London Metropolitan Archives

SAINT DUNSTAN IN THE EAST: CITY OF LONDON

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P69/DUN1

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT DUNSTAN IN THE EAST: CITY OF LONDON

Date(s): 1494-1960, 1997

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 6.50 linear metres (145 production units).

Name of creator(s): Parish of St Dunstan in the East, City of London | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The parish church of Saint Dunstan in the East, Idol Lane, was built during the second half of the 13th century. The main body of the church survived the Great Fire, but the tower and steeple had to be rebuilt by Christopher Wren. The church was rebuilt in the early 19th century when it was discovered that the roof had forced the medieval nave out of line. It was bombed and mostly destroyed during the Second World War, however the tower and nave walls have been restored and the site turned into a garden. The parish was united to All Hallows Barking (P69/ALH1) in 1960.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Dunstan in the East, City of London. The records held include parish registers (marriages, burials, baptisms, banns) from 1558, vestry minutes from 1537, churchwardens' accounts from 1494, and poor rate assessment books.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The catalogue has been arranged in sections each with an archival classification code as follows: P69/DUN1/A Parish registers; P69/DUN1/B Vestry and parish officers; P69/DUN1/C Rate assessments and inhabitants lists; P69/DUN1/D Charities and estates.

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:

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 St. Dunstan in the East have been deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since around 1919. The most recent deposit was in 2011. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

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, updated June 2012.

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Banns register | Marriage records | Documents | Information sources
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Burial registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Church of England | Anglicanism | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Church records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Churchwardens | Laity | Religious groups
Churchwardens records | Documents | Information sources
Conferences | Group communication | Communication process
Ecclesiastical parishes | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Marriage registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Poor rates | Rates (documents) | Documents | Information sources
Rate books | Rates (documents) | Documents | Information sources
Vestry | Parish meetings | Meetings | Group communication | Communication process
Meetings x Conferences
Burial records
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St Dunstan in the East | City of London | Church of England

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe