BLACKHEATH DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETIES

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4420
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: BLACKHEATH DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETIES
Date(s)	: 2000-2001
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.15 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Blackheath Decorative and Fine Arts Societies | Blackheath Group of Church Recorders

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies organises volunteers to act as church recorders, who inventory the contents of churches and write up their findings, including detailed descriptions and histories. The Blackheath Decorative and Fine Arts Societies set up a special interest group called the Blackheath Group of Church Recorders, who were responsible for producing this report.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Record of church furnishings for the church of Saint Margaret, Lee. The record covers memorials, metalwork, stonework, woodwork, textiles, paintings, library records, windows and tiling, clocks, musical instruments and lighting. It also includes a list of records (baptisms, marriages and burials) deposited at Lewisham Local History Library.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

LMA/4420/01/001-006: Volume 1; LMA/4420/007-010: Volume 2.

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 theses records rests with the Corporation of London.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Gifted to the Archive in November 2001.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Original records from this parish church can be found at Lewisham Studies and Archives Centre, 199 - 201 Lewisham High Street, London SE13 6LG.

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:
June to August 2010.