IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P93/BEN
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT BENET, MILE END ROAD: STEPNEY, TOWER HAMLETS
Date(s): 1929-1951
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.10 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Benet, Stepney | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The church was consecrated in 1872 and bombed in 1940, subsequent marriages took place in Holy Trinity (P93/TRI), and the parish of Saint Benet was united with that of Saint Peter, Cephas Street (P93/PET1) in 1951. At this time a thorough search for surviving records of Saint Benet was made, but with no success. The volumes in this collection were found among Saint Peter's records in March 1965.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Benet, Mile End Road, Stepney, comprising a register of baptisms and a register of marriages; and a volume of parish magazines.
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 Benet, Mile End Road, Stepney, deposited 8 April 1965. A further deposit was received in 2011.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.