IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): ACC/1412
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: FERME PARK BAPTIST CHURCH
Date(s): 1880-1973
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.25 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Baptist Union of Great Britain x General Baptists x Particular Baptists
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The first known Baptist Church in Crouch End was formed in 1807 and met in what was called the Broadway Hall, once part of the outbuildings of Old Crouch Hall. It continued until 1837. From 1879-1889 a second Baptist congregation met in the Broadway Hall, until the increasing urbanisation of the area, bringing an increased population, led to the erection of a more permanent chapel and the formation of the Ferme Park Baptist Church in 1889, located on the corner of Ferme Park Road and Weston Park. Ever growing congregations resulted in a new chapel being built adjacent to the old, between 1897-1900. The Baptist Chapel merged with the United Reformed Church in 1973 and opened on the same site as the Union Church in 1980.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers relating to the Ferme Park Baptist Church, Crouch End, 1880-1973, including Deacon's Meeting attendance books; Finance Committee minutes; Missionary Council minutes; photographs and lantern slides; papers relating to the Sunday School and printed material.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
In 2 sections: ACC/1412-1: General records and ACC/1412-2: Church administration and sunday school records.
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: Depositor
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Additional records of Ferme Park Baptist Church deposited on 31 May 1978 (Acc 1412).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
See also: ACC/1361, ACC/1466 and ACC/2732 (held at the London Metropolitan Archive). See Haringey Archive Service for marriage registers (1950-1976) ref: ldbcm:a/7/6.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
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: January to March 2009