IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 DRO/057
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT JOHN THE APOSTLE, WHETSTONE: BARNET
Date(s): 1834-1973
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.25 linear metres (38 documents).
Name of creator(s): Parish of St John the Apostle, Whetstone | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
St John's was built by private subscription, on land given by Joseph Baxendale in 1832, as a chapel of ease to Finchley. In 1836 it became a district chapelry and in 1876 a parish. The church was enlarged in 1879 and 1898. It has no burial ground.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint John the Apostle, Whetstone, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, and church services; financial accounts; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; altar books and missal.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged in one series: Parish Records (DRO/057/001-038).
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 for these records rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records of St John the Apostle, Whetstone, deposited by the Vicar in the Greater London Record Office, 24 May 1984.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
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: March to April 2010.