IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 P69/MRY12
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT MARY, SOMERSET: CITY OF LONDON
Date(s): 1558-1947
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 1.55 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Parish of St Mary Somerset, City of London | Church of England
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Saint Mary Somerset dated to the 12th century. The name probably derives from the wharf Somershithe which was nearby. The church was destroyed during the Great Fire of 1666, rebuilt to designs by Wren, but demolished in 1872. The tower was saved. The parish was united with Saint Mary Mounthaw after the Great Fire, and with Saint Nicholas Cole Abbey in 1872. The united parish was later joined with Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe.
Information from The London Encyclopaedia, eds. Weinreb and Hibbert (LMA Library Reference 67.2 WEI).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the parish of Saint Mary Somerset, Upper Thames Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Churchwardens' accounts; Overseers' books of receipts and payments; poor rate assessment books and tithe rate assessment books.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
To assist the user the catalogue has been arranged in sections each with a code as follows: A Parish registers; B Vestry and parish officers; C Rate assessments and inhabitants lists; D Charities and estates.
Conditions governing access:
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The records of these parishes were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library at various dates from 1902. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See Saint Mary Mounthaw, reference P69/MRY11 and Saint Andrew by the Wardrobe, reference P69/AND1.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: April to June 2010.