IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/397
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT PETER'S CHURCH, CHANTILLY
Date(s): 1854-1977
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 68 production units.
Name of creator(s): St Peter's Anglican Church | Chantilly, France
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Bishop of London was held to exercise responsibility for Anglican churches overseas where no other bishop had been appointed. He retained responsibility for churches in northern and central Europe until 1980, but his jurisdiction in southern Europe ceased in 1842 on the creation of the diocese of Gibraltar. In 1980, the Bishop of London divested himself of all overseas jurisdiction and a new diocese of 'Gibraltar in Europe' was established.
An English-speaking community first grew at Chantilly, France, from the 1830s and 1840s. The site of the church was purchased from the Duc d'Aumale by the Commonwealth and Continental Church Society, and the foundation stone was laid in 1865.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Saint Peter's Anglican Church, Chantilly, France, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; preachers' books; deeds; minute books; financial accounts; correspondence; and papers relating to charitable fundraising.
THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 30 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Conditions governing access:
Restricted access: please see staff.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection 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 records of St Peter's Church, Chantilly were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library by the Intercontinental Church Society in September 1987 and March 1990, and by the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe in April 1994. They were catalogued at various dates from 1987 by members of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See also DL/E/A to DL/E/E for papers relating to the Diocese of London Overseas Jurisdiction; CLC/318 for the Diocese in Europe and CLC/319 for the Diocese of Gibraltar.
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: August to October 2010.