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      GB 0074 ACC/2805/02 · Collection · 1868-1901

      Correspondence of Chief Rabbi Nathan Adler, 1868-1901. A small number of records survive from around 1868 for the Chief Rabbinate of Nathan Adler and more from the late 1870s onwards - around the time Hermann Adler began to undertake many of his father's duties for him. The records consist of bundles of letters to the Chief Rabbi from communal organisations and individuals in Britain and overseas.

      PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, Office of Chief Rabbi, 735 High Road, North Finchley, London NW12 OUS.

      Adler , Nathan Marcus , 1803-1890 , Chief Rabbi
      GB 0102 CIM/CSP · Created 1880-1999
      Part of CHINA INLAND MISSION (OVERSEAS MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP)

      Records, 1880-1999, of the China Inland Mission schools originating in Chefoo, China, including school registers, 1880-1950, lists of teachers, school papers, and copies of the school magazine The Chefusian, 1928-1934. There is a run of the Chefoo Schools Association magazine Chefoo, 1916-1999, and minute books of the Association, 1908-1940, 1945-1960. Also includes notes on the history of the school and the China Inland Mission compiled by Fred H Judd in the 1950s, and a copy of the publication Chefoo School, 1881-1951, by Gordon Martin. Photographs illustrate early scenes of the school and missionaries. Material on the internment of the school during World War II includes sketches, pictures and poems.

      Chefoo Schools , south and east Asia Chefoo Schools Association
      GB 0102 CIM · c1850-1999

      Records of the China Inland Mission (later the Overseas Missionary Fellowship), including the minutes of the London Council, 1872-1951; minutes of the Mission's China Council, 1886-1947, 1951; various publications including Chinese Missionary Gleaner, 1853-1859, China's Millions, 1875-1964, and Chinese Recorder, 1867-1933 (Ref: CIM);
      Overseas Missionary Fellowship papers (Ref: CIM/OMF) for the post-1950 period;
      substantial papers of the mission's founder, James Hudson Taylor (Ref: CIM/JHT), including some records, c1850-1860, of the Chinese Evangelization Society;
      material, 1880-1999, relating to the Chefoo Schools (Ref: CIM/CSP), founded by Hudson Taylor, including registers of pupils and papers of the Chefoo Schools Association;
      private papers (Ref: CIM/PP), comprising varied information on the lives of individual missionaries;
      a large photographic collection (Ref: CIM/PHOTO), including the official records of the China Inland Mission and Overseas Missionary Fellowship, among them a series of photographs collected from missionaries in the field concerning medical work and scenes of life in China, Taiwan, Thailand and Tibet.

      China Inland Mission China Inland Mission Overseas Missionary Fellowship Overseas Missionary Fellowship
      CHISWICK SYNAGOGUE
      GB 0074 ACC/2712/CWS · Collection · 1956-1977

      Records of Chiswick Synagogue, consisting of administrative papers including Board of Management minutes, financial records and a kethuba [marriage contract] register.

      PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

      Chiswick Synagogue
      CHRISP STREET CHURCH, POPLAR
      ACC/1850-21 · Collection · 1934-1935

      Papers relating to Chrisp Street Methodist Church comprising correspondence relating to the closure and sale of church and school premises by the trustees, 1934-1935.

      Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
      ACC/2709 · Collection · 1804-1988

      Records of the Christ Church at Whetstone United Reformed Church including Church Meeting minutes; Deacons' Meeting minutes; papers regarding buildings and property; papers relating to charity and fundraising; register of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1936-1962; Sunday School minutes; Church magazines and Year Books; press cuttings; publication The History of Christ Church at Whetstone by H.E. Hill, 1988 and other papers relating to the history of the church.

      Congregational Church of England and Wales
      GB 0074 DRO/171 · Collection · 1967

      Parish magazine for the parish of Christ Church, Cockfosters, 1967.

      Parish of Christ Church, Cockfosters , Church of England
      N/C/41 · Collection · 1896-1963

      Records of Christ Church Congregational Church, later Wycliffe Congregational Church, Ilford, including minutes of Church Meetings, 1896-1897 and 1904-1950; minutes of deacons' meetings, 1904-1955; roll of members, 1896- 1939; cash books, 1931-1962; minutes of Sunday School teacher's meeting, 1903-1936; annual reports of the activities of the Church, Church groups and groups to which the Church was affiliated, 1910-1963.

      Congregational Church of England and Wales
      LMA/4158 · Collection · 1917-1938

      Marriage registers for the Christ Church Institute, Armfield Road, Enfield, 1917-1938.

