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SAINT PAUL, DEPTFORD: DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LEWISHAM

Identity Statement

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P75/PAU
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
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Full title: SAINT PAUL, DEPTFORD: DEPTFORD HIGH STREET, LEWISHAM
Date(s): 1730-1966
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3.55 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Paul, Deptford | Church of England

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

King Henry VIII made Deptford his main Royal Naval Dockyard and so the town grew to accommodate the workers needed to build and equip ships. In 1710, the government commissioned the construction of 50 new churches; which paid for the building of Saint Paul at Deptford. The church was designed by Thomas Archer and consecrated in 1730.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Paul, Deptford, including registers of baptisms, confirmations, marriages and banns; Churchwarden's accounts; and other financial records.

Access & 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 for these records 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:

Records deposited by the Vicar in various accessions since 1953.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The burial registers 1788-1858 have been deposited with Lewisham Local History Centre, Central Library, 199-201 Lewisham High Street, London SE13.


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:
March to April 2010.

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