IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P95/JS2
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT JAMES, CLAPHAM PARK: PARK HILL, WANDSWORTH
Date(s): 1829-1981
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2.43 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St James, Clapham Park | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The church of Saint James was constructed in the 1850s, while the parish was assigned in 1854. A new church building was constructed in 1957-58.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint James, Park Hill, Clapham Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns; registers of church services and preachers; orders of service; faculties and other papers relating to the maintenance of the church building; financial accounts; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; Young Men's Society minutes; parish magazines; and sermons.
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 Vicar, 4 April 1955 and 11 October 1989.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.