Collection LMA/4293 - HITHER GREEN METHODIST CHURCH

0.16 linear meters

LMA/4293 1901-1970 Collection 0.16 linear meters Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church

Hither Green Wesleyan Methodist Church stood in the angle of Wellmeadow Road and Hither Green Lane, Lewisham. It was built in 1900 by architects Gordon, Lowther and Gunton, but was destroyed by bombing in 1940. A new church was built on Torridon Road. It is part of the Blackheath and Lewisham Methodist Circuit.

Received in 2001 (B01/041)

Records of Hither Green Methodist Church, 1901-1970, including minutes and other administrative papers; souvenir programmes of entertainments and events such as bazaars; correspondence addressed to Mrs H N Beecher Bryant, particularly from Doctor John Scott Lidgett, Methodist theologian and founder of the Bermondsey Settlement; and photographs of church events, clergy, members of the church and the interior and exterior of the church building.

Administrative material has been listed first, followed by papers and correspondence, and finally the photographs. Material has been arranged chronologically where possible.

Available for general access.

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English

Fit

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Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre (Lewisham Library, 199-201 Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LG) holds minutes, accounts, trust papers and misc records, 1897-1942, reference NC/1/HIT.

The LMA holds marriage registers, 1913-1940, reference N/M/43/13.

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 Nonconformists Organisation and management Administration Church administration Religions Ancient religions Protestantism Christianity Protestant nonconformity Methodism Religious groups Christians Architecture Protestants Protestant nonconformists Methodists Buildings Religious buildings Europe Churches Religion Lidgett , John Scott , 1854-1953 , Methodist theologian and founder of the Bermondsey Settlement Hither Green Methodist Church Lewisham London England UK Western Europe Hither Green Kent Barnet Hertfordshire Nonconformity

Received in 2001 (B01/041)

Records of Hither Green Methodist Church, 1901-1970, including minutes and other administrative papers; souvenir programmes of entertainments and events such as bazaars; correspondence addressed to Mrs H N Beecher Bryant, particularly from Doctor John Scott Lidgett, Methodist theologian and founder of the Bermondsey Settlement; and photographs of church events, clergy, members of the church and the interior and exterior of the church building.

Administrative material has been listed first, followed by papers and correspondence, and finally the photographs. Material has been arranged chronologically where possible.

Available for general access.

Copyright: Depositor

• English

• Latin

English

Lewisham Local History and Archives Centre (Lewisham Library, 199-201 Lewisham High Street, London, SE13 6LG) holds minutes, accounts, trust papers and misc records, 1897-1942, reference NC/1/HIT.

The LMA holds marriage registers, 1913-1940, reference N/M/43/13.

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

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.

• English