RADNOR STREET SCHOOLS
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : N/M/017-2 |
Held at | : London Metropolitan Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma › |
Full title | : RADNOR STREET SCHOOLS |
Date(s) | : 1817-1960 |
Level of description | : Collection
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Extent | : 2.21 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:
A Sunday School was established in 1798 at 74 Golden Lane, off the south side of Old Street, and in 1819 moved to Radnor Street, off the north side of Old Street in Islington. The Sunday School was situated near to the City Road Chapel and belonged to the Circuit run from that Chapel. It was the first Methodist Sunday School in London. In 1837 a Day School was also opened at the Radnor Street site. The Day Schools were closed 29 May 1903.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Minutes of Local Committee, 1817-1829; minutes of Teachers' and Committee meetings, 1821-1872; minutes of Day Schools Committee, 1886-1903; minutes of the Sunday School Council, 1912-1933; minutes of the Governing Council, 1899-1942; minutes of the Ragged School, 1899-1936; financial accounts, 1847-1959; Sunday School Log Book, 1820-1835; admission and attendance registers, 1835-1959; Board of Education schedules, reports and correspondence relating to the Day Schools, 1884 - 1903; correspondence and memoranda, 1880-1903 and 1954-1960; annual accounts, 1896-1959 (with gaps); correspondence and memoranda regarding tenancy at Bath Street London County Council School and war damage at Radnor Street School including plan of damage in basement and of proposed repairs, 1929-1950; general correspondence, 1854-1948, with pamphlet relating the history of the schools and renovation plans, 1928.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
N/M/017/1-4: Golden Lane Sunday School; N/M/017/5-52: Radnor Street Sunday School.
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:
AC/73/018, ACC/2537
Allied Materials
Related material:
See also ACC/2330/84-85.
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
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