Collection N/C/61 - HAMMERSMITH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Identity area

Reference code

N/C/61

Title

HAMMERSMITH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Date(s)

  • 1789-1916 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.16 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The Broadway Congregational Church was founded in 1662. It was first known as the White Horse Yard Meeting House and then the George Yard Chapel. The White Horse and the George were inns; the Congregationalists met in their courtyards. The church was built in 1724 on Brook Green Road, which is now called Shepherd's Bush Road.

Archival history

N/C/61 1789-1916 Collection 0.16 linear metres Congregational Church of England and Wales

The Broadway Congregational Church was founded in 1662. It was first known as the White Horse Yard Meeting House and then the George Yard Chapel. The White Horse and the George were inns; the Congregationalists met in their courtyards. The church was built in 1724 on Brook Green Road, which is now called Shepherd's Bush Road.

Records deposited in 1966 and 1968 (AC/66/062; AC/68/096).

Records of Hammersmith Broadway Chapel including printed notices, 1847-1856; correspondence regarding services and preachers, 1844-1858; receipts, tickets and business cards, 1842-1866; printed notices from Hammersmith Auxiliary Christian Instruction Society, 1842-1850; annual report and list of Protestant Dissenting Deputies, 1847-1854.

Records of other churches including hymns for dedication service at Horbury Chapel, 1849; notice of sermons at Oaklands Chapel, Shepherds Bush, [1860]; Upper Holloway Congregational Church Record; 1916; tracts, 1852-[1860]

Also Mr Taylor's Exhibition Items, including receipts kept by Mr W.D. Salter (Secretary of Broadway Chapel, Hammersmith), 1842-1850; receipt regarding collections, ministerial expenses, ordination dinner accounts and Minister's receipt book, 1789-1860; Church Secretary's correspondence, 1825-1877 and posters regarding sermons and meetings; including West Middlesex Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers, and Ragged School Union, 1843-1859.

N/C/061/1-5: Hammersmith Broadway Chapel; N/C/061/6-9: Other Churches; N/C/061/10-13: Mr Taylor's Exhibition Items.

Available for general access.

Copyright: Depositor
English

Fit

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

See N/C/12 for Horbury Chapel; LMA/4164 for Oaklands Chapel, Shepherd's Bush and LMA/4099 for Upper Holloway Congregational Church.

Records of Hammersmith Broadway Chapel are held at Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre, The Lilla Huset, 191 Talgarth Road, London W6 8BJ.

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 Broadway Congregational Church , Hammersmith x White Horse Yard Meeting House x George Yard Chapel Churches Protestant nonconformists Religion Congregationalists Christians Religious groups Protestants Nonconformists Architecture Buildings Religious buildings Chapels Nonconformist chapels Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Congregationalism Organisation and management Administration Church administration Europe Horbury Congregational Chapel , Notting Hill Gate Oaklands Congregational Church , Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush Junction Road Congregational Church , Upper Holloway Hammersmith London England UK Western Europe Hammersmith and Fulham Barnet Hertfordshire Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in 1966 and 1968 (AC/66/062; AC/68/096).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Hammersmith Broadway Chapel including printed notices, 1847-1856; correspondence regarding services and preachers, 1844-1858; receipts, tickets and business cards, 1842-1866; printed notices from Hammersmith Auxiliary Christian Instruction Society, 1842-1850; annual report and list of Protestant Dissenting Deputies, 1847-1854.

Records of other churches including hymns for dedication service at Horbury Chapel, 1849; notice of sermons at Oaklands Chapel, Shepherds Bush, [1860]; Upper Holloway Congregational Church Record; 1916; tracts, 1852-[1860]

Also Mr Taylor's Exhibition Items, including receipts kept by Mr W.D. Salter (Secretary of Broadway Chapel, Hammersmith), 1842-1850; receipt regarding collections, ministerial expenses, ordination dinner accounts and Minister's receipt book, 1789-1860; Church Secretary's correspondence, 1825-1877 and posters regarding sermons and meetings; including West Middlesex Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers, and Ragged School Union, 1843-1859.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

N/C/061/1-5: Hammersmith Broadway Chapel; N/C/061/6-9: Other Churches; N/C/061/10-13: Mr Taylor's Exhibition Items.

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 N/C/12 for Horbury Chapel; LMA/4164 for Oaklands Chapel, Shepherd's Bush and LMA/4099 for Upper Holloway Congregational Church.

Records of Hammersmith Broadway Chapel are held at Hammersmith and Fulham Archives and Local History Centre, The Lilla Huset, 191 Talgarth Road, London W6 8BJ.

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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Language(s)

  • English

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