HIGHFIELDS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: LMA/4370
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: HIGHFIELDS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date(s)	: 1882-1951
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.16 linear meters
Name of creator(s)	: Presbyterian Church of England

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Highfields Presbyterian Church was founded by James Richard Haig of Highfields Park in memory of his wife Jane Haig. It was built in 1875 and served the villages of Blackham and Withyham, Sussex. The chapel joined the Presbytery of London South in 1895.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Highfields Presbyterian Church, Sussex, including Court of Session minute book, 1895-1916; Managers' minute book, 1896-1910; Communicants' roll books, 1882-1947; Treasurer's account book, 1896-1951 and general correspondence, 1938-1950.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Minute books, Financial records and Correspondence.

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: 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:

Deposited by the United Reformed Church (URC) History Society in 2001 (B01/024).

Allied Materials

Related material:

See LMA/4409/A/008 for a contributions book from Highfields Church.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
January to March 2009