IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): N/C/37
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: MERTON HALL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, MORDEN ROAD, MERTON
Date(s): 1911-1941
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.1 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Congregational Church of England and Wales
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Merton Hall Congregational Church was founded in 1798. The chapel was not built until 1818. In 1903 it belonged to the London Congregational Union district of Metropolitan Surrey West. It seems to have closed some time before 1957, possibly because of destruction during air raids in 1940.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Minute book of Church Management Committee and Deacon's Meetings, 1911-1941; minute book of Merton Hall Trustees, 1923-1941, including account of air-raids on Wimbledon and Merton, August 1940, damage to Church and subsequent disposal of property; and correspondence relating to 'New Eltham', ground rent, insurance, and so on, 1911-1912.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Minutes; Correspondence
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright: Depositor
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited 1964 (AC/064/48).
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to March 2009