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SAINT BENET FINK, TOTTENHAM: WALPOLE ROAD, HARINGEY


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 DRO/197

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SAINT BENET FINK, TOTTENHAM: WALPOLE ROAD, HARINGEY

Date(s): 1912-1982

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.4 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Church of England | Saint Benet Fink parish | Tottenham

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The church of Saint Benet (short for Saint Benedict) Fink in Tottenham was built in 1911 and consecrated in May 1912 by the Bishop of London. It was designed by J.S. Alder in a style reminiscent of Gothic cathedral architecture. The building is currently Grade II listed.

However, the history of St Benet Fink Tottenham goes back much further, as the church is essentially a continuation of St Benet Fink in the City of London (see P69/BEN1). The original St Benet was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, rebuilt, and eventually demolished by the City of London Corporation in 1846 in order to improve the site around the Royal Exchange. The parish of St Benet Fink was combined with that of St Peter le Poer, and the proceeds of the sale of the site were used to build St Benet Fink Tottenham. After the church of St Peter le Poer was also eventually demolished, St Benet Fink Tottenham received its organ, which is now one of the most important features of the church.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Church of Saint Benet Fink, Tottenham include registers of baptisms (1912-1955) and marriages (1913-1982).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged into record groups in accordance with LMA listing guidelines and classification scheme for parish records, as follows:
DRO/197/A: Parish registers

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 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:

Deposited in May 2015.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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: Added February 2016.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Anglicanism | Protestantism | Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Anglicans | Protestants | Christians | Religious groups
Churches | Religious buildings | Buildings | Architecture
Catholicism
Catholics

Personal names

Corporate names
Church of England
Saint Benet Fink parish

Places
Tottenham | Hertfordshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Haringey