IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/1150
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT MARY, HENDON: CHURCH END, BARNET
Date(s): 19--
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.01 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Church of England | Parish of St Mary, Hendon
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The church of Saint Mary is situated on Church End, Hendon. It appears that a church has existed on the site since the 9th century. The church has been rebuilt, enlarged and restored several times, including in the 13th, 15th, and early 16th centuries, with restorations in 1783, 1827 and 1915. The church includes the monument of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore; while Charles Johnson (1679-1748), dramatist; Sir Joseph Ayloffe, Bt. (1709-81), antiquary; Nathaniel Hone (1718-84), portrait painter; George Carter (1737-94), painter; and Benjamin Travers (1783-1858), eye surgeon, are buried in the churchyard.
Source of information: 'Hendon: Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 33-37 (available online).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the church of Saint Mary, Hendon, comprising drawing of litany desk.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
One document catalogued as ACC/1150/001.
Conditions governing access:
Restricted access: please see staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Physical characteristics:
Unfit for consultation.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in November 1971.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
For records of the parish of St Mary Hendon please see DRO/029.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: March to April 2010.