IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 DRO/007
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT MARY, SUNBURY ON THAMES: CHURCH STREET, SURREY
Date(s): 1565-1993
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3.45 linear metres (256 files and volumes).
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Mary, Sunbury on Thames | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Sunbury on Thames parish covered 2,658 acres in 1930. It was bordered by the River Thames, the River Ash and a lesser stream. In 1908 the parish was enlarged to include Feltham Hill, Shepperton, Littleton and some of Hampton.
The Vestry of Sunbury was usually composed of between 6 and 12 people, responsible for poor relief and other parish business. 5 cottages were used as poor-houses in addition to a larger house used as a workhouse.
The church of Saint Mary stood on the south side of the village. Parts of the medieval church survive; the whole building was restored in 1863.
Source of information: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 3: Shepperton, Staines, Stanwell, Sunbury, Teddington, Heston and Isleworth, Twickenham, Cowley, Cranford, West Drayton, Greenford, Hanwell, Harefield and Harlington (1962).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Mary, Sunbury on Thames, including registers of baptisms, confirmations, banns, marriages and burials; service registers; papers relating to endowments; papers of the churchwardens including accounts, rates, and papers regarding the maintenance of the church and churchyard; Vestry meeting minutes; Overseers of the Poor financial accounts; papers relating to parish charities; papers relating to Sunbury National Schools including minutes; papers of Sunbury Parochial Committee; papers of the Church Rebuilding Campaign; papers relating to the cemetery; Enclosure Acts and awards; and maps of the parish.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
This collection is arranged in sub-fonds as follows:
Dro/007/A: Incumbent;
Dro/007/B: Churchwardens;
Dro/007/C: Vestry;
Dro/007/D: Overseers Of The Poor;
Dro/007/E: Charities;
Dro/007/F: Schools;
Dro/007/G: Miscellaneous;
Dro/007/H: Enclosure;
Dro/007/J: Maps.
Conditions governing access:
Open access. Original references (P--) have to be ordered. Microfilms (X--) are available in the Reference Room. Some files are only available on microfilm.
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:
Deposited in two accessions, in 1962 and 2004.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Later registers are in the care of the incumbent.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: March to April 2010.