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London Metropolitan Archives

SAINT THOMAS, STEPNEY: ARBOUR SQUARE, TOWER HAMLETS


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P93/TMS

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT THOMAS, STEPNEY: ARBOUR SQUARE, TOWER HAMLETS

Date(s): 1840-1940

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2.54 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Parish of St Thomas, Stepney | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The church of Saint Thomas was consecrated in October 1838 and made a district chapelry in October 1839. Incendiary bombs caused severe damage in 1941 and the church had to be closed. The remains were demolished and the parish re-united to Saint Dunstans (P93/DUN) in July 1951.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Thomas, Arbour Square, Stepney, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services; records of St Thomas (Colet) Schools; citations and faculties.

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 by the Rector of St. Dunstan's, Stepney in the London County Record Office, in November 1955 and January 1956. Further records deposited by the Rector of St Dunstan, in the Greater London Record Office in March 1977.

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 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
Ecclesiastical parishes | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Marriage registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St Thomas | Stepney | Church of England

Places
Stepney | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Tower Hamlets