SAINT MATTHEW, CITY ROAD: CITY ROAD, ISLINGTON

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 P76/MTW
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: SAINT MATTHEW, CITY ROAD: CITY ROAD, ISLINGTON
Date(s)	: 1848-1953
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.45 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Parish of St Matthew, City Road, Islington | Church of England

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The church of Saint Matthew on Oakley Crescent, off City Road, Islington, was founded circa 1848. The church was severely damaged by bombing in 1940. Marriages from 1941 to 1952 were solemnized at Saint Luke, Old Street. The last marriage register was closed in February 1953 on the union of the parish with Saint Barnabas, King Square and Saint Clement, City Road.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, City Road, Islington, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

P76/MTW/001-005: Baptisms; P76/MTW/006-010: Marriages.

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:

Deposited by the Vicar of St Clement with St Barnabas and St Matthew, King Square, February 1975.

Allied Materials

Related material:

For Saint Barnabas, King Square see P76/BAN and for Saint Clement, City Road, see P76/CLE.

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.