IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P93/AUG
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT AUGUSTINE, STEPNEY: SETTLE STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
Date(s): 1879-1948
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.41 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Augustine, Stepney | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Saint Augustine's stood in a poor district between Commercial Road and Whitechapel Road. It originated in a temporary church opened in 1864. The permanent church was consecrated in December 1879, although work on the interior was not completed until 1888. The church was badly damaged by incendiary bombs during the Second World War. In 1951 the parish was united with Saint Philip the Apostle, Stepney (P93/PHI).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Augustine, Settle Street, Stepney, comprising registers of baptisms and register of marriages.
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 deposited 14 October 1964 and 15 October 1984.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.