IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): LMA/4403
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT GEORGE'S UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, CROYDON
Date(s): 1863-1940
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.75 linear meters
Name of creator(s): Presbyterian Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Saint George's Presbyterian Church, Croydon, began as a temporary iron church situated on Oakfield Road. By 1865 a permanent church had been constructed. However, membership numbers dropped and the church was closed by 1940. It was used as a food store by the Oxo company during the war and was subsequently converted into a Masonic Lodge.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of Saint George's Presbyterian Church, Croydon, including Court of Session minute books, 1865-1940; Deacons' Court minute books, 1863-1940; Gift Day sub-committee minute book, 1933; annual reports, 1867-1897 (with gaps); Communicants' roll books, 1866-1940 and register of baptisms, 1880-1939.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Minutes; Reports; Registers.
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
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by the United Reformed Church (URC) History Society in 2001 (B01/024).
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: January to March 2009