Records of Oaklands Congregational Church and Askew Road Methodist Church including minutes and financial records, membership and photographs.
Askew Road Church (Methodist and United Reformed) Oaklands Congregational Church xx Oaklands United Congregational Church Askew Road Methodist Church xx Sir William MacArthur Memorial Chapel Hammersmith xx Bassein Park Wesleyan ChapelMarriage registers for Oaklands Congregational Church, Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, 1925-1970.
Congregational Church of England and WalesManuscript volume containing 'An account of Mr [John] Jenning's method of academical education, with some reflections upon it, in a letter to a friend who had some thoughts of reviving it. Written in the year 1728', and dated at Market Harborough, 31 Oct 1728. This may be the original account written by Philip Doddridge and sent to Isaac Watts.
This manuscript text is followed, in another hand, by copies of two letters from Robert Nelson, one, of 27 July 1708, to George Hanger giving moral advice on Hanger's departure for Turkey on business; the other, dated Epiphany 1713, to Gabriel Hanger on the same subject. There are also, in other hands, extracts from dissenting authors, one dated Oct 1821.
Registers of marriages, 1926-1965.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchRecords of Northwood Methodist Church, Oaklands Gate, including register of baptisms, 1905-1985; membership registers, 1975-1980; minutes of annual general meetings and secretary's annual reports for the Men's Circle, 1960-1964; financial accounts, 1905-1985; Trustees' Meeting minute book, 1896-1922; architectural plans, 1963-1975; Minister's correspondence concerning local ministry, manse facilities and local area, 1975; Overseas Missions Committee minute book, 1964-1982; Women's Work Committee minute books, 1956-1990; Men's Circle accounts and subscriptions book; 1955-1976; Prayer fellowship minute book; 1978-1984; illustrated leaflet on church activities, 1960s; historical notes, lists of ministers and related correspondence, 1977-1992; printed material, plans and related correspondence regarding church bazaar, including correspondence with Middlesex County Council regarding licensing, 1928-1955; Jubilee Souvenir booklet, 1946; Monthly newsletters, 1954-1971 and photographs of church exterior, 20th century.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchRegisters of marriages, 1942-1969.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchMinutes of Executive Committee, 1925-1952; minutes of Quarterly Meetings, 1952-1966; minutes of Circuit Finance and Invitation Committee, including minutes of General Purposes Committee, 1958-1967; Circuit Stewards account book, 1955-1966; financial statements, 1939-1959; circuit plans, 1949-1978.
Also records of the Horace Jones Trust including correspondence, 1934-1958; letters from London County Council Education Officer concerning the Medal Fund, 1964; prospectus, 1938; accounts, 1963-1965 and letter to Mr Chippendale, Secretary of the Horace Jones Charity, from the Reverend Bodo Schwabe concerning Free Church Chaplaincy, 1970.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchRecords of the North West France Anglican Chaplaincy comprising register of services and register of baptisms and burials.
North West France Anglican ChaplaincyRecords of North Harrow Methodist Church, comprising Golden Jubilee booklet, 1977; Diamond Jubilee booklet, 1987; letter of thanks from Buckingham Palace for royal Silver Jubilee message, 1977; Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society certificate, 1930?; Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School certificate, 1927 and correspondence regarding Manse Trust, including a copy of the lease, 1939-1948.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchMinute books containing Trustees' meetings and Chapel Management Committee meetings, 1878-1922; Treasurer's account book of receipt and expenditure, 1907-1911; subscription list for Debt Reduction Effort, 1918; souvenir programme of "Alice in Wonderland" bazaar, 1912; programme of "Prims" Concert Party, 1917.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchCollection of records relating to non-established religion in London, including papers of the Freethinking Christians, the Dutch churches in Colchester and Norwich and St Martin Orgar French Church. The record of the latter comprise minutes, lists of members and seatholders, and financial material.
