METHODIST CHURCH: LONDON NORTH EAST DISTRICT
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : LMA/4042 |
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: LONDON NORTH EAST DISTRICT |
Date(s) | : 1880-1992 |
Level of description | : Collection |
Extent | : 0.16 linear metres |
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. Circuits and missions in the London North East District include: London City Road, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Hackney, Stoke Newington, Finsbury park and Southgate, Tottenham, Enfield, Waltham Abbey and Hertford, [Epping] Forest, Barking and Ilford, West Essex, Bishop's Stortford, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Romford, Grays, Southend-on-sea, Leigh-on-sea, Basildon, Chelmsford, Colchester, Manningtree and Harwich, Clacton-on-Sea.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Methodist Church London North East District, 1880-1992, including minutes of the Local Preachers' Committee and the Education Sub-Committee; correspondence with local preachers; a review of book At Satan's Throne: a history of Methodism in Bath; an original Primitive Methodist Circuit plan of 1880; leaflet "The Union Chapel: a famous Islington landmark" and booklet "Chislehurst Methodist Church: An Invitation to look and see for yourself".
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
In sections: District Committees; District Local Preacher's Secretary; Printed Material.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
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:
These records came from the papers of the late Laurie E. Gage of Westcliff-on-Sea, one time District Archivist and District Local Preachers' Secretary.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received in 1999 (B99/135).
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
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