IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P69/OLA3
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT OLAVE, SILVER STREET: CITY OF LONDON
Date(s): 1630-1907
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2.54 linear metres (112 production units).
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Olave, Silver Street, City of London | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Saint Olave Silver Street was the parish church of the silversmiths. The church was destroyed during the Great Fire of London and was not rebuilt. The parish was united with Saint Michael Wood Street.
The church of Saint Mary Staining was destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt. The parish united with Saint Michael Wood Street in 1670 and Saint Alban Wood Street in 1894. The church of Saint Michael Wood Street was burned in the Great Fire, rebuilt by Wren 1670-5 and demolished in 1894, when the parish united with that of Saint Alban Wood Street.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Olave, Silver Street, City of London, including register of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minute books; Churchwarden's accounts; poor rate books and church rate books.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The catalogue has been arranged in sections each with a code as follows: A Parish registers, B Vestry and parish officers, C Rate assessments and inhabitants lists, D Charities and estates, E Parish schools.
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.
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 archives of the united parishes have been deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1897. The most recent deposit was in 1966. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.