London Metropolitan Archives

SAINT AUGUSTINE, HIGHBURY: HIGHBURY NEW PARK, ISLINGTON

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 P83/AUG

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT AUGUSTINE, HIGHBURY: HIGHBURY NEW PARK, ISLINGTON

Date(s): 1864-1979

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1.79 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Parish of St Augustine, Highbury | Church of England

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

A temporary church was first established in this area in 1864. This was replaced by a permanent structure in 1869. The new building was of brick with stone dressings, designed by Habershon and Brock in the Decorated style. It seated 1,150. A parish was assigned to the church in 1871, taken from the parishes of Christ Church and Saint Paul's. A church hall was added in 1881. The church building was restored in 1982.

From: 'Islington: Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 88-99.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of St Augustine, Highbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns of marriage, and church services; records of the choir; papers relating to the benefice, the church fabric, the church organ, and the church room; financial records; Parochial Church Council meeting minutes; annual reports; papers relating to parish charities and societies; 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:

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 of St Augustine, Highbury New Park, Islington, deposited in the Greater London Record Office, 14 October 1983.

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
Banns register | Marriage records | Documents | Information sources
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
Church societies | Religious organizations | Religious institutions
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
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
Religious charities | Religious organizations | Religious institutions
Catholicism
Legal documents
Religion

Personal names

Corporate names
Parish of St Augustine | Highbury | Church of England

Places
Highbury | Islington | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe