IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P79/MAA
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, HACKNEY: LANSDOWNE DRIVE, HACKNEY
Date(s): 1865-1982
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.61 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Hackney | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The original church, which was designed by J.H. Hakewill, was situated opposite the vicarage on the corner of Lamb Lane and London Fields. Nothing now remains of this building which was destroyed in the Second World War. The new church, which was designed by N.F. Cachemaille-Day, is situated on the other side of London Fields in part of what was then the parish of Saint Phillip, Dalston. The foundation stone is dated 7 November 1959. The parish was united with that of Saint Paul, Haggerston (P91/PAU) in 1971 and Saint Michael and All Angels became the church of the united parish.
Saint Martin's Mission Church was opened in November 1906 and closed in February 1939.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of St Michael and All Angels, Hackney, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; registers of banns of marriage; church services registers; curates' licences; papers relating to the benefice including terriers, correspondence and documents regarding the Vicarage; papers relating to the maintenance of the church; financial records; papers of the Vestry and the Parochial Church Council; papers relating to the Church School; papers relating to the Scouts and papers regarding Saint Martin's Mission Church.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records have been sorted into categories which reflect divisions between the different functions and operations of the parish and its administration. Order within these categories reflects chronology.
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.
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:
Records deposited by the incumbent in February 1984.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: March to April 2010.