London Metropolitan Archives

BRITISH CHURCH, SAINT PETERSBURG

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/335

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: BRITISH CHURCH, SAINT PETERSBURG

Date(s): 1877-1900

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 volume.

Name of creator(s): British Church | St Petersburg, Russia

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 Russia Company was the patron of Anglican churches in Moscow, St Petersburg, Cronstadt and Archangel. The first chapel in Moscow was established in 1706 but was closed down when the British Factory left Moscow in 1717, initially for Archangel; its headquarters moved to St Petersburg in 1723. An Anglican church was constructed but forced to close in 1917. Worship was continued in 1993, sharing a Lutheran church.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Banns book for the British Church in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

One item.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Finding aids:

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

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which 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
Banns register | Marriage records | Documents | Information sources
Church records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Dioceses | Ecclesiastical districts | Church administration | Administration | Organisation and management
Catholicism
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
British Church | St Petersburg | Russia

Places
St Petersburg | Russian Federation | Eastern Europe