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ANNUNCIATION, SAINT MARYLEBONE: BRYANSTON STREET, WESTMINSTER


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): P89/ANN

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: ANNUNCIATION, SAINT MARYLEBONE: BRYANSTON STREET, WESTMINSTER

Date(s): 1869-2016

Level of description: Collection level

Extent: 2.3 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Church of the Annunciation | Bryanstone Street, Marylebone

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

There has been a place of worship on Bryanston Street, Marble Arch since 1787 when a chapel of ease, known as the Quebec Chapel, was founded as a non-parochial place of worship. Believed to have been converted from the riding school of the Portman Barracks, the chapel was built by Lord Henry William Portman to commemorate the British victory at the Battle of Quebec in 1775. It formed a key part of the Portman Estate which from 1764 developed into one of the most desirable place to live in London. As the congregation grew, the converted riding school became dilapidated leading to its demolition in 1911, and the building of the current Edwardian gothic-revival style church by Sir William Tapper in 1912.

The Church of the Annunciation has always had a close association with the Anglo-Catholic movement and became a leading force in the opposition to the growing ecumenical movement of the mid-20th century. The church became the base for the 'Annunciation Group', a gathering of Anglican clergymen and lay people who felt that they could not compromise on their Catholic faith, and who did not agree with the bishops of the Church of England sharing a platform with Baptists, Methodists and other Non-Conformist churches.

Both the chapel, and later the church, produced parish magazines and administered to the various parochial schools, such as the Hampton-Guerney School, and district institutions such as the High School for girls, founded in 1877.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the church of the Annunciation, Bryanston Street, Marylebone, comprising registers of baptism, marriage and banns of marriage, service registers and parish magazines.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

Listed in accordance with LMA Listing guidelines and classification scheme introduced October 2007. Arranged by sub-fonds then into series:
P89/ANN/A - Parish registers;
P89/ANN/B - Work of Clergy;
P89/ANN/I - Printed material.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright 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:

Deposited in 2012 with additional deposit in 2018.

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: Added to AIM25 October 2012. Updated October 2019.


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Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Marriage records | Documents | Information sources
Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Primary documents

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Corporate names
Church of the Annunciation, Bryanstone Street, Marylebone

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