SAINT GEORGE'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, CROYDON

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: LMA/4403
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: SAINT GEORGE'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, CROYDON
Date(s)	: 1863-1940
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.75 linear meters
Name of creator(s)	: Presbyterian Church of England

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Saint George's Presbyterian Church, Croydon, began as a temporary iron church situated on Oakfield Road. By 1865 a permanent church had been constructed. However, membership numbers dropped and the church was closed by 1940. It was used as a food store by the Oxo company during the war and was subsequently converted into a Masonic Lodge.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Saint George's Presbyterian Church, Croydon, including Court of Session minute books, 1865-1940; Deacons' Court minute books, 1863-1940; Gift Day sub-committee minute book, 1933; annual reports, 1867-1897 (with gaps); Communicants' roll books, 1866-1940 and register of baptisms, 1880-1939.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Minutes; Reports; Registers.

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:

Deposited by the United Reformed Church (URC) History Society in 2001 (B01/024).

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

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