Subfonds ACC/3393/BR - HARROW (BESSBOROUGH ROAD) CHURCH

Identity area

Reference code

ACC/3393/BR

Title

HARROW (BESSBOROUGH ROAD) CHURCH

Date(s)

  • 1965-1973 (Creation)

Level of description

Subfonds

Extent and medium

0.33 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was first erected in 1810 on the eastern side of Lower Road, Roxeth, and accommodated 218 people. The chapel was registered in 1856, but was replaced in 1905 by a red brick Gothic building, with room for 650, in Bessborough Road. The chapel was closed in 1972 and the congregation joined theNorth Harrow Methodist Church.

Archival history

ACC/3393/BR 1965-1973 subfonds 0.33 linear metres Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church

A Wesleyan Methodist chapel was first erected in 1810 on the eastern side of Lower Road, Roxeth, and accommodated 218 people. The chapel was registered in 1856, but was replaced in 1905 by a red brick Gothic building, with room for 650, in Bessborough Road. The chapel was closed in 1972 and the congregation joined theNorth Harrow Methodist Church.

Received in 1991 with an additional accession in 2001 (ACC/3393, B01/058).

Records of Harrow Methodist Church, Bessborough Road, comprising Diamond Jubilee pamphlet and Diamond Jubilee Fund donation card, 1965 and Diamond Jubilee and closing service booklets, and accounts, printed material and correspondence regarding the closure of the church, 1967-1973.

Chronological.

Available for general access.

Copyright: Depositor
English

Fit

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

More records of Bessborough Road Chapel can be found at ACC/1388.

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 Organisation and management Administration Church administration Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Methodism Religious groups Architecture Christians Protestants Protestant nonconformists Methodists Buildings Religious buildings Europe Nonconformists Churches Religion Harrow Methodist Church , Bessborough Road London England UK Western Europe Harrow (district) Harrow Middlesex Barnet Hertfordshire Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1991 with an additional accession in 2001 (ACC/3393, B01/058).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Harrow Methodist Church, Bessborough Road, comprising Diamond Jubilee pamphlet and Diamond Jubilee Fund donation card, 1965 and Diamond Jubilee and closing service booklets, and accounts, printed material and correspondence regarding the closure of the church, 1967-1973.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Chronological.

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

More records of Bessborough Road Chapel can be found at ACC/1388.

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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.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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