London Metropolitan Archives

KINGSTON AND SURBITON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): LMA/4396

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: KINGSTON AND SURBITON UNITED REFORMED CHURCH

Date(s): 1873-1957

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1.01 linear meters

Name of creator(s): Presbyterian Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

A Presbyterian congregation first existed in the Kingston and Surbiton area in 1662, however, membership declined. The congregation was revived in 1873 and a new church was built in 1884 in Grove Crescent, Kingston upon Thames. In 1972 the Presbyterian and Congregational Churches merged and the church became Kingston and Surbiton United Reformed Church. The church is now situated on Eden Street.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Kingston and Surbiton Presbyterian Church including Court of Session minute books, including history of the chapel, 1876-1962; Deacons' Court minute books, 1873-1957; Bazaar Committee minute book, 1938; annual reports, 1879-1938 (some gaps); Communicants' roll books, 1876-1954; register of baptisms, 1873-1875; financial accounts, 1879-1946; and letter book, 1880-1888.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records relating to meetings LMA/4396/A, and registers and church records LMA/4396/B.

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:

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:

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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

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

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Church administration | Administration | Organisation and management
Church records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Nonconformist chapels | Chapels | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Presbyterianism | Protestant nonconformity | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Presbyterians | Protestant nonconformists | Protestants | Christians | Religious groups
Nonconformists
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Kingston and Surbiton Presbyterian Church x Kingston and Surbiton United Reformed Church

Places
Kingston | Kingston upon Thames | Greater London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Surbiton | Surrey | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Kingston-upon-Thames
London