IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): LMA/4336
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SOMERSTOWN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Date(s): 1874-1953
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1 linear meter
Name of creator(s): Presbyterian Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Regent Square Presbyterian Church (see LMA/4147) first started a mission in the Somers Town and Saint Pancras area in 1843, using a variety of buildings to host their meetings. In 1874 Goldington Crescent Church, near Mornington Crescent, was purchased as a permanent building and the name Goldington Crescent Presbyterian Church was adopted. By 1881 the congregation had outgrown this building and subsequently raised the funds to build a new, larger church and hall on Ossulston Street, Somers Town, designed by architect George Lethbridge. The new church was opened in 1882 and the church was renamed Somers Town Presbyterian Church. The church does not appear in the Presbyterian Church Official Handbook for 1971 and is likely to have closed before this date.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Goldington Crescent Presbyterian Church, later Somers Town Presbyterian Church, including Court of Session minute books, 1884-1953; Manager's Court minute books, 1884-1910; Annual reports, 1876-1915; Communicants' roll books, 1875-1953; register of baptisms, 1874-1951 and Treasurer's account book, 1875-1902. The Annual Report for 1881 includes a history of the church, 1843-1881.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records relating to meetings LMA/4336/A, registers LMA/4336/B, and finance LMA/4336/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
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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