Collection N/M/016-1 - CHEQUER ALLEY CHAPEL

Identity area

Reference code

N/M/016-1

Title

CHEQUER ALLEY CHAPEL

Date(s)

  • 1869-1881 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.15 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Chequer Alley (now Chequer Street) runs between Bunhill Row and Whitecross Street in Islington, near City Road. In the 1840s it was a socially deprived area, home to around 15,000 people living in poverty. In 1841 a Methodist, Miss Macarthy, from the nearby City Road Church began to visit the Alley and hand out Methodist tracts. Interest in her work increased to the point where she was able to begin Sunday preaching in a small hired room. These services eventually expanded to include a Sunday School, Day School, and classes for adults wishing to join the church.

Archival history

N/M/016-1 1869-1881 Collection 0.15 linear metres Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church

Chequer Alley (now Chequer Street) runs between Bunhill Row and Whitecross Street in Islington, near City Road. In the 1840s it was a socially deprived area, home to around 15,000 people living in poverty. In 1841 a Methodist, Miss Macarthy, from the nearby City Road Church began to visit the Alley and hand out Methodist tracts. Interest in her work increased to the point where she was able to begin Sunday preaching in a small hired room. These services eventually expanded to include a Sunday School, Day School, and classes for adults wishing to join the church.

AC/73/018

Register of baptisms, 1869-1888; minutes of the Chapel and Schools, 1865-1897 and collection journal, 1870-1881.

Three volumes.

Available for general access.

Copyright: Depositor
English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

See also ACC/2330/19-20.

Chequer Alley: A Story of Successful Christian Work, Frederick Briggs (London: 1866).

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 Baptism registers Nonconformists Architecture Buildings Chapels Religious buildings Nonconformist chapels Organisation and management Administration Church administration Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Methodism Religious groups Christians Protestants UK England London Islington Chequer Street Protestant nonconformists Methodists Information sources Documents Primary documents Church records and registers Parish records City Road Methodist Circuit x Wesley's Chapel Circuit Chequer Alley Methodist Chapel Western Europe Europe Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

AC/73/018

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Register of baptisms, 1869-1888; minutes of the Chapel and Schools, 1865-1897 and collection journal, 1870-1881.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Three volumes.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also ACC/2330/19-20.

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

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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