IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P93/OLA
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT OLAVE, MILE END OLD TOWN: HANBURY STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
Date(s): 1875-1914
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.13 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Olave, Mile End Old Town | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The City of London church of All Hallows, Staining (P69/ALH6) was demolished and the parish merged with Saint Olave, Hart Street (P69/OLA1). The rector used some of the funds raised from the sale of the site of All Hallows to build a church in the poor district of Mile End New Town, on the corner of Hanbury Street and Kingward Street, in the middle of a terrible slum. The foundation stone was laid on 25th June 1874; the architect was A.W. Bomfield; the design Early English. It was consecrated by the Bishop of London on 23rd April 1975. Later a vicarage and parish hall were built.
The stonework was decayed by 1904, the church closed and the parish reunited to All Saints (P93/ALL1). The church was demolished in 1916. The mission building was sold in 1929 and became a synagogue. This was demolished in 1965 and the site is now a children's playground.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Olave, Hanbury Street, Mile End Old Town, comprising a register of baptisms; a register of marriages and a plan of the parish.
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 Christ Church, Spitalfields, in July 1956.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.