IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/195
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SHACKLEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH, WELLINGTON PLACE, STOKE NEWINGTON
Date(s): 1822-1885
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 8 production units.
Name of creator(s): Shacklewell Baptist Church | Stoke Newington
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The church was formed in 1822 at Wellington Place in Stoke Newington and merged with Devonshire Square (Particular) Baptist Church in 1884. The building subsequently became the West Hackney Synagogue.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Shacklewell Baptist Church, Stoke Newington, including meeting minutes; register of members; and financial accounts.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection 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 both churches were deposited with the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in 1982. They were subsequently catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
See CLC/179 for the Devonshire Square Baptist Church.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.