IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): LMA/4380
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: PUTNEY UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
Date(s): 1879-1955
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.33 linear meters
Name of creator(s): Presbyterian Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
In 1879, the Presbytery purchased and occupied church buildings (now called Saint Margaret) located in Putney Park Land, which had formed the private chapel of the Granard Estate. Putney United Reformed Church was therefore initially known as the Granard Presbyterian Church. This remained the place of worship until 1897 when the church moved to buildings on the corner of Briar Walk and Upper Richmond Road.
In 1941 a bomb destroyed all the halls and a third of the church. Rebuilding of the church and new halls was completed in 1957. In 1946 the church amalgamated with Wandsworth Presbyterian Church and became known as Putney and Wandsworth Presbyterian Church. In 1968 the spire was removed and the tower was capped off. At the same time, the manse which had stood next to the church was sold and replaced by a house in Fairdale Gardens.
In 1972 the church became known as Putney United Reformed Church following the union of the Congregational and Presbyterian denominations. The last service to be held took place in February 1996.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Putney and Wandsworth Presbyterian Church including Communicants' roll book (contains entries for Wandsworth from October 4th 1945, when the two churches united), 1942-1955; Court of Session minute book, 1916-1953; Committee of Management minute book, 1894-1949 and annual reports, 1879-1949.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Minutes; Reports
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
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:
Please see LMA/4022 for minutes and registers, LMA/4309 for papers relating to property owned by the church and LMA/4303/E/05/007-009 for Literary Society papers. See LMA/4102 and LMA/4103 for the Wandsworth Presbyterian Church.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to March 2009