IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P95/TRI2
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: HOLY TRINITY, UPPER TOOTING: TRINITY ROAD, WANDSWORTH
Date(s): 1855-1983
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 17.67 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of Holy Trinity, Upper Tooting | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Built of Bath stone in the early English style, Holy Trinity Church was consecrated on 2 June 1855. Created out of part of the ancient parish of Streatham, the establishment of the parish was the work of John Richard Nicholl, rector of Streatham for 61 years (he was also instrumental in the foundation of 17 other churches.) Upper Tooting in 1855 was a village of about 1000 people and Canon Nicholl was strongly criticised for building a church capable of seating 650. His confidence, however, was justified for in less than 40 years the population rose to over 10,000. The flourishing parish established a mission district in the early 1880's and on 10 March 1931 the parish church of Saint Augustine was consecrated making the mission district a parish in its own right.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Trinity Road, Upper Tooting, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; papers relating to the maintenance of the church; papers relating to the vicarage; financial records; and papers relating to parish societies.
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, 8 May 1989 and by the churchwardens, 16 October 1989.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.