Union Church, Putney

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0347 D107
Held at	: Wandsworth Heritage Service   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/homepage/215/local_history_and_heritage ›
Full title	: Union Church, Putney
Date(s)	: 1859-1966
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 4 boxes
Name of creator(s)	:
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Union Church, Putney was two churches, which joined in October 1900 - the Upper Richmond Road Union Church, and the Oxford Road Congregational Church. In 1972 the Church joined with the Presbyterian Church and became Putney United Reformed Church.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of church meetings of the Union Church, Putney, which was on Upper Richmond Road, and the Oxford Road Chapel before and after they joined together. There are minutes of deacons' meetings and minutes of the Finance Committee for the Union Church before the merger. The collections also includes rolls of church members for 1900-1908 and 1936-1957 and minutes of teachers' meetings for the Sunday School.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The original order had been disturbed, so the collection has been arranged by type of record: minutes of church meetings; minutes of deacons' meetings; financial material; other material.

Conditions governing access:

This material is only available in the Wandsworth Heritage Service search room at Battersea Library. Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information

Finding aids:

A hard-copy catalogue is available in the Heritage Service searchroom in Battersea Library, and an online catalogue is also available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Some items added in September 2010 as part of accession 2010-15.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

London Metropolitan Archives hold the Union Chapel, Putney marriage register 1920-1944, ref: LMA/4163/001. LMA also hold the records of Putney United Reform Church.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Finding aid created by export from CALM v8.0.2.40 Archives Hub EAD2002

Rules or conventions:

Date(s) of descriptions:
September 2010