London Metropolitan Archives

SAINT PETER, DARTMOUTH PARK HILL: DARTMOUTH PARK HILL, ISLINGTON

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P83/PET1

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT PETER, DARTMOUTH PARK HILL: DARTMOUTH PARK HILL, ISLINGTON

Date(s): 1874-1978

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1.69 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Parish of St Peter, Dartmouth Park Hill | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Saint Peter's Church was originally known as Saint Peter's Highgate Hill. The church was opened on 15 November 1874 and a parish was created out of the parish of Saint John, Upper Holloway in December 1880. In 1978 Saint Peter's was united with Saint John's to become the parish of Saint Peter with Saint John, Upper Holloway.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Peter, Dartmouth Park Hill, Islington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church service registers; papers of the Sunday school; Churchwardens' accounts; Church Building Committee minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; annual reports; parish magazines; papers relating to the benefice; papers relating to parochial charities and the church school.

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:

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:

Parish records (P83/PET1/1-256) of St Peter's Church, Dartmouth Park Hill, Upper Holloway formerly known as St Peter, Highgate Hill, deposited in the Greater London Record Office by the vicar, 26 January 1981. Further records (P83/PET1/257-380) of St Peter's Church, Dartmouth Park Hill, Upper Holloway (formerly known as St Peter's, Highgate Hill) deposited by the Vicar in the Greater London Record Office on 31 July 1981.

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.

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Church architecture | Architecture
Church of England | Anglicanism | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Church of England schools | Denominational schools | Schools | Educational institutions
Church records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Church schools | Schools | Educational institutions
Church services | Religious practice | Religious activities
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Churchwardens | Laity | Religious groups
Churchwardens records | Documents | Information sources
Ecclesiastical parishes | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Marriage registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Parish councils | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Religious charities | Religious organizations | Religious institutions
Sunday schools | Religious organizations | Religious institutions
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St Peter | Dartmouth Park Hill | Church of England

Places
Archway | Islington | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe