IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P69/MGT3
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT MARGARET, NEW FISH STREET: CITY OF LONDON
Date(s): 1472-1939
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.89 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Margaret, New Fish Street, City of London | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The parish of Saint Margaret New Fish Street was united with Saint Magnus the Martyr following the destruction of the church in the Great Fire of 1666. Saint Margaret's was not rebuilt.
The church of Saint Michael Crooked Lane was rebuilt after the Great Fire, between 1684-9, but was eventually demolished in 1831, to make way for King William Street, and the parish was also united with Saint Magnus the Martyr.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Margaret, New Fish Street, City of London, including Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' accounts; administrative papers; poor rate books and church rate books.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The catalogue has been arranged in sections each with a code as follows: A Parish registers; B Vestry and parish officers; C Rate assessments and inhabitants lists; D Charities and estates.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
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 have been deposited by the parish of St Magnus the Martyr at various dates since 1903. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
United under Saint Magnus the Martyr (P69/MAG).
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.