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GHENT ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/362

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: GHENT ANGLICAN CHAPLAINCY

Date(s): 1856-1989

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 30 production units.

Name of creator(s): Ghent Anglican Chaplaincy | Belgium

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Bishop of London was held to exercise responsibility for Anglican churches overseas where no other bishop had been appointed. He retained responsibility for churches in northern and central Europe until 1980, but his jurisdiction in southern Europe ceased in 1842 on the creation of the diocese of Gibraltar. In 1980, the Bishop of London divested himself of all overseas jurisdiction and a new diocese of 'Gibraltar in Europe' was established.

The Anglican Chaplaincy of Ghent rented St John's Church, Ghent, in the Place Saint Jacques between 1885 and 1948. Since then various premises have been used by the congregation. The chaplaincy was within the Diocese of London until 1980 when a new diocese of Gibraltar in Europe was established.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Ghent Anglican Chaplaincy, Belgium. The records include a register of baptisms, marriages and burials, service registers, minutes, correspondence and accounts. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1994.

THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 30 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions governing access:

Restricted access: please see staff.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The archives of the chaplaincy were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the chaplain in February 1994. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

See also DL/E/A to DL/E/E for papers relating to the Diocese of London Overseas Jurisdiction; CLC/318 for the Diocese in Europe and CLC/319 for the Diocese of Gibraltar.

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: August to October 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Anglicanism | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Burial registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Church records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Church services | Religious practice | Religious activities
Dioceses | Ecclesiastical districts | Church administration | Administration | Organisation and management
Marriage registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Burial records
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Ghent Anglican Chaplaincy | Belgium

Places
Ghent | Belgium | Western Europe | Europe