IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/399
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: SAINT BONIFACE, ANTWERP
Date(s): 1910-2005
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 13 production units.
Name of creator(s): St Boniface Anglican Church | Antwerp, Belgium
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Bishop of London was held to exercise responsibility for Anglican churches overseas where no other bishop had been appointed. He retained responsibility for churches in northern and central Europe until 1980, but his jurisdiction in southern Europe ceased in 1842 on the creation of the diocese of Gibraltar. In 1980, the Bishop of London divested himself of all overseas jurisdiction and a new diocese of 'Gibraltar in Europe' was established.
The Anglican community in Antwerp acquired the use of the Chapelle des Tanneurs by a Royal Decree of 1821. The Chapelle served as the Anglican church until the consecration of St Boniface in 1910.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Anglican church of Saint Boniface, Antwerp, Belgium; comprising register of burials and registers of services.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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 St. Boniface, Antwerp were deposited in the Manuscripts Section of Guildhall Library in October 2003 and May 2007 and 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 also DL/E/A to DL/E/E for papers relating to the Diocese of London Overseas Jurisdiction; CLC/318 for the Diocese in Europe and CLC/319 for the Diocese of Gibraltar.
Publication note:
A history of the chaplaincy is available in the Printed Books Section of the Guildhall Library: A History of the English Church in Antwerp by Sarah Baines, 1962.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: August to October 2010.