SAINT PETER, LONDON DOCKS: LONDON DOCKS, STEPNEY, TOWER HAMLETS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 P93/PET2
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 PETER, LONDON DOCKS: LONDON DOCKS, STEPNEY, TOWER HAMLETS
Date(s)	: 1857-1966
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.67 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Parish of St Peter, London Docks | Church of England

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Saint Peter's originated in a mission established by the Reverend Charles Lowder in 1856. Lowder believed that the church had a special mission to the dispossessed and deliberately moved to the poverty stricken Wapping area, then populated by dock workers, petty criminals and prostitutes. Lowder and his assistants established schools, clubs, canteens and other services to assist the poor. In 1866 a permanent church was established in Old Gravel Lane (now Wapping Lane). During the cholera epidemic of 1866 to 1867 Lowder worked to care for the sick and established a tent hospital. Lowder's successors were similarly dedicated to poor relief in the area.

For more information see: http://www.stpeterslondondocks.org.uk/section/11 (accessed May 2010).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Peter, London Docks, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages, and pamphlet The First Hundred Years at St. Peter's London Docks by Madge Darby, 1966.

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 to 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:

Parish records deposited by the Rector in the Greater London Record Office, 20 March 1987.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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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:
April to June 2010.