IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P84/LUK
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT LUKE, SOUTH KENSINGTON: REDCLIFFE GARDENS, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA
Date(s): 1872-1965
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.57 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Luke, South Kensington | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Saint Luke's was built in 1872 to 1873; designed by George and Henry Godwin. Chiefly responsible for fundraising was the Reverend William Fraser Handcock, a clergyman of means, who built a wooden church, subsequently covered in iron to conform with the London building regulations, which was opened in July 1871. This was then replaced by the permanent building.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Luke, South Kensington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church services registers; curates' licences; papers relating to church income including the benefice; papers relating to parish properties and to the church building including faculties; financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; 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:
Records deposited in June 1980.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Publication note:
Survey of London, Volume XLI, (1983), LMA Library reference 92.1 GLC.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.