METHODIST CHURCH

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: LMA/4224
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: METHODIST CHURCH
Date(s)	: 1957-1995
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 1.58 linear meters
Name of creator(s)	: Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Methodist Church in Britain is arranged into over 600 Circuits, which in turn are grouped into 32 Districts covering Great Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. Each District is supervised by a District Synod. The London North East District of the Methodist Church includes various missions, chapels and circuits in London and surrounding counties, including Whitechapel, Poplar, Bow, Hackney, Stoke Newington, East Ham, Finsbury Park and Southgate, Tottenham, Enfield, Waltham Abbey and Hertford, Wanstead and South Woodford, Walthamstow and Chingford, Leytonstone and Forest Gate, Ilford, Harlow, Bishop's Stortford, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Romford, Grays, Southend-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Basildon, Chelmsford, Colchester, Manningtree and Harwich, and Clacton-on-Sea. Institutions belonging to this District include Wesley's Chapel, City Road; Wesley House; The Leys School, Cambridge; Queen Victoria's Seamen's Rest and the National Children's Home.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the London North East District of the Methodist Church including Synod minute books, 1957-1995; District General Purposes Committee minutes, 1948-1957; District Foreign (later Overseas) Committee minutes, 1933-1957; District Ministries Committee minute book, 1973-1996; papers relating to property and investments, 1959-1986; Boundaries Commission Fund District Redevelopment, 1975-1978; East End Mission Management Committee, 1957-1960; papers relating to The Rock - Anglican Methodist Youth Centre, St. Lawrence, Bidwell, Essex, 1978-1992; District Quinqueminal reports and inspections, 1987-1988; Chelmsford Circuit Schedules, 1979 - 1986; report on Ecumenical Affairs, 1971-1975; Report of Study Group of London North East District on remarriage of divorced persons, [1980]; President's Council briefing paper for Synod on Provisional Legislation for restructuring Divisions, and Connexional Offices and Committees, 1994; Circuit Realignment in North London, 1994; Synod Directory, 1949, 1953-1956, 1968-1975; Synod Agendas, 1941-1974; Synod Directories and Agendas for London North District, 1933-1957; Guidelines for District and Circuit Education and Youth Officers, 1985; circulars and publications, 1947-[1970]; financial accounts, 1955-1998; Circuit Social Responsibility Committee - Highgate Circuit, 1974-1989; Division of Social Responsibility publications, 1976-1983; Wesley's Chapel Circuit plan and General Directory, 1937; Hinde Street Methodist Church tape of 95th birthday celebration for Reverend Donald Soper, 1998; Christian Commando Campaign, 1944; "Reflections on Camden Town Mission and other Circuits" by Rev. R.F. Skinner; "The Story of Camden: A Comemorative Souvenir", 1939; Report on the Camden Town Mission, 1953 and Camden Town Mission Annual Report, 1940.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

In sections: A: London North East District and B: Printed Items.

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: 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:

Received in 1999 with a second accession in 2000 (B99/059, B00/022).

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
January to March 2009