      Christ Church Institute x Armfield Road Congregational Church
      LMA/4374 · Collection · 1903-1938

      Records of Christ Church Presbyterian Church including Communicants' roll book, 1928-1938; Court of Session minute books, 1915-1938; Board of Managers' minute books, 1903-1938; Sunday School teachers' minute book, 1924-1928; Register of baptisms, 1923-1938, including a separate note that some Dulwich baptisms from 1921-1923 are in the Camberwell register of baptisms.

      Presbyterian Church of England
      LMA/4395 · Collection · 1879-1956

      Records of Christ Church Presbyterian Church, Wallington, including Court of Session minute books, 1880-1918 (including a history of the chapel); Board of Managers minute books, 1879-1903; Extension Committee, Finance Committee and Trustees minute book, 1906-1910; Waddon Free Church Hall Committee minute book, 1944-1956; minutes of the Joint Committee for Waddon Free Church Hall, 1936-1943; Women's Missionary Association minute books, 1899-1954; papers of the Reading Club, 1930-1939 and Reading Club minute book, 1925-1940; Literary debating society minute book, 1934-1937; Communicants' roll books, 1880-1939; register of baptisms, 1880-1893; seat-letting book, 1887-1918; deeds and legal papers relating to church property, 1888-1956; and record of the activities of the Junior Women's Missionary Association, 1943-1945.

      Presbyterian Church of England
      GB 0074 P86/CTC1 · Collection · 1854-2003

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Forest Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; preachers' books and registers of church services; Parochial Church Council minutes; administrative papers; financial accounts; papers relating to church income; papers relating to church buildings including the parsonage and churchyard; and records regarding the Christ Church School.

      Parish of Christ Church, Forest Hill , Church of England
      GB 0074 P90/CTC2 · Collection · 1837-1966

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Albany Street, Regent's Park, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; church services registers; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice, endowments and sequestrations; Churchwardens' financial accounts; legal documents relating to properties; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church including plans, drawings and photographs; financial records; papers of the Parochial Church Council; and papers relating to the Christ Church National School.

      Parish of Christ Church, Albany Street, Regent's Park , Church of England
      GB 0074 DRO/107 · Collection · 1845-1969

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Barnet, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, and confirmations; registers of church services; working papers of the incumbent; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial records; papers of the Sunday School; magazines, publications, newspaper cuttings, historical notes and photographs; papers relating to tithes, glebes and terriers; papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings and fittings, including faculties, correspondence, plans, specifications and architect's reports; and plans of the churchyard.

      Parish of Christ Church, Barnet , Church of England
      GB 0074 P70/CTC · Collection · 1861-1948

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Battersea, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages.

      Parish of Christ Church, Battersea , Church of England
      GB 0074 O/455 · Collection · 1803

      Receipt regarding a payment from Davey and Sawyer (coal merchants, of the Old Barge House, Southwark). The receipt is written on the dorse of a printed notice from the churchwardens of Christ Church requesting a meeting of the inhabitants in Vestry to consider the repairing of the parish church (churchwardens: J. Chambers and Robert Jenks).

      Parish of Christ Church, Bermondsey , Church of England
      P71/CTC1 · Collection · 1845-1956

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Bermondsey, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages and Parochial Church Council (PCC) minutes.

      Parish of Christ Church, Bermondsey , Church of England
      GB 0074 DRO/114 · Collection · 1867-1965

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Brondesbury, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, and church services; preacher's books; financial accounts and poster.

      Parish of Christ Church, Brondesbury , Church of England
      GB 0074 P73/CTC · Collection · 1838-1948

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Camberwell, including registers of baptisms and marriages; Churchwarden's vouchers; papers relating to the parish school; papers relating to the church buildings; correspondence relating to parish boundaries; and newspaper cuttings.

      Parish of Christ Church, Camberwell , Church of England
      CHRIST CHURCH, CANNES
      GB 0074 CLC/340 · Collection · 1856-1933

      The records of Christ Church, Cannes comprise a register of baptisms and burials, 1860-1933 (Ms 23611); register of marriages, 1903-28 (Ms 23612); service registers, 1856-1903 (Ms 23613); and chaplaincy and organist fund account book, 1901-22, 1931 (Ms 23614).

      Christ Church Anglican Church , Cannes, France
      GB 0074 P74/CTC · Collection · 1839-1977

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Chelsea, comprising registers of baptisms and registers of marriages; including baptisms at the Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea.

