MAIDSTONE STREET CHURCH/ HARBOUR LIGHT CHURCH
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : LMA/4008/MSHL |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : MAIDSTONE STREET CHURCH/ HARBOUR LIGHT CHURCH |
Date(s) | : 1853-1954 |
Level of description | : subfonds
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Extent | : 0.16 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Maidstone Street Methodist Church, Haggerston, was first used by Wesleyan Reformers in 1852. In 1896 the congregation moved to the Harbour Light Church on Goldsmith's Row, Haggerston. The Church joined the London Central Mission Circuit in 1940 but was forced to close after sustaining bomb damage in 1944. It reopened in 1946, and transferred to the London Mission (Hackney and Clapton) Circuit in 1960.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Maidstone Street Methodist Church, Haggerston, later the Harbour Light Church, Goldsmith's Row, Haggerston, including registers of baptisms, 1897-1944; papers regarding membership of the Church; minute books for Church Meetings, Leader's Meetings and other church committees; Trustees' meeting minutes, correspondence and financial accounts; papers of the Sunday School and leaflets, including a history of the church to 1946.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
In sections: Registers; Church Administration; Trustees and Buildings; Schools and Printed Items.
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:
Received in 1983 (Acc/1849)
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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
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