SAINT MARY MAGDALENE, SOUTHWARK: MESSINGER STREET, SOUTHWARK

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 P92/MMG
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 MARY MAGDALENE, SOUTHWARK: MESSINGER STREET, SOUTHWARK
Date(s)	: 1893-1956
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 2.02 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Parish of St Mary Magdalene, Southwark | Church of England

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The church of Saint Mary Magdalene Southwark is also known as Saint Mary Magdalene Walworth. It was constructed in 1843 but was ruined during the Second World War and later demolished. The parish was merged with Lady Margaret Church, Walworth (P92/LDM).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Mary Magdalene, Messinger Street, Southwark; including registers of baptisms and marriages; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to the maintenance of the church fabric including faculties; legal documents relating to parish properties; papers relating to the parish schools; photographs of vicars.

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 vicar of Lady Margaret Church, in 1953, 1956 and 1963.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

See the Diocese of Southwark website http://www.southwark.anglican.org/parishes/ for more information (accessed May 2010).

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.