London Metropolitan Archives

KING'S CROSS MISSION, CHARLOTTE STREET/ CARNEGIE STREET

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): LMA/4008/KCCS

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: KING'S CROSS MISSION, CHARLOTTE STREET/ CARNEGIE STREET

Date(s): 1876-1955

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 0.16 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

King's Cross Methodist Mission, Charlotte Street was also known as Charlotte Street Methodist Church. It was built by the Wesleyan Methodist Association in 1841. Charlotte Street was re-named Carnegie Street in 1938. The Church was destroyed by a land mine in 1941 but the congregation continued to meet at Liberal Hall, 314 Caledonian Road. The church was transferred from the Hackney Circuit to the Tottenham Circuit, then to the Caledonian Road Circuit and finally the London Central Mission Circuit in 1956. The Church was dissolved in 1960 and the members transferred to King's Cross Central Mission.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

King's Cross Methodist Mission, Charlotte Street (later Carnegie Street), including registers of baptisms, 1896-1932; Church Meeting minutes and Leader's Meeting minutes; financial accounts; Trustees' minutes, papers and correspondence; newspaper cuttings and a guide to the Caledonian Road Circuit, 1953.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

In sections: Registers and Membership; Church Administration; Trustees and Buildings; Printed Items.

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:

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:

Received in 1983 (Acc/1849)

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