IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P95/ALL4
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: ALL SAINTS, STREATHAM: SUNNYHILL ROAD, LAMBETH
Date(s): 1897-1953
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.5 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of All Saints, Streatham | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
All Saints was established as a chapel of ease to the church of Saint Leonard, Streatham (P95/LEN). It was constructed on land donated by Elizabeth Drew in 1889. Baptisms began in 1897. Marriages were allowed during the Second World War while Saint Leonard's was closed due to bomb damage. After 1945 All Saints was used by Saint Anselm's church (P95/ANS) which had been closed following bomb damage. All Saints was closed in November 1953 and the building was sold to a Pentecostal congregation.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of All Saints, Sunnyhill Road, Streatham, including registers of services; register of baptisms; financial records; correspondence and plans relating to parish boundaries; and specifications for building works.
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 priest-in-charge of Immanuel Streatham, 10 April 1987 . Parish records deposited by the rector of St Leonard, Streatham, 3 May 1990. Furthe records deposited in 1992.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.