SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, RED LION SQUARE: RED LION SQUARE, CAMDEN

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 P82/JNE
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST, RED LION SQUARE: RED LION SQUARE, CAMDEN
Date(s)	: 1867-1952
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.51 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Parish of St John the Evangelist, Red Lion Square | Church of England

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

In 1854, a Royal Commission on Spiritual Destitution reported Holborn as one of the most overgrown and neglected parts of London. The district comprised some 6000 inhabitants. A mission priest, William Thornhill Webber, was appointed as curate in charge of Saint John's in 1864. Meetings were held in "an upper room over a small inn" in Hand's Court until funds could be raised to build a church. In 1869 a temporary church was erected, later becoming a clergy house and a girls' school. The foundation stone of the new church was laid by a chief benefactor, Lady Marian Alford, in 1872. The architect was Keith Young. In 1955 the benefice was united with that of Saint George, Bloomsbury.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint John the Evangelist, Red Lion Square, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; register of confirmations; Vestry minutes; parish reports and annual accounts; history of the parish; photographs of the church; and parish magazines.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

P82/JNE/001-008: Baptism and Marriage Registers; P82/JNE/009-024: Other Parish Records.

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 for 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:

Records deposited in December 1959, with further accessions in January 2002 and March 2009.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
March to April 2010.