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LONDON RELIGIOUS SOCIETY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/090

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: LONDON RELIGIOUS SOCIETY

Date(s): 1693-1763

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 3 production units.

Name of creator(s): London Religious Society

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Society was founded "to promote real holiness of heart and life". It usually met at St Giles Cripplegate, but does not appear to be otherwise connected with the church.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

London Religious Society records comprising steward's accounts.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Items arranged chronologically.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

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 Guildhall Library by the vestry of St Giles Cripplegate in 1951 and by the Cripplegate Foundation in 1952. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1951 and 1952. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

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: June to August 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Religious organizations | Religious institutions
Religious groups

Personal names

Corporate names
London Religious Society

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe