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London Metropolitan Archives

SAINT SILAS, NUNHEAD: IVYDALE ROAD, SOUTHWARK


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P73/SIL

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT SILAS, NUNHEAD: IVYDALE ROAD, SOUTHWARK

Date(s): 1894-1998

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 5.03 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Parish of St Silas, Nunhead | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Saint Silas in Ivydale Road was built to meet the needs of the residents on the Waverley Estate. The congregation originally met in a shop in Ivydale Road. When this became too small for the growing congregation Waverley Park Mission hall was built in Inverton Road on 5 October 1895. The church of Saint Silas was consecrated on 17 October 1903. On 1 March 1990 Saint Silas was made a united benefice with Saint Anthony, Nunhead Lane (P73/ANT).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Silas, Nunhead, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church services registers; minutes of the Church Building Committee and papers relating to the building of the church; Vestry minutes; financial accounts; and parish magazine.

Covering dates of registers held: Christenings: 1896-1998; Marriages: 1904-1997.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The records have been sorted into categories which reflect divisions between the different functions and operations of the parish and its administration. Order within these categories reflects chronology.

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 for these records rests with the depositor.

Physical characteristics:

Some records of this parish were heavily damaged by fire prior to their deposit, which means that a considerable number of items are not available for public access.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited in 1996, with further accessions in 2003 and 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

Records they were re-catalogued in 2018 in order to more accurately reflect the original order of the records. This meant that some records which were originially catalogued as originating with the parish of Saint Anthony (P73/ANT) have since been recatalogued as part of the records of Saint Silas.

DESCRIPTION NOTES 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: March to April 2010. Updated July 2018.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Church architecture | Architecture
Church of England | Anglicanism | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Church records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Conferences | Group communication | Communication process
Ecclesiastical parishes | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Marriage registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Vestry | Parish meetings | Meetings | Group communication | Communication process
Meetings x Conferences
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St Silas | Nunhead | Church of England

Places
Nunhead | Southwark | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe