SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST, CLERKENWELL: SAINT JOHN'S SQUARE, ISLINGTON

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 P76/JNB
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 JOHN THE BAPTIST, CLERKENWELL: SAINT JOHN'S SQUARE, ISLINGTON
Date(s)	: 1826-1947
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 1.37 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Parish of St John the Baptist, Clerkenwell | Church of England

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Church of Saint John the Baptist stands on the site of the Priory of Saint John of Jerusalem, which was partially demolished at the Dissolution. Part of the building was converted into a private chapel, which was purchased in 1721 and enlarged into a church. The buyer offered the new church to Queen Anne's Commissioners who bought it and made it into a parish church, consecrated in 1723. The parish was taken from the Parish of Saint James, Clerkenwell. In 1931 the church became the church of the Order of Saint John, who run the St John Ambulance Service.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint John the Baptist, Clerkenwell, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minute books; list of charity subscribers and receipts relating to parochial charities.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

P76/JNB/001-007: Baptisms; P76/JNB/008-019: Marriages; P76/JNB/020-023: Burials; P76/JNB/024-029: Parish Administration.

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 for these records 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:

Further records of St John the Baptist, New North Road, Hoxton, Shoreditch, deposited 6 June 196 and 28 August 1961. Additional parish records deposited by the Incumbent 31 May 1991.

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:
March to April 2010.