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London Metropolitan Archives

SAINT STEPHEN, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P93/STE

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT STEPHEN, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS

Date(s): 1861-1930

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.39 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Parish of St Stephen, Spitalfields | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The district of Saint Stephen, Spitalfields, was formed in 1858, after a group of parishioners of Christ Church, Spitalfields (P93/CTC1), had campaigned for a new church to serve the growing population of the area. The district was formed from the north-west corner of the parish of Christ Church, and in 1860 a site on the east side of the new Commercial Street was conveyed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Saint Stephen's Church was designed by Ewan Christian, and consecrated in 1861. In 1863, portions of the parishes of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch (P93/LEN), and Saint Philip, Bethnal Green were added to Saint Stephen's. In 1930 the parish was reunited with Christ Church, Spitalfields, and the church of Saint Stephen was demolished.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Registers of baptisms, marriages and banns for the parish of Saint Stephen, Commercial Street, Spitalfields.

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 to 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 in July 1956 and January 1981.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Banns register | Marriage records | Documents | Information sources
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Church of England | Anglicanism | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Church records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Ecclesiastical parishes | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Marriage registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St Stephen | Spitalfields | Church of England

Places
Spitalfields | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Tower Hamlets