SAINT THOMAS, STEPNEY: ARBOUR SQUARE, TOWER HAMLETS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 P93/TMS
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 THOMAS, STEPNEY: ARBOUR SQUARE, TOWER HAMLETS
Date(s)	: 1840-1940
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 2.54 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Parish of St Thomas, Stepney | Church of England

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The church of Saint Thomas was consecrated in October 1838 and made a district chapelry in October 1839. Incendiary bombs caused severe damage in 1941 and the church had to be closed. The remains were demolished and the parish re-united to Saint Dunstans (P93/DUN) in July 1951.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Thomas, Arbour Square, Stepney, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services; records of St Thomas (Colet) Schools; citations and faculties.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The records have been sorted into categories which reflect divisions between the different functions and operations of the parish and its administration. Order within these categories reflects chronology.

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 to 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:

Records deposited by the Rector of St. Dunstan's, Stepney in the London County Record Office, in November 1955 and January 1956. Further records deposited by the Rector of St Dunstan, in the Greater London Record Office in March 1977.

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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:
April to June 2010.