Graphical version

London Metropolitan Archives

SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, RED LION SQUARE: RED LION SQUARE, CAMDEN


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P82/JNE

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, RED LION SQUARE: RED LION SQUARE, CAMDEN

Date(s): 1867-1952

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.51 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Parish of St John the Evangelist, Red Lion Square | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

In 1854, a Royal Commission on Spiritual Destitution reported Holborn as one of the most overgrown and neglected parts of London. The district comprised some 6000 inhabitants. A mission priest, William Thornhill Webber, was appointed as curate in charge of Saint John's in 1864. Meetings were held in "an upper room over a small inn" in Hand's Court until funds could be raised to build a church. In 1869 a temporary church was erected, later becoming a clergy house and a girls' school. The foundation stone of the new church was laid by a chief benefactor, Lady Marian Alford, in 1872. The architect was Keith Young. In 1955 the benefice was united with that of Saint George, Bloomsbury.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Red Lion Square, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; register of confirmations; Vestry minutes; parish reports and annual accounts; history of the parish; photographs of the church; and parish magazines.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

P82/JNE/001-008: Baptism and Marriage Registers; P82/JNE/009-024: Other Parish Records.

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:

All the registers, except P82/JNE/6,8, have suffered from wetting, due to the destruction of the church by bombing.

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 December 1959, with further accessions in January 2002 and March 2009.

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
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Church of England | Anglicanism | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Church records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
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
Vestry | Parish meetings | Meetings | Group communication | Communication process
Meetings x Conferences
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St John the Evangelist | Red Lion Square | Church of England

Places
Red Lion Square | Holborn | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Camden