London Metropolitan Archives

SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST, ISLINGTON: CLEVELAND ROAD, ISLINGTON

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P83/JNB

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST, ISLINGTON: CLEVELAND ROAD, ISLINGTON

Date(s): 1872-1996

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.83 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Parish of St John the Baptist, Islington | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The church of Saint John the Baptist was constructed between 1871 and 1872, designed by William Wigginton. A parish was assigned in 1873. The building was damaged by enemy action in 1940 and services were moved to the church hall. The church was declared redundant in 1971 and was demolished in 1981.

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 John the Baptist, Cleveland Road, Islington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; registers of church services and minute books of the Parochial Church Council.

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 of St John the Baptist Church, Cleveland Road, Islington deposited by the Vicar of St Stephen's Church, Canonbury Road in the Greater London Record Office, 6 March 1975.

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
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
Parish councils | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St John the Baptist | Islington | Church of England

Places
Islington (district) | Islington | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe