IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P83/CLE
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT CLEMENT, BARNSBURY: WESTBOURNE ROAD, ISLINGTON
Date(s): 1857-1979
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2.73 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Clement, Barnsbury | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Saint Clement's church was formed in 1862 from Saint James, Lower Holloway. It was founded by George Cubitt. M.P. to be less evangelical than other local churches. The main church building was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in an Early English style.
In 1966, an agreement was drawn up between the Diocese of London with Saint Clement Anglican Church and the Greek Orthodox Church. The agreement stated that the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint John the Baptist would have unrestricted use of the main church building.The church hall, which was damaged in the Second World War and rebuilt in 1956, would remain with Saint Clement Anglican church. Consequently, part of the church hall was converted and used as an Anglican chapel.
In 1973, Saint Clement's claimed to be the only Anglo-Catholic church in the area.
In 1977 Saint Clement's Anglican Church united with Saint David, West Holloway to form the parish 'Saint David with Saint Clement'.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Clement, Barnsbury, Islington, including baptism registers (1857-1976); marriage registers (1865-1976), banns of marriage registers (1910-1977), confirmation registers (1931-1970), service registers (1865-1977); correspondence related to church personnel; papers relating to church buildings, the Cloudesley Charity, the Saint Clement Primary School, the Women's Fellowship, the Scouts and the Church Lads Brigade; annual accounts and balance sheets; deeds; Parochial Church Council Minutes; and Standing Committee Minutes.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Listed in accordance with LMA listing guidelines and classification scheme introduced October 2007. Arranged by sub-fonds then into series; thereafter files are listed in chronological order by creation date.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
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 deposited in July 1977 and April 1994.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Publication note:
'Islington: Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 88-99. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=2310. Date accessed: 15 August 2008.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.