IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P85/STE
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT STEPHEN, SOUTH LAMBETH: SAINT STEPHEN'S TERRACE, LAMBETH
Date(s): 1861-1966
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.61 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Stephen, South Lambeth | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The church of Saint Stephen was constructed between 1859 and 1861 in response to the increasing number of residents in this area. The church was designed by John Barnett in a Gothic style; it seated 1,200. A parish was assigned in 1861, taken from the parish of Saint Michael's, Stockwell; while a nearby primary school was transferred to the parish in 1862.
From: Survey of London: volume 26: Lambeth: Southern area (1956), pp. 62-65.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, South Lambeth, including registers of baptisms and marriages; financial records; sequestration records; papers relating to alterations and renovation of the building; correspondence, including correspondence relating to the parish school and to war damage; and papers of the Women's Fellowship.
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 in 1955 and 1967.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.