SAINT MARY STRATFORD BOW: STRATFORD BOW, POPLAR, TOWER HAMLETS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 P88/MRY1
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 STRATFORD BOW: STRATFORD BOW, POPLAR, TOWER HAMLETS
Date(s)	: 1538-2011
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 3 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Parish of St Mary, Stratford Bow | Church of England

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Saint Mary's originated in a chapel built in 1311 because the residents of Stratford Bow were having difficulty reaching the parish church of Saint Dunstan's, Stepney (P93/DUN), due to poor roads. The chapel was expanded in 1490. At this date the church was part of Stepney parish but was formally separated in 1719. The church was damaged during the Second World War and later restored. The church is also known as Bow Church but should not be confused with Saint Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside (P69/MRY7).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Saint Mary, Bow Road, Stratford Bow, Poplar, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; papers relating to parish charities; and parish magazines.

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 P88/MRY1/1-44 deposited in January 1974; records P88/MRY1/45-50 deposited in June 1981 and records P88/MRY1/51-57 deposited in June 1992.

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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:
April to June 2010.