IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P90/MTN
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT MARTIN, KENTISH TOWN: VICARD ROAD, CAMDEN
Date(s): 1865-1989
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2.07 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Martin, Kentish Town | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Saint Martin's Church, Kentish Town, was consecrated in December 1865. The church contains a memorial to its patron and founder John Derby Allcroft of Stokesay Court, Shropshire who endowed the church at his sole cost. A Freemason and leading evangelical churchman, he was treasurer of Christ's Hospital, the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy and the Royal Hospital for Incurables. As well as Saint Martin's he also endowed two other London churches. His architect was Edward Buckton Lamb. In 1953 the church of Saint Andrew, Haverstock Hill (P90/AND) was united with Saint Martin's.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Saint Martin, Vicard Road, Kentish Town, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services; papers relating to parish mergers; photographs; correspondence; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; pamphlets relating to the history of the church.
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 in October 1989.
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.