IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 DRO/099
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT ANDREW, WILLESDEN: HIGH ROAD, BRENT
Date(s): 1881-1994
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 4.72 linear metres (192 files).
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Andrew, Willesden | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The parish of Saint Andrew, Willesden was created out of the parish of Saint Mary, Willesden, in 1880. A permanent mission church (later used as an Infants' School) was erected in 1882, replacing an earlier iron church. The present church was consecrated in 1887 and extended, with the addition of a nave and aisles, in 1897.
Saint Andrew's Church of England School opened as a High School in 1884; elementary schools for boys and girls were added in 1888-89. Steps towards uniting the parish with that of Saint Francis of Assisi, Willesden, began in 1976, when the incumbent of Saint Francis was appointed "priest in charge" of Saint Andrew's. The benefices were united in 1983 and the two parishes were formally joined in 1991, becoming the parish of Saint Andrew and Saint Francis of Assisi, Willesden.
This series includes two registers for Saint John the Baptist, Dudden Hill Lane, Willesden, a mission church of Saint Andrew's which appears to have closed in the early 1950's (see DRO/099/191-192). Baptisms at Saint John the Baptist's are also entered in DRO/099/6-14. DRO/099/1-2 and DRO/099/5 include baptisms at Saint Gabriel, Walm Lane, Cricklewood, a mission church which became an independent parish in 1898.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Willesden, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriages, confirmations and church services; orders of service; papers relating to parish mergers; photographs of the church, clergy and other staff, and church activities; papers regarding the maintenance of church buildings; Vestry meeting minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; other Committee minutes; financial accounts; minutes of School Managers and School Governors; papers relating to the school including school building maintenance, inspection reports, correspondence, photographs and staffing; papers of church societies and clubs; parish magazines; newspaper cuttings; and histories.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
DRO/099/001-044: Parish Registers; DRO/099/045-190: Other Parish Records; DRO/099/191-192: Registers for Saint John the Baptist, Dudden Hill Lane.
Conditions governing access:
Some files are only available on microfilm or have restrictions on them. Please check access.
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:
Deposited in two accessions, both in September 1994.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Later registers are in the custody of the incumbent of Saint Andrew and Saint Francis of Assisi, Willesden. Records of the united parish from 1991 are listed with this series; for records of Saint Francis pre-1991, see DRO/100.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: March to April 2010.