      Parish of Christ Church, Chelsea , Church of England
      GB 0074 P95/CTC2 · Collection · 1861-1974

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Union Grove, Clapham, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; and parish magazines.

      Parish of Christ Church, Clapham , Church of England
      GB 0074 P79/CTC2 · Collection · 1871-1953

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Clapton, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; faculties; audited accounts; and printed history of the parish.

      Parish of Christ Church, Clapton , Church of England
      GB 0074 DRO/023 · Collection · 1862-1923

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Crouch End, including registers of baptisms, marriages and church services; financial accounts of the Churchwardens; Vestry minutes; and Parochial Church Council minutes.

      Also records of St Andrew's Mission Chapel, comprising register of baptisms and register of services.

      Parish of Christ Church, Crouch End , Church of England St Andrew's Mission Chapel, Crouch End , Church of England
      GB 0074 P75/CTC · Collection · 1871-1936

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Deptford, comprising baptism registers; marriage registers; banns registers and Parochial Church Council minutes.

      Parish of Christ Church, Deptford , Church of England
      GB 0074 P78/CTC · Collection · 1846-2020

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Greenwich, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and church services; preachers' books; account books; Annual Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to the benefice; papers relating to the church building and the church hall; and papers relating to the parish school.

      Parish of Christ Church, East Greenwich , Church of England
      GB 0074 P77/CTC · Collection · 1900-2000

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Fulham, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; clerical licences; papers of the Sunday School; papers relating to the benefice; papers regarding parish boundaries; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church building and fittings and the church hall, including faculties, correspondence and photographs; financial accounts; papers of church societies and clubs; and parish magazines.

      Parish of Christ Church, Fulham , Church of England
      GB 0074 P81/CTC · Collection · 1852-1990

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Hampstead, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations; registers of church services; papers relating to the appointment of vicars; legal papers and orders relating to parish boundaries and land owned by the parish; papers relating to the maintenance of the church, church hall and vicarage, including faculties, agreements, correspondence and photographs; Churchwardens' financial accounts; administrative papers; Parochial Church Council minutes; Vestry minutes; and parish magazines.

      Parish of Christ Church, Hampstead , Church of England
      GB 0074 DRO/182 · Collection · 1862-2002

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Roxeth, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriages, confirmations and church services; inventories of church fittings; Parochial Church Council minutes; electoral rolls; papers of the Churchwardens; financial accounts; papers relating to parochial charities; papers of the Roxeth Men's Service Committee.

      Parish of Christ Church, Roxeth, Harrow , Church of England
      GB 0074 DRO/149 · Collection · 1899-1972

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Hendon, comprising registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; registers of banns of marriage; and registers of church services.

      Parish of Christ Church, Hendon , Church of England
      GB 0074 P83/CTC · Collection · 1846-1979

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Highbury Grove, Islington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; preachers' books; maps of parish boundaries; papers relating to church buildings including the church, mission hall and vicarage; financial records; and history of the Highbury Vale Schools.

      Parish of Christ Church, Highbury Grove , Church of England
      GB 0074 P91/CTC · Collection · 1839-1959

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Hoxton, including registers of baptisms and marriages; Churchwardens' financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; photographs and plans of the church; historical notes; and papers relating to parish schools and societies.

      Parish of Christ Church, Hoxton , Church of England
      GB 0074 P93/CTC3 · Collection · 1877-1940

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Jamaica Street, Stepney, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages; register of church services; and register of preachers.

      Parish of Christ Church, Stepney , Church of England
      GB 0074 P87/CTC · Collection · 1855-1977

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington, including register of baptisms, marriages and church services; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; general correspondence; papers relating to personnel; papers relating to the benefice; correspondence and other papers regarding the maintenance of the church fabric; photographs; and parish magazines and newsletters.

      Parish of Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington , Church of England
      CHRIST CHURCH, NAPLES
      GB 0074 CLC/341 · Collection · 1825-1984

      Records of Christ Church Anglican church, Naples, Italy, including burial registers; service books; title deeds; minute books; churchwarden's books; correspondence files; annual reports; financial accounts; and a history of the church.

      Christ Church, Naples
      GB 0074 P69/CTC · Collection · 1538-1951

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Newgate Street, City of London, including some records for Saint Nicholas Shambles (1538-1547 only). Records include parish registers from 1547-88 and then from 1724 (baptisms, banns, marriages); Vestry minutes from 1869; Churchwardens' accounts from 1891; church rate and tithe rate assessments books; and poor rate assessment books.

