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SAINT MARY THE LESS, LAMBETH: BLACK PRINCE ROAD, LAMBETH


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P85/MRY2

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT MARY THE LESS, LAMBETH: BLACK PRINCE ROAD, LAMBETH

Date(s): 1845-1965

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1.34 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Parish of St Mary the Less, Lambeth | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The church of Saint Mary the Less was established in 1827 as a chapel of ease to the ancient parish church of Saint Mary at Lambeth. The building was constructed in a Gothic style, designed by Francis Bedford. Schools were added in 1837. The church was assigned a separate parish in 1842.

From: Survey of London: volume 23: Lambeth: South Bank and Vauxhall (1951), pp. 144.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Mary the Less, Black Prince Road, Lambeth, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of preachers; records relating to parish charities; financial accounts of the Regency Square National Schools; Churchwardens' records; and papers relating to parish boundary changes.

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 in 1953, 1966 and 1977.

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: April to June 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
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
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Churchwardens | Laity | Religious groups
Churchwardens records | Documents | Information sources
Ecclesiastical parishes | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
Marriage registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
National schools | Schools | Educational institutions
Preaching | Religious practice | Religious activities
Religious charities | Religious organizations | Religious institutions
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St Mary the Less | Lambeth | Church of England

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