London Metropolitan Archives

BLACKHEATH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): N/C/70

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: BLACKHEATH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Date(s): 1858-1954

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.81 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Congregational Church of England and Wales

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The foundation stone of Blackheath Congregational Church was laid on 18 July 1883 and the church, which was designed by the architects Brandon and Ritchie of Greenwich, was opened for public worship on 11 July 1854.

The church was badly damaged during the Second World War. In February 1957 a new building, designed by Dannatt, was erected within the walls of the old church. The ecumenical developments of the 1960s led to the union of the Baptist and Congregationalist congregations in Blackheath, and in 1974 the Blackheath Congregational Church was closed.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Blackheath Congregational Church including deeds, 1858-1872; certificate authorizing solemnization of marriages at the church, 1855; Church meeting minute books, 1853-1969; register of baptisms, 1949-1969; Deacons' meeting minute books, 1869-1970; Sunday School teachers' meeting minute books, 1907-1935; correspondence and papers concerning pastors, 1874-1896; Church membership roll, 1967; account book, 1872-1887 and material relating to church property, 1886-1954.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Property Records; Minute books; Registers; Administrative.

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:

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited in 1977 (AC/77/010).

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

See also LMA/4125 for marriage registers.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

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: January to March 2009

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Church administration | Administration | Organisation and management
Church property | Property
Church records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Clergy | Religious groups
Congregationalism | Protestant nonconformity | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Congregationalists | Protestant nonconformists | Protestants | Christians | Religious groups
Nonconformist chapels | Chapels | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Nonconformists | Protestants | Christians | Religious groups
Sunday schools | Religious organizations | Religious institutions
Nonconformity

Personal names

Corporate names
Blackheath Congregational Church | Independents Road

Places
Blackheath | Lewisham | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe