IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): LMA/4394
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT JOHN'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, DEVONSHIRE ROAD, FOREST HILL
Date(s): 1870-1972
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.83 linear meters
Name of creator(s): Presbyterian Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Saint John's Presbyterian Church was founded in 1870. The church was built in 1884 on Devonshire Road, Forest Hill. It came under the Presbytery of London South. Following the merger of the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches in 1972 it became Saint John's United Reformed Church and is still situated on Devonshire Road.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Saint John's Presbyterian Church, Forest Hill, including Court of Session minute books, 1871-1972; Manager's Court minute books, 1870-1972; minute book of the Trustees of Ewart Road Mission Hall, including schedule of deeds, 1902-1919; minute book of the Trustees of St John's Church, including schedule of deeds, related correspondence and a plan of the church and its grounds, 1902-1938; Communicants' roll book, 1880-1957 and Treasurer's account book, 1870.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records relating to meetings LMA/4394/A, and registers and administration LMA/4394/B.
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: 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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Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by the United Reformed Church (URC) History Society in 2001 (B01/024).
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: January to March 2009