IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P87/JNE1
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, PADDINGTON: HYDE PARK CRESCENT, WESTMINSTER
Date(s): 1832-1960
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3.34 linear metres (189 documents).
Name of creator(s): Parish of St John the Evangelist, Paddington | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The parish of Saint John the Evangelist was created from part of the parish of Saint James, Sussex Gardens (P87/JS). The church originated as the Connaught Chapel, built in 1826. It was extended in 1830-31 and further altered in 1895.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Hyde Park Crescent (formerly Southwick Crescent), Paddington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; Parochial Church Council minutes; minutes of other church management committees; financial accounts; parish magazines; papers relating to parish boundary changes; papers relating to the parish schools; faculties and other papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings; and registers of 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 on 27 May 1965. Records P87/JNE1/214-218 were deposited in 2003.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Publication note:
For further information see 'Paddington: Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington (1989), pp. 252-259.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.