comments in the magazine for January 1959 (DRO/169/K/01/035).
The parish church of All Souls, Saint Margaret's-on-Thames was dedicated on 2 January 1898. It replaced a temporary iron church dedicated to Saint Margaret, which had been used for worship since 6 February 1886.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of All Souls, St Margaret's-on-Thames, Twickenham. This collection includes parish registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations (1898-1986); registers of services and orders of service (1896-1995); duplicate returns of parish statistics (1907-1931); correspondence relating to staff (1959-1994) and parish boundaries (1967-1981); documents, drawings and photographs relating to the church building and its contents (1867-1994); documents and plans relating to church halls (1930-1993); bishop's visitation papers (1966-1969), Parochial Church Council and Vestry minute books and correspondence (1888-2000); financial statements, account books and ledgers (1886-1999); records relating to Wooldridge Legacy Trust (1957-1984) and Sick and Poor Fund (1911-1927) and parish magazines (1898-1971).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The material is arranged according to the functions and structure of the parish, as follows:
DRO/169/A PARISH REGISTERS:
DRO/169/A/01 Registers of baptisms;
DRO/169/A/02 Registers of marriages;
DRO/169/A/03 Registers of banns of marriage;
DRO/169/A/04 Registers of confirmations;
DRO/169/B CHURCH SERVICES / WORK OF CLERGY:
DRO/169/B/01 Registers of Services;
DRO/169/B/02 Orders of Service;
DRO/169/B/03 Parish missions and educational work;
DRO/169/B/04 Duplicate returns of parish statistics;
DRO/169/C CHURCH PERSONNEL:
DRO/169/C/01 Correspondence about appointments and performance;
DRO/169/D PARISH BOUNDARIES:
DRO/169/D/01 Correspondence;
DRO/169/E CHURCH BUILDINGS: CHURCH:
DRO/169/E/01 Building of the church;
DRO/169/E/02 Faculties;
DRO/169/E/03 Surveys and repairs;
DRO/169/E/04 Organ;
DRO/169/E/05 Church contents;
DRO/169/E/06 Plans and drawings;
DRO/169/F CHURCH BUILDINGS: CHURCH HALL:
DRO/169/F/01 Deeds;
DRO/169/F/02 Use and maintenance of hall;
DRO/169/F/03 Music and dancing licences;
DRO/169/F/04 Plans and drawings;
DRO/169/G CHURCHWARDENS:
DRO/169/G/01 Visitation;
DRO/169/H PARISH ADMINISTRATION:
DRO/169/H/01 PCC and Vestry minutes;
DRO/169/H/02 PCC Agendas and draft minutes;
DRO/169/H/03 PCC correspondence;
DRO/169/H/04 Finance Committee;
DRO/169/I PARISH FINANCE:
DRO/169/I/01 Annual statements of accounts;
DRO/169/I/02 Account books and ledgers;
DRO/169/I/03 Planned giving schemes and offertory registers;
DRO/169/I/04 Correspondence and notes;
DRO/169/J PARISH ORGANISATIONS: CHARITIES:
DRO/169/J/01 Wooldridge Legacy Trust;
DRO/169/J/02 Sick and Poor Fund;
DRO/169/K PRINTED MATERIAL / MISCELLANEOUS:
DRO/169/K/01 Parish magazines.
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 for these records rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records deposited in February 2006.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: March to April 2010.