Collection GB 0074 P79/CTC2 - CHRIST CHURCH, CLAPTON: RENDELESHAM ROAD, HACKNEY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 P79/CTC2

Title

CHRIST CHURCH, CLAPTON: RENDELESHAM ROAD, HACKNEY

Date(s)

  • 1871-1953 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.44 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

An iron church, seating 350, served by an assistant curate from Saint James, opened in 1868 in Walsingham Road. A site for a permanent church on the south corner of Kenninghall Road was acquired from Charles Jacomb in 1866 and conveyed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1870. The foundation stone of the new church was laid on 30th August 1870. It was consecrated by John Jackson, Bishop of London on 6th May 1871. A district was assigned from parts of the parishes of West Hackney and Saint James in 1871.

Christ Church was destroyed by enemy action in 1944. Services thereafter were held either in the parish hall or in Saint James' church. The parish was united with Saint James the Great, Clapton in June 1953, Saint James becoming the parish church of Saint James with Christ Church, Clapton.

Archival history

GB 0074 P79/CTC2 1871-1953 Collection 0.44 linear metres Parish of Christ Church, Clapton , Church of England

An iron church, seating 350, served by an assistant curate from Saint James, opened in 1868 in Walsingham Road. A site for a permanent church on the south corner of Kenninghall Road was acquired from Charles Jacomb in 1866 and conveyed to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1870. The foundation stone of the new church was laid on 30th August 1870. It was consecrated by John Jackson, Bishop of London on 6th May 1871. A district was assigned from parts of the parishes of West Hackney and Saint James in 1871.

Christ Church was destroyed by enemy action in 1944. Services thereafter were held either in the parish hall or in Saint James' church. The parish was united with Saint James the Great, Clapton in June 1953, Saint James becoming the parish church of Saint James with Christ Church, Clapton.

Records deposited in the Greater London Record Office on 18 December 1984 by the Team Vicar of St. James with Christ Church, Clapton.

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

The records have been sorted into categories which reflect divisions between the different functions and operations of the parish and its administration. Order within these categories reflects chronology.

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 for these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit.

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

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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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in the Greater London Record Office on 18 December 1984 by the Team Vicar of St. James with Christ Church, Clapton.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

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

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The records have been sorted into categories which reflect divisions between the different functions and operations of the parish and its administration. Order within these categories reflects chronology.

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 for these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

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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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