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London Metropolitan Archives

SAINT JAMES THE GREAT, HACKNEY: LOWER CLAPTON ROAD, HACKNEY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P79/JSG

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT JAMES THE GREAT, HACKNEY: LOWER CLAPTON ROAD, HACKNEY

Date(s): 1840-1981

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2.20 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Parish of St James the Great, Hackney | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Saint James was a chapel of Saint John at Hackney until September 1863 when it was assigned a district. It became the parish church of the united parish of Saint James with Christ Church Clapton in June 1953, and one of the two parish churches of the new parish of Hackney in 1972.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint James the Great, Hackney, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; confirmation register; banns books; church service registers; staff records; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice; papers regarding the maintenance of the church building and the church hall; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes and papers; papers relating to parochial charities and schools; and parish magazines.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The records have been sorted into categories which reflect divisions between the different functions and operations of the parish and its administration. Order within these categories reflects chronology.

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 deposited in the Greater London Record Office, by the Team Vicar on 18 December 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.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Banns register | Marriage records | Documents | Information sources
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Church of England | Anglicanism | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Church of England schools | Denominational schools | Schools | Educational institutions
Church records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Church schools | Schools | Educational institutions
Church services | Religious practice | Religious activities
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Conferences | Group communication | Communication process
Ecclesiastical parishes | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Marriage registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Parish councils | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Religious charities | Religious organizations | Religious institutions
Vestry | Parish meetings | Meetings | Group communication | Communication process
Meetings x Conferences
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St James the Great | Hackney | Church of England

Places
Hackney (district) | Hackney | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe