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SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE GREAT: CITY OF LONDON


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P69/BAT3

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT BARTHOLOMEW THE GREAT: CITY OF LONDON

Date(s): 1563-1981

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 20.65 linear metres (679 production units).

Name of creator(s): Parish of St Bartholomew the Great, City of London | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The church of Saint Bartholomew the Great, situated in West Smithfield, is London's oldest church. It is the only surviving part of the Augustinian priory founded in 1123. The church was enlarged mid-12th century and 1230-1240. Parts were rebuilt 1336 and 1405-1406. In 1539 the priory was dissolved and the nave of the church was pulled down. The choir was left intact for the use of parishioners. The other monastic buildings were sold to Sir Richard Rich and leased out for various uses. In 1628 the central tower was removed and a new one built at the west end. Painter William Hogarth was christened here in 1697. The church was restored in 1863-1885, and in 1932 the choir screen was erected. The church has appeared as a set in a number of films and television shows, including Four Weddings and a Funeral. The parish of Saint Botolph Aldersgate (P69/BOT1) was united with that of Saint Bartholomew the Great in 1954.

Some information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, City of London. The records include parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns), rate assessments, Churchwardens' accounts, Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes, legal papers, deeds, plans and photographs, papers relating to the maintenance of the building, charity and school papers, and administrative records.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

To assist the user, the catalogue has been arranged in sections each with an archival classification code as follows: P69/BAT3/A Parish registers; P69/BAT3/B Vestry and parish officers; P69/BAT3/C Rate assessments and inhabitants lists; P69/BAT3/D Charities and estates; P69/BAT3/E Parish schools.

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.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

The records of St. Bartholomew the Great have been deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates since 1936. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

P69/BOT1 - Saint Botolph Aldersgate.

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
Banns register | Marriage records | Documents | Information sources
Baptism registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Burial registers | Parish records | Documents | Information sources
Church architecture | Architecture
Church of England | Anglicanism | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Church of England schools | Denominational schools | Schools | Educational institutions
Church rates | Taxation | Fiscal policy | Finance
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
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
Poor rates | Rates (documents) | Documents | Information sources
Rate books | Rates (documents) | Documents | Information sources
Religious charities | Religious organizations | Religious institutions
Vestry | Parish meetings | Meetings | Group communication | Communication process
Meetings x Conferences
Burial records
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St Bartholomew the Great | City of London | Church of England

Places
St Bartholomew the Great | Smithfield | City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe