Collection LMA/4451 - DENBIGH ROAD WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, KENSINGTON

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Reference code

LMA/4451

Title

DENBIGH ROAD WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCH, KENSINGTON

Date(s)

  • 1827-1976 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

3.85 linear meters

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Biographical history

The Denbigh Road Methodist Church was founded in 1823 and built in 1856. The Lancaster Road Methodist Church was built in 1879. The two institutions subsequently merged and are now called the Notting Hill Methodist Church. The Church is based on Lancaster Road while the old Denbigh Road premises are used by the church as the Etheline Holder Hall.

Archival history

LMA/4451 1827-1976 Collection 3.85 linear meters Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church

The Denbigh Road Methodist Church was founded in 1823 and built in 1856. The Lancaster Road Methodist Church was built in 1879. The two institutions subsequently merged and are now called the Notting Hill Methodist Church. The Church is based on Lancaster Road while the old Denbigh Road premises are used by the church as the Etheline Holder Hall.

Received in 2003 (B03/047).

Records of Denbigh Road Methodist Church, Kensington, 1827-1971, including registers of baptisms, 1854-1968; registers of marriage, 1859-1911; Leader's meeting minutes; financial accounts; rebuilding plans; papers and correspondence regarding property owned by the Church; Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society minute book; Sunday School Committee minutes; Denbigh Road Church Yearbook, 1960 and booklets, leaflets, flyers and programmes for events commemorating the 70th and 100th anniversaries of the Church.

Also records of Lancaster Road Methodist Church, 1871-1975, including Trustee's Meeting minutes; Leader's Meeting minutes; Sunday School Committee minutes; Choir minutes; pulpit notices; collection journals; Dodsworth Sick Benefit Society papers and general correspondence. Also Trustee's minutes and Treasurer's accounts for Silchester Road Methodist Church, predecessor of Lancaster Road Church.

Also preaching plans, schedule books and steward's account books for the Bayswater Circuit, 1861-1976; Local Preacher's minute book for the Kensington Circuit, 1882-1922; Trustee's minutes for Kensal Town Methodist Church, 1859-1926 and Trustee's meeting minutes for Dalling Road Methodist Church, 1875-1949.

LMA/4451/01: Bayswater Circuit; LMA/4451/02: Kensington Circuit; LMA/4451/03: Denbigh Road; LMA/4451/04: Kensal Town; LMA/4451/05: Dalling Road; LMA/4451/06: Lancaster Road and LMA/4451/07: Printed Items.

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
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Fit

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

For more records of Denbigh Road Methodist Church see ACC/2384, ACC/2890 and N/M/043/069.

The Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre holds records for Lancaster Road Methodist Church, Dalling Road Methodist Church and Kensal Road Methodist Church. The Westminster Archives also holds registers for Kensal Town Methodist Church.

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 Religious organizations Church societies Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Methodism Protestant nonconformity Primary documents Church records and registers Baptism registers Nonconformists Architecture Buildings Religious buildings Chapels Nonconformist chapels Organisation and management Administration Church administration Property Church property Religious groups Christians Protestants Protestant nonconformists Methodists Information sources Documents Parish records Marriage registers Denbigh Road Methodist Church x Notting Hill Methodist Church Lancaster Road Methodist Church x Notting Hill Methodist Church Kensal Town Methodist Church Dalling Road Methodist Church Hammersmith and Fulham London England UK Western Europe Hammersmith Notting Hill Kensington and Chelsea Barnet Hertfordshire Europe Religious institutions Legal documents Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 2003 (B03/047).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Denbigh Road Methodist Church, Kensington, 1827-1971, including registers of baptisms, 1854-1968; registers of marriage, 1859-1911; Leader's meeting minutes; financial accounts; rebuilding plans; papers and correspondence regarding property owned by the Church; Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society minute book; Sunday School Committee minutes; Denbigh Road Church Yearbook, 1960 and booklets, leaflets, flyers and programmes for events commemorating the 70th and 100th anniversaries of the Church.

Also records of Lancaster Road Methodist Church, 1871-1975, including Trustee's Meeting minutes; Leader's Meeting minutes; Sunday School Committee minutes; Choir minutes; pulpit notices; collection journals; Dodsworth Sick Benefit Society papers and general correspondence. Also Trustee's minutes and Treasurer's accounts for Silchester Road Methodist Church, predecessor of Lancaster Road Church.

Also preaching plans, schedule books and steward's account books for the Bayswater Circuit, 1861-1976; Local Preacher's minute book for the Kensington Circuit, 1882-1922; Trustee's minutes for Kensal Town Methodist Church, 1859-1926 and Trustee's meeting minutes for Dalling Road Methodist Church, 1875-1949.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

LMA/4451/01: Bayswater Circuit; LMA/4451/02: Kensington Circuit; LMA/4451/03: Denbigh Road; LMA/4451/04: Kensal Town; LMA/4451/05: Dalling Road; LMA/4451/06: Lancaster Road and LMA/4451/07: Printed Items.

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

For more records of Denbigh Road Methodist Church see ACC/2384, ACC/2890 and N/M/043/069.

The Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre holds records for Lancaster Road Methodist Church, Dalling Road Methodist Church and Kensal Road Methodist Church. The Westminster Archives also holds registers for Kensal Town Methodist Church.

Finding aids

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

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London Metropolitan Archives

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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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  • English

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