SHACKLEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH, WELLINGTON PLACE, STOKE NEWINGTON

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 CLC/195
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: SHACKLEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH, WELLINGTON PLACE, STOKE NEWINGTON
Date(s)	: 1822-1885
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 8 production units.
Name of creator(s)	: Shacklewell Baptist Church | Stoke Newington

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The church was formed in 1822 at Wellington Place in Stoke Newington and merged with Devonshire Square (Particular) Baptist Church in 1884. The building subsequently became the West Hackney Synagogue.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Shacklewell Baptist Church, Stoke Newington, including meeting minutes; register of members; and financial accounts.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection 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:

The records of both churches were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1982. They were subsequently catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

See CLC/179 for the Devonshire Square Baptist Church.

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:
August to October 2010.