IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P88/SAV
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT SAVIOUR, POPLAR: NORTHUMBRIA STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
Date(s): 1860-1977
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.75 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Saviour, Poplar | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The church of Saint Saviour was built in 1872-74, with a school and mission hall nearby. A parish was assigned to the church in 1875. The parish was united with Saint Gabriel, Chrisp Street (P88/GAB) and Saint Stephen, East India Dock Road (P88/STE1) in July 1952. The church was closed in 1975 as the population of the area had decreased.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Northumbria Street, Poplar, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; plans and drawings relating to alterations of the church building and the church hall, parish magazine.
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 to 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 by the Rector, South Poplar Area Ministry, 23 June 1969. Additional parish records deposited by the incumbent on 14 January 1991 and in 1997. Additional donation received November 2018.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010. Updated October 2019.