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SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, FINSBURY PARK: GLOUCESTER DRIVE, HACKNEY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P94/JNE

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, FINSBURY PARK: GLOUCESTER DRIVE, HACKNEY

Date(s): 1856-1982

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1.66 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Parish of St John the Evangelist, Finsbury Park | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

This district was formed from the parish of Saint Mary, Hornsey, and was originally known as Saint John, South Hornsey. The church was consecrated in 1874 and became known as Saint John the Evangelist, Brownswood Park. The name was changed to Saint John the Evangelist, Finsbury Park some time after 1955 in order to more accurately reflect the location of the church.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Gloucester Drive, Finsbury Park, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services; papers relating to parish boundaries; records relating to the maintenance of the church fabric; financial accounts; minutes of the Vestry and the Parochial Church Council, and parish magazines.

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:

Parish records deposited by the incumbent on 21 March 1990.

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 records and registers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Church services | Religious practice | Religious activities
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
Parish councils | Parishes | Administrative units | Local government | Public administration | Government
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 | Finsbury Park | Church of England

Places
Finsbury Park | Haringey | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Hackney | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Islington