IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P69/NIC1
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT NICHOLAS ACONS: CITY OF LONDON
Date(s): 1539-1949
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3.43 linear metres (79 production units).
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Nicholas Acons, City of London | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The church of Saint Nicholas Acons was built in 1084 for Malmesbury Abbey. 'Acons' is probably a corruption of 'Haakon', a benefactor. The church was destroyed during the Great Fire of London in 1666 and was not rebuilt. The parish of Saint Edmund the King and Martyr was united to the parish of Saint Nicholas Acons in 1670. The parish of Saint Benet Gracechurch was united to the parish of Saint Leonard Eastcheap in 1670.
The united parishes of Saint Benet Gracechurch and Saint Leonard Eastcheap were united to the parish of All Hallows Lombard Street in 1864. The parish of Saint Dionis Backchurch was joined to All Hallows Lombard Street and united parishes in 1876. These united parishes were joined to the united parishes of Saint Edmund the King and Martyr and Saint Nicholas Acons in 1937 to form Saint Edmund the King and Martyr and united parishes.
Information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Nicholas Acons, Cannon Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minute books; Churchwardens' accounts and vouchers; drawings of boundary marks of the parishes; Overseers' books of receipts and payments; poor rate, church rate and tithe rate assessments.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
P69/NIC1/A: Parish Registers; P69/NIC1/B: Vestry and Parish Officers; P69/NIC1/C: Rate Assessments and Inhabitants Lists; P69/NIC1/D: Charities and Estates.
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 to 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:
The archives of all the parishes have been deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since the 1920s. The most recent deposits for each parish are as follows: All Hallows Lombard Street and St Edmund the King and Martyr, 2001; St Benet Gracechurch, 1999; St Dionis Backchurch, 1994; St Nicholas Acons, 1993; and St Leonard Eastcheap, 1964. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
St Edmund King and Martyr (P69/EDK).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.