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.