IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P69/MRY2
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT MARY ALDERMANBURY: CITY OF LONDON
Date(s): 1538-1950
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3.69 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Mary Aldermanbury, City of London | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The parish church of Saint Mary Aldermanbury was rebuilt by Wren after the Great Fire in 1666. It was damaged by enemy action during the Second World War, but was not rebuilt. The ruins of the church were shipped to Fulton, Missouri, United States as a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill. In 1954, the united parishes of Saint Alphage London Wall and Saint Mary Aldermanbury were united to the parish of Saint Giles Cripplegate.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Saint Mary Aldermanbury, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials and banns) from 1538; Churchwardens' accounts and vestry minutes from in 1569 and other records dating chiefly from the 18th century, including poor rate books and papers relating to poor relief.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The catalogue has been arranged in sections each with a code as follows: A Parish registers, B Vestry and parish officers, C Rate assessments and inhabitants lists, D Charities and estates.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
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 records of the parishes of St. Mary Aldermanbury and St. Alphage London Wall have been deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1905. The most recent deposits for each parish were in 1987. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
United with St Giles Cripplegate (P69/GIS) together with St Alphage London Wall (P69/ALP).
For records of parish schools see Cripplegate Schools Foundation.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.