IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P79/JNJ
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM, HACKNEY: LAURISTON ROAD, HACKNEY
Date(s): 1826-1988
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 4.9 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St John of Jerusalem, Hackney | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Chapel of Saint John of Jerusalem, a chapel of ease in the ancient parish of Hackney, was built in 1806 on land which later became the site of Saint Andrew's Mission Room in Well Street. In 1835 it was assigned as the Parish Church of South Hackney. The present church of Saint John of Jerusalem was substituted for it and was consecrated in July 1848. The church has this dedication as the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem held large possessions of land in the parish in medieval times.
South Hackney Parochial Schools were established by Deed of Settlement of 31 March 1834. Girls and Infant Schools were added to the boys school and later combined as a Mixed and Infant School. In 1939 the school was reorganised into a Junior Mixed and Infant School. The school premises were destroyed in the Second World War. A new building was built on the site and reopened in the autumn of 1956. It was renamed Saint John of Jerusalem Church of England Primary School and continues to date in Ainsworth Road, Well Street.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint John of Jerusalem, Hackney, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; orders of service; registers of church services; Parochial Church Council minutes and papers; papers relating to staff; papers regarding parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice; papers regarding the maintenance of the church building and the church hall; financial records; Vestry minutes; papers of parochial charities and parochial schools; and parish magazines.
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:
Fit.
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 by the incumbent on 8 June 1983. Additional parish records deposited by the incumbent on 28 October 1992.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: March to April 2010.