Collection ACC/1850-11 - BOW ROAD CHURCH

Identity area

Reference code

ACC/1850-11

Title

BOW ROAD CHURCH

Date(s)

  • 1862-1976 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1.57 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Bow Road Wesleyan Methodist Church was founded by the Reverend Alexander McAulay, who began preaching from his home in 1861. The Chapel was constructed by 1865. Various evangelical and social welfare activities took place at the Church, including the Queen Mary Day Nursery, medical clinics and a youth centre.

Archival history

ACC/1850-11 1862-1976 Collection 1.57 linear metres Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church

Bow Road Wesleyan Methodist Church was founded by the Reverend Alexander McAulay, who began preaching from his home in 1861. The Chapel was constructed by 1865. Various evangelical and social welfare activities took place at the Church, including the Queen Mary Day Nursery, medical clinics and a youth centre.

Received in 1983 (Acc/1850).

Records of Bow Road Wesleyan Methodist Church, including register of marriages, 1866-1916; registers of baptisms, 1862-1955; Trustees meetings minute books, 1888-1976; financial accounts, 1865-1965; Leader's meetings minute books, 1868-1970; Management Committee minutes, 1922-1931; collection journals, 1956-1972; Government Air-Craft Insurance for Merchant Street Wesleyan Chapel, Bow Road, 1915; Wesley Guild minute books, 1929-1957; church magazines, 1946-1969; box containing booklets and newspapers (1863-1865) found under the memorial stone of Bow Road Chapel, after its destruction in 1941; newspaper cuttings, 1937-1970; photographs, 1960-1970 and papers and correspondence (1914-1965) regarding the centenary of Bow Road gathered in preparation for Leslie Farmer's history of Bow Mission, includes photographs.

In sections: Church groups and organisations; Schools; Printed items; Magazines and Newsletters; Photographs; Registers; Trustees and Building Records; Administration.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright: Depositor
English

Fit

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The Bow Story by Leslie Farmer, 1965 and Reverend Alexander McAulay: the apostle of East London Methodism by William Sampson, 1899.

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. January to March 2009 Bow Road Wesleyan Methodist Church Religious history Church history Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Methodism Primary documents Church records and registers Religious activities Religious practice Preaching Baptism registers Nonconformists Organisation and management Administration Church administration Religious groups Christians Protestants Protestant nonconformists UK England London Tower Hamlets Bow Methodists Information sources Documents Parish records Marriage registers Western Europe Europe Legal documents Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1983 (Acc/1850).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Bow Road Wesleyan Methodist Church, including register of marriages, 1866-1916; registers of baptisms, 1862-1955; Trustees meetings minute books, 1888-1976; financial accounts, 1865-1965; Leader's meetings minute books, 1868-1970; Management Committee minutes, 1922-1931; collection journals, 1956-1972; Government Air-Craft Insurance for Merchant Street Wesleyan Chapel, Bow Road, 1915; Wesley Guild minute books, 1929-1957; church magazines, 1946-1969; box containing booklets and newspapers (1863-1865) found under the memorial stone of Bow Road Chapel, after its destruction in 1941; newspaper cuttings, 1937-1970; photographs, 1960-1970 and papers and correspondence (1914-1965) regarding the centenary of Bow Road gathered in preparation for Leslie Farmer's history of Bow Mission, includes photographs.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

In sections: Church groups and organisations; Schools; Printed items; Magazines and Newsletters; Photographs; Registers; Trustees and Building Records; Administration.

Conditions of access and use area

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: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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