London Metropolitan Archives

SAINT MATTHEW, ESSEX ROAD: ESSEX ROAD, ISLINGTON

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P83/MTW

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT MATTHEW, ESSEX ROAD: ESSEX ROAD, ISLINGTON

Date(s): 1843-1953

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1.28 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Parish of St Matthew, Essex Road, Islington | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Saint Matthew's began as a temporary chapel, founded in 1836 in a former Wesleyan Methodist chapel. A permanent church was constructed in 1850, designed by A.D. Gough. A parish was assigned in 1851. It was joined with the parish of Saint Stephen, Canonbury, in 1953. In 1966 the church was demolished.

From: 'Islington: Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 88-99.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, Essex Road, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of services; inventory of plate; Vestry minutes, correspondence and other administrative papers.

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:

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 (P83/MTW/1-31) of St Matthew, Essex Road, Islington, deposited by the Vicar of St Stephen in the London County Record Office, 4 May 1962. Records (P83/MTW/32-41) deposited by the Vicar of St Stephen, Canonbury Road, 4 May 1962.

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
Conferences | Group communication | Communication process
Ecclesiastical parishes | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Marriage registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Vestry | Parish meetings | Meetings | Group communication | Communication process
Meetings x Conferences
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St Matthew | Essex Road | Islington | Church of England

Places
Canonbury | Islington | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe