IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): LMA/4362
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT COLUMBA'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, EAST INDIA ROAD
Date(s): 1865-1963
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.46 linear meters
Name of creator(s): Presbyterian Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Presbyterian Church in Poplar was first situated on Manor Street, off the East India Road, and was called the 'East India Road Presbyterian Church'. In 1865 the church moved to former Baptist premises on Plimsoll Street, taking the name 'East India Road Presbyterian Church, Plimsoll Street'. The building was bombed in 1940. In 1954 the congregation voted to change the name of the church to 'Saint Columba's Presbyterian Church'. In 1963 the church united with the Trinity Congregational Church, situated on the same street, with the name Poplar United Church. The Presbyterian church building was demolished.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of East India Road Presbyterian Church, Poplar, including Court of Session minute book, 1865-1963; Deacons' Court minute books, 1898-1962; communicants' roll book, 1930-1963; disjunction certificate book, 1958-1962; register of baptisms, 1954-1962; composite register containing marriages and baptisms, 1892-1939; general correspondence and financial papers, including annual statistical returns, 1941-1962; sketch plans of the proposed rebuilding of the Plimsoll Street premises by architect Felix Goldsmith, 1954.
Also Court of Session minute book, 1909 - 1918, and communicants' roll book, 1911-1918, for Bow Road Presbyterian Church, Poplar.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
This collection consists of records relating to meetings LMA/4362/A, registers LMA/4362/B, and administration and plans LMA/4362/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:
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Related material:
For marriage registers see LMA/4118.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: January to March 2009