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SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, WEMBLEY: CRAWFORD AVENUE, BRENT


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 DRO/048

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, WEMBLEY: CRAWFORD AVENUE, BRENT

Date(s): 1846-1985

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 3.98 linear metres (151 documents).

Name of creator(s): Parish of St John the Evangelist, Wembley | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The church of Saint John the Evangelist was built between 1843 and 1846 to serve the southern part of Harrow parish. The land and money for the construction of the church was provided by sisters Anne and Frances Copland of Sudbury Lodge. The church building was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in a Gothic style. The church was given a separate parish in 1846, and the living was made a vicarage in 1872. The advowson is exercised by trustees.

From: 'Harrow, including Pinner : Modern churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 4: Harmondsworth, Hayes, Norwood with Southall, Hillingdon with Uxbridge, Ickenham, Northolt, Perivale, Ruislip, Edgware, Harrow with Pinner (1971), pp. 257-260. Available online.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Wembley, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, confirmations, banns of marriage and church services; visitors books; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice; papers relating to the maintenance of the church, churchyard and church halls; financial records; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; and correspondence.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged in one series: DRO/048-1: Parish Records.

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:

Parish records deposited by the vicar in the Greater London Record Office [now LMA] on 13 October 1981; with a further accession in 1997.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Banns register | Marriage records | Documents | Information sources
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Burial 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
Church services | Religious practice | Religious activities
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
Parish councils | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Vestry | Parish meetings | Meetings | Group communication | Communication process
Meetings x Conferences
Burial records
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St John the Evangelist | Wembley | Church of England

Places
Wembley | Middlesex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Brent