IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P95/MRY2
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT MARY, SUMMERSTOWN: KEEBLE STREET, WANDSWORTH
Date(s): 1827-1973
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.34 linear metres (137 files and volumes).
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Mary, Summerstown | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The church of Saint Mary originated in a small chapel built to serve the hamlet of Summerstown. As the population of the area expanded it was decided to replace the chapel with a church, built between 1903 and 1920 to the designs of Godfrey Pinkerton.
Files P95/MRY2/120-129 are the records of Saint Mary Summerstown Slate Club (a club of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose or event such as Christmas), which is believed to be the oldest in the Borough of Wandsworth. It was founded in 1886, and closed in 1965, owing to decreasing membership.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Mary, Keeble Street, Summerstown, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; papers relating to the construction of a new church including faculties and plans; and records of the Slate Club.
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:
Open access. Original references (P--) have to be ordered. Microfilms (X--) are available in the Reference Room.
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 1964, 1967 and 1977.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.