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SAINT STEPHEN, POPLAR: EAST INDIA DOCK ROAD, TOWER HAMLETS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P88/STE1

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT STEPHEN, POPLAR: EAST INDIA DOCK ROAD, TOWER HAMLETS

Date(s): 1867-1949

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.44 linear metres

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

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Saint Stephen's Church, East India Dock Road, was constructed in 1865-66. It was partly funded by shipbuilders based in Blackwall. The church was bombed during the Second World War and the ruins were demolished. In 1952 the parish was united with Saint Saviour's (P88/SAV) and Saint Gabriel's (P88/GAB).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, East India Dock Road, Poplar, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns and church services.

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 by the Rector, South Poplar Area Ministry, 23 June 1969. Additional parish records deposited by incumbent on 14 January 1991.

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
Church services | Religious practice | Religious activities
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 | Poplar | Church of England

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