Collection N/C/49 - GREENWICH ROAD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, GREENWICH ROAD

Identity area

Reference code

N/C/49

Title

GREENWICH ROAD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, GREENWICH ROAD

Date(s)

  • 1857-1920 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.01 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Greenwich Road Congregational Church was founded in 1750 as the 'Greenwich Tabernacle' and was situated in a converted barn. In 1799 a new site on the Greenwich Road was purchased and construction began on a chapel, completed in 1801. This was name the 'New Tabernacle'. The church closed in 1924 and became a coroner's office. A Greenwich Road Memorial Chapel was founded in a housing estate in Bellingham, near Beckenham.

Archival history

N/C/49 1857-1920 Collection 0.01 linear metres Congregational Church of England and Wales

The Greenwich Road Congregational Church was founded in 1750 as the 'Greenwich Tabernacle' and was situated in a converted barn. In 1799 a new site on the Greenwich Road was purchased and construction began on a chapel, completed in 1801. This was name the 'New Tabernacle'. The church closed in 1924 and became a coroner's office. A Greenwich Road Memorial Chapel was founded in a housing estate in Bellingham, near Beckenham.

Deposited 18 March 1965 (AC/65/024).

Register of baptisms, 1857-1919 and programme card for services at closing of Church, 1920.

One volume.

Available for general access.

Copyright: Depositor
English

Fit

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited 18 March 1965 (AC/65/024).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Register of baptisms, 1857-1919 and programme card for services at closing of Church, 1920.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

One volume.

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

Finding aids

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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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Language(s)

  • English

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