IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P92/MTW
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT MATTHEW, NEWINGTON: NEW KENT ROAD, SOUTHWARK
Date(s): 1864-1992
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.52 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Matthew, Newington | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The parish of Saint Matthew was created out of parts of the parishes of Saint Mary's (P92/MRY) and Saint Peter's (P92/PET1). The Gothic style church was constructed in 1868. The parish has since been merged with Holy Trinity, Newington (P92/TRI).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, New Kent Road, Newington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; church services registers; Parochial Church Council minutes and financial records.
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:
Records deposited in 1958, 1961, 1979 and 1997.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Publication note:
See the Diocese of Southwark website http://www.southwark.anglican.org/parishes/ for more information (accessed May 2010).
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.