IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): N/C/25
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: WHITE'S ROW CHAPEL, SPITALFIELDS
Date(s): 1756-1908
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Congregational Church of England and Wales
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
White's Row Congregational Chapel was built, probably in about 1755, by a congregation of Independents [Congregationalists] under Edward Hitchin, which had met previously in Artillery Lane Chapel. Hitchin died in 1774 and was succeeded by Nathaniel Trotman. The congregation was then large, drawing most of its members from within a mile of the chapel: Trotman's reception service was attended by 1,200 persons. He died in 1792 and was followed by John Goode, who served the chapel until his resignation in 1826, by which time the congregation had dwindled considerably. The Reverend Henry Townley became minister in 1828. In 1836 the congregation left White's Row, the lease having nearly expired, and after a short stay in Bury Street Chapel, built Bishopsgate Chapel in the City of London.
From: Survey of London: volume 27: Spitalfields and Mile End New Town (1957), pp. 127-147.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Registers of baptisms, 1756-1908 and minute book of Church meetings, 1794-1841, including minutes of December 1836-September 1839 relating to the acquisition of a site for and erection of new chapel in Bishopsgate Street and temporary meetings in Bury Street Chapel.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Three volumes.
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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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited 20th August, 1964 (AC/064/48).
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: January to March 2009