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SAINT MARK'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, GREENWICH SOUTH STREET, GREENWICH


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): LMA/4393

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT MARK'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, GREENWICH SOUTH STREET, GREENWICH

Date(s): 1842-1972

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.83 linear meters

Name of creator(s): Presbyterian Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Saint Mark's Presbyterian Church was founded in 1834, although a permanent church was not built until 1850. This was destroyed by enemy action in 1944. A new church was built in 1953 on Ashburnham Place, off South Street, Greenwich. The church entered into a partnership with the West Greenwich Methodist Church in 1969 and later merged with the Methodist, Congregationalist and Church of Christ churches in Greenwich to form the Greenwich United Church.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Saint Mark's Presbyterian Church, Greenwich, including Court of Session minute books, 1873-1963; Deacons' Court minute books, 1860-1944; Building Committee minute books, 1847-1849 and 1946-1954; minute book of the Church building fund committee, 1858-1862; Sunday School teachers' minute book, 1926-1934; Ladies' Association minute book, 1915-1939; annual reports, 1885-1896; Communicants' roll books, 1842-1972; register of baptisms, 1842-1939 and financial accounts and papers, 1860-1940.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records relating to meetings LMA/4393/A, registers LMA/4393/B, and finance LMA/4393/C.

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

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by the United Reformed Church (URC) History Society in 2001 (B01/024).

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

See LMA/4081 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 records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Church societies | Religious organizations | Religious institutions
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Nonconformist chapels | Chapels | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Presbyterianism | Protestant nonconformity | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Presbyterians | Protestant nonconformists | Protestants | Christians | Religious groups
Sunday schools | Religious organizations | Religious institutions
Nonconformists
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Saint Mark's Presbyterian Church x Greenwich United Church

Places
Greenwich (district) | Greenwich | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe