IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/417
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: DIOCESE OF WESTERN CHINA
Date(s): 1888-1951
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 5 volumes.
Name of creator(s): Diocese of Western China
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Church Missionary Society began activities in Western China in 1891, establishing an outpost in Chungking [Chongqing] in Szechwan [Sichuan] Province. By 1894 they had expanded to Mienchow, Chungpa, Anhsien, and Sintu. They were supervised by the Bishop of Mid-China, but he found it impossible to supervise a district which was geographically far removed from his own. Therefore a separate Diocese was created, and the Reverend William Wharton Cassels was appointed Bishop in 1895.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Diocese of Western China, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages and baptism and marriage certificate books.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
CLC/147/MS17360-61:Registers; CLC/147/MS17362: Certificates.
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 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 the Diocese of Western China were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in April 1977. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.