CHRIST CHURCH, SOMERS TOWN: CHALTON STREET, CAMDEN

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 P90/CTC1
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: CHRIST CHURCH, SOMERS TOWN: CHALTON STREET, CAMDEN
Date(s)	: 1850-1948
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.57 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Parish of Christ Church, Somers Town | Church of England Parish of St Luke, Euston Road | Church of England

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

In 1865 Saint Pancras Station was constructed, which necessitated the destruction of the church of Saint Luke, Euston Road. Christ Church was built in 1868 as a replacement. Architects Newman and Billing adopted a Gothic style with iron columns. The church was bombed in 1940 (when it is thought the marriage register for 1923-40 was destroyed) and in 1954 the parish was united with Saint Pancras, Euston Road (P90/PAN1).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Christ Church, Chalton Street, Somers Town, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and banns. Includes some entries for Saint Luke's.

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:

Records deposited by the vicar of St Pancras in 1961. Additional records of Saint Luke, Euston Road and Christ Church, Chalton Street were found in the remains of Saint Bartholomew, Dalston and deposited in the Greater London Record Office on 23 August 1974.

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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.