Collection N/C/29 - DOCTOR CALAMY'S MEETING HOUSE, LONG-DITCH (PRINCES STREET), WESTMINSTER

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N/C/29

Title

DOCTOR CALAMY'S MEETING HOUSE, LONG-DITCH (PRINCES STREET), WESTMINSTER

Date(s)

  • 1735-1824 (Creation)

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0.05 linear metres

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Biographical history

The Princes Street Presbyterian Chapel was founded when Thomas Cawton received a licence for Presbyterian meetings at his house in Saint Anne's Lane, Westminster, in 1672. A few months later he gained a licence for newly-built meeting-house in the nearby New Way, Westminster. Cawton was minister until 1677, succeeded by Vincent Alsop until 1703, and Doctor Edmund Calamy from 1703 to 1732. Alsop claimed he had been required to divide his congregation into two because of its size, administering communion to each group alternately. The congregation moved to a chapel in Princes Street, Westminster, in 1703, and to another in Princes Street in 1799. It closed 1818, and the congregation joined that of St Thomas's Street Chapel, in Southwark.

Source: Protestant Nonconformity: City of Westminster, A History of the County of Middlesex.

Archival history

N/C/29 1735-1824 Collection 0.05 linear metres Presbyterian Church of England

The Princes Street Presbyterian Chapel was founded when Thomas Cawton received a licence for Presbyterian meetings at his house in Saint Anne's Lane, Westminster, in 1672. A few months later he gained a licence for newly-built meeting-house in the nearby New Way, Westminster. Cawton was minister until 1677, succeeded by Vincent Alsop until 1703, and Doctor Edmund Calamy from 1703 to 1732. Alsop claimed he had been required to divide his congregation into two because of its size, administering communion to each group alternately. The congregation moved to a chapel in Princes Street, Westminster, in 1703, and to another in Princes Street in 1799. It closed 1818, and the congregation joined that of St Thomas's Street Chapel, in Southwark.

Source: Protestant Nonconformity: City of Westminster, A History of the County of Middlesex.

Deposited 20th August, 1964 (AC/064/48)

Volume containing transcripts of earlier Church records, 1735-1824, relating to the appointment of trustees; property ownership; lists of deacons; minutes of meetings and resolutions passed at meetings; financial accounts and statements; ministerial appointments; rebuilding the chapel and the union with the congregation of Saint Thomas, Southwark, in Stamford Street Chapel.

One volume.

Available for general access.

Copyright: Depositor
English

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Deposited 20th August, 1964 (AC/064/48)

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Volume containing transcripts of earlier Church records, 1735-1824, relating to the appointment of trustees; property ownership; lists of deacons; minutes of meetings and resolutions passed at meetings; financial accounts and statements; ministerial appointments; rebuilding the chapel and the union with the congregation of Saint Thomas, Southwark, in Stamford Street Chapel.

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Accruals

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One volume.

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Available for general access.

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Copyright: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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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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