SAINT MATTHEW, BAYSWATER: SAINT PETERSBURGH PLACE, WESTMINSTER

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 P87/MTW
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 MATTHEW, BAYSWATER: SAINT PETERSBURGH PLACE, WESTMINSTER
Date(s)	: 1831-2007
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 3.26 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Parish of St Matthew, Bayswater | Church of England

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Bayswater Chapel was constructed in 1818, designed by T Cooper. It was renamed Saint Matthew's in 1858, and the building was altered in the same year. In 1881-82 a new, larger building was constructed that could seat 350 more people.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the parish of Saint Matthew, Saint Petersburgh Place, Bayswater, including baptism registers (1858 - 1966); marriage registers (1858 - 2007); banns of marriage registers; confirmation registers; service registers; orders of service; papers relating to church personnel; papers, correspondence and photographs relating to church buildings; minutes of the parochial church council and various committees; electoral registers; annual accounts; ledgers; churchwardens' accounts; offertory registers; correspondence and papers relating to financial matters; records relating to parish school; parish magazines; newsletters; papers relating to the history of the parish.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

These records have been arranged as follows:
P87/MTW/A Parish Registers;
P87/MTW/B Church Services and Work of Clergy;
P87/MTW/C Church Personnel;
P87/MTW/D Parish Boundaries and Benefice;
P87/MTW/E Church Buildings;
P87/MTW/G Parish Administration;
P87/MTW/H Parish Finance;
P87/MTW/I Parish Charities;
P87/MTW/J Schools;
P87/MTW/K Parish Societies;
P87/MTW/P Printed Material and General Papers;
P87/MTW/Q Audio Visual Material.

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 to 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 1964 and 2010

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

For further information see 'Paddington: Churches', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington (1989), pp. 252-259.

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:
April to June 2010.