IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): LMA/4370
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: HIGHFIELDS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date(s): 1882-1951
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.16 linear meters
Name of creator(s): Presbyterian Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Highfields Presbyterian Church was founded by James Richard Haig of Highfields Park in memory of his wife Jane Haig. It was built in 1875 and served the villages of Blackham and Withyham, Sussex. The chapel joined the Presbytery of London South in 1895.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Highfields Presbyterian Church, Sussex, including Court of Session minute book, 1895-1916; Managers' minute book, 1896-1910; Communicants' roll books, 1882-1947; Treasurer's account book, 1896-1951 and general correspondence, 1938-1950.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Minute books, Financial records and Correspondence.
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/4409/A/008 for a contributions book from Highfields Church.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to March 2009