IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P69/ANN
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT ANN, BLACKFRIARS: CITY OF LONDON
Date(s): 1560-1961
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 12.7 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Ann, Blackfriars, City of London | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The church of Saint Ann, Blackfriars, was established in 1538 to replace the church at the monastery of Blackfriars, which had been destroyed as part of the Dissolution. The church was burned down during the Great Fire of London in 1666 and was not rebuilt. The parish was united with Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe (P69/AND1).
Information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Ann, Blackfriars, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; Vestry minute books; papers of the Vestry clerk including letter books; Churchwardens' accounts and vouchers; papers of the Overseers; papers relating to parish poor relief including the workhouse; poor rate and tithe rate assessments; and papers relating to parish charities and schools. Some records relate to the united parish (with Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records have been arranged in sections as follows: A Parish registers; B Vestry and parish officers; C Rate assessments and inhabitants lists; D Charities and estates.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The records of these parishes (St Ann Blackfriars, St Peter Paul's Wharf, St Benet Paul's Wharf, St Mary Mounthaw, St Nicholas Cole Abbey and St Nicholas Olave) were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates from 1902. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
United with mother church St Andrew by the Wardrobe (P69/AND1) along with the following other parishes: St Peter Paul's Wharf (P69/PET3); St Benet Paul's Wharf (P69/BEN3); St Mary Mounthaw (P69/MRY11); St Mary Somerset (P69/MRY12); St Nicholas Cole Abbey (P69/NIC2) and St Nicholas Olave (P69/NIC3).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.