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London Metropolitan Archives

ALBION CHAPEL (PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH), MOORGATE


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): LMA/4334

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: ALBION CHAPEL (PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH), MOORGATE

Date(s): 1800-1875

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.26 linear meters

Name of creator(s): Presbyterian Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Albion Chapel was situated on the south east corner of Finsbury Pavement, on the north side of London Wall. It was built in 1814 for a congregation of Scottish Presbyterians. The Old Bethlem Hospital had occupied part of the site. The church was demolished in 1879 to make way for Tower Chambers.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Albion Chapel including Congregation minute books, 1842-1874; Court of Session minute book, 1825-1875; register of baptisms, 1817-1875 and Deed of Settlement, 1800, between Wells Street and Miles Lane congregations.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Administration: LMA/4334/A/001-005.

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

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Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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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
Presbyterianism | Protestant nonconformity | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Presbyterians | Protestant nonconformists | Protestants | Christians | Religious groups
Nonconformists

Personal names

Corporate names
Albion Chapel | Finsbury Pavement, Moorgate, City of London

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe