IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P75/JS1
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT JAMES, HATCHAM: SAINT JAMES', LEWISHAM
Date(s): 1845-1966
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3.96 linear metres (100 volumes).
Name of creator(s): Parish of St James, Hatcham | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Saint James parish was established in 1845, and enlarged in 1851. The church was constructed in 1854.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint James, Hatcham, including Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; Churchwarden's records; financial accounts; registers of preachers; papers relating to the parish school and the Sunday school; registers of banns; registers of baptisms and marriages; and parish magazines.
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 of St James, Hatcham, Deptford, deposited by the Vicar in the London County Record Office, on 10 February 1955, 12 June 1957 and 17 September 1958. Further records were received in 1993 and 2001.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: March to April 2010.