      Parish of Christ Church, Newgate Street, City of London , Church of England Parish of Saint Nicholas Shambles, City of London , Church of England
      GB 0074 P85/CTC2 · Collection · 1835-1995

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, North Brixton, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of preachers; papers relating to the church building including faculties and photographs; financial accounts; administrative papers including minute books; papers relating to parish schools and church societies.

      Parish of Christ Church, North Brixton , Church of England
      GB 0074 P85/CTC1 · Collection · 1862-1986

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Gipsy Hill, Norwood, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and banns; registers of church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; records of the Churchwardens; papers relating to the maintenance of the church including faculties; photographs; parish magazines; papers regarding endowments and the benefice; financial records.

      Also papers of Saint Jude's Mission Church including preachers' books; account book; and photographs.

      Parish of Christ Church, Norwood , Church of England
      GB 0074 P84/CTC1 · Collection · 1881-1941

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Notting Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; church services registers; curates' licences; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the income of the parish including the glebe, pew rents and the benefice; papers relating to church buildings including the vicarage; minute books of the Parochial Church Council; and financial accounts.

      Parish of Christ Church, Notting Hill , Church of England
      GB 0074 P97/CTC · Collection · 1865-1997

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Shooters Hill, Plumstead, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; church services registers; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the ownership and maintenance of the church, vicarage and hall; minutes of the Parochial Church Council; correspondence; financial accounts; and historical notes.

      Parish of Christ Church, Shooters Hill , Church of England
      GB 0074 P88/CTC · Collection · 1857-1989

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Manchester Road, Isle of Dogs, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations, banns and church services; financial records; administrative papers and papers relating to the parish school.

      Parish of Christ Church, Poplar , Church of England
      GB 0074 P71/CTC2 · Collection · 1840-1950

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Rotherhithe, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; papers relating to the clergy and church staff; map of parish boundaries; correspondence regarding the benefice; faculties and inventories.

      Parish of Christ Church, Rotherhithe , Church of England
      GB 0074 P89/CTC · Collection · 1822-1974

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Cosway Street, St Marylebone, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns; church services registers; alms books; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to parish charities and the parish school; legal documents relating to parish properties.

      Parish of Christ Church, Marylebone , Church of England
      GB 0074 P90/CTC1 · Collection · 1850-1948

      Records of Christ Church, Chalton Street, Somers Town, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and banns. Includes some entries for Saint Luke's.

      Parish of Christ Church, Somers Town , Church of England Parish of St Luke, Euston Road , Church of England
      GB 0074 P79/CTC1 · Collection · 1871-1953

      Records of Christ Church, South Hackney, including registers of baptisms; registers of marriages; and newspaper cuttings relating to the benefice.

      Parish of Christ Church, South Hackney , Church of England
      GB 0074 DRO/065 · Collection · 1813-1972

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Southgate, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and funerals, confirmations and banns of marriage; parish magazines; financial accounts; Parochial Church Council minutes; and registers of church services.

      Parish of Christ Church, Southgate , Church of England
      GB 0074 P92/CTC · Collection · 1671-1996

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Blackfriars Road, Southwark, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; papers relating to the burial ground; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; church services registers; maps of the parish; papers relating to the maintenance of the church building; prints of the church interior and exterior; financial records; papers relating to parish charities and schools; and historical notes.

      Also records relating to local taxation including poor rate books; church rate books; minister's rate books; church yard/burial ground rate books, highways rate books, watching and lighting rate books, sewers and draingage rate books.

      Parish of Christ Church, Southwark , Church of England
      GB 0074 P93/CTC1 · Collection · 1702-2004

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Commercial Street, Spitalfields, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; preachers' books; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; legal documents (such as deeds, leases and conveyances) relating to parish property; papers relating to the maintenance of the church fabric; records relating to church personnel; correspondence and working papers of the incumbents; records of the parish school and parish charities; papers relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; parish newsletters and printed items. Also papers of the Overseers of the Poor.

      The collection includes a large amount of material relating to the restoration of the church building by the Friends of Christ Church, including minutes, administrative papers, plans and reports; and a set of papers relating to the work of the Spitalfields Crypt Trust including minutes, press cuttings and photographs.

      Parish of Christ Church, Spitalfields , Church of England
      GB 0074 P95/CTC1 · Collection · 1839-1942

      Records of the parish of Christ Church, Christchurch Road, Streatham Hill, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of church services and preachers; papers relating to the construction of the church and subsequent maintenance, including plans; papers relating to the parish school; and financial records.

      Parish of Christ Church, Streatham Hill , Church of England