IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P93/PAU2
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT PAUL, DOCK STREET: DOCK STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
Date(s): 1845-1980
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2.58 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Paul, Dock Street, Stepney | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The church of Saint Paul was constructed in 1846-47 to replace a 'floating church' on board a ship, the 'Brazen'. In 1864 a district parish was assigned. The church was declared redundant and closed in 1990. The parish was united with Saint George in the East (P93/GEO).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Paul, Dock Street, Stepney, including registers of baptisms, banns, marriages and church services; Parochial Church Council minute books; correspondence; legal documents relating to parish properties (including mortgages); citations and faculties; papers relating to the parish schools; plans of the parish; parish magazines; photographs; and histories.
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 to 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 of St Paul, Dock Street deposited in the Greater London Record Office, 28 April 1965. Further donation received June 2018.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010. Updated October 2019.