French Protestant Church at St Martin Orgar Freethinking Christians Dutch Church, Colchester Dutch Church, NorwichRecords of the Nightingale Lane Congregational Church, East Smithfield, comprising a meeting book and a list of members only.
Nightingale Lane Congregational Church, East SmithfieldUnited Methodist Church special trust schedules, 1923 (providing details regarding church properties, including the date and cost of the building, the tenure and the custody of the deeds) concerning Brunswick Church and Zion Church, Neate Street, both in the Newington Circuit.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchRecords of the New Tabernacle Congregational Church and its mission church, the Hoxton Academy Congregational Church, including register of marriages, 1899-1941; roll of members and register of attendance, 1918-1930; minute book of joint Church Meetings, 1911-1946; minute book of Management Committee of the New Tabernacle Church, 1834-1852; minute book of Deacon's Meetings, 1938-1946; minute book of Committee and Visitors of "The Hoxton Auxiliary Christian Instruction Society", 1827-1835; cash book of "Sick Man's and Friend in Need Society", 1883-1936; papers relating to property and Trustees, 1842-1904; sealed order of Charity Commission authorising sale of site of New Tabernacle Chapel, 1949; order of Charity Commission setting out scheme for administration of New Tabernacle Chapel Fund and Charity of John Homes, 1951.
Congregational Church of England and WalesMarriage registers for New Road Presbyterian Church, Woolwich, 1906-1964.
Presbyterian Church of EnglandRecords of New Road Meeting House, Stepney, comprising register of baptisms, 1785-1817.
Congregational Church of England and WalesClass lists, Trustees, Officers' lists, and so on, 1905-1909.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchRecords of the New England Company, missionary society. The majority of the collection dates from 1649, with deeds from 1543-1979. Some records are held only in the form of microfilms or xerox copies of originals held locally in North America.
The records comprise: Charters 1662-196; Court and committee minutes 1655-1987; copy minutes of Commissioners for Indian Affairs 1699-1818; and court attendance books 1937-63 and 1970-1. Financial records 1649-1979.
Correspondence and papers about Indians and Indian affairs in New England 1657-1764; papers relating to the proceedings of the Company 1649-56; reports on Company affairs and undertakings 1822-6; deeds and papers concerning missions in Canada 1828-1934; papers about support for missionary activity in West Indies and Canada 1961-76; and papers about the sale of the Mohawk Institute 1961-7.
Letter books 1688-1772, 1872-1919; general correspondence 1664-1818; papers relating to supplemental charters 1898 and 1959-60; papers about the history of Company 1700-1913 and tercentenary 1949; lists of governors, treasurers, clerks and members of the company, 1668 and 1741-1859; and miscellaneous administrative and legal papers 1688-1839, 1876-7.
Deeds and papers relating to Company estates, particularly in Essex, 1543-1979; inventories of Company effects in New England 1708, 1714; papers concerning Robert Boyle's annuity 1814-1900; copy will of Rev Daniel Williams 1711-12; and papers relating to William Pennoyer's charity 1670-1902.
New England Company , missionary societyMarriage registers for New Cross Congregational Church, Ludwick Road, New Cross, 1962-1968.
Congregational Church of England and WalesMarriage registers for New Court Congregational Church, Tollington Park, Islington, 1945-1975.
Congregational Church of England and WalesRegisters of baptisms, 1871-1974; registers of marriages, 1943-1948; register of members' attendance, 1934-1947; register of deacons' attendance, 1905-1941; registers of preaching engagements, 1896-1953; applications for fellowship, 1889-1971; Church Meeting minute books, 1707-1974; Deacons' Meeting minute books, 1877-1967; Choir Meeting minute books, 1924-1969; minute books of Trustees Meetings, General Purposes Committee, Supply Committee, Deacons Finance Committee, and Committee for Alterations and Additions, 1870-1934; Sunday School Teachers' Meeting minute books, 1932-1961; Women's Council minute books, 1917-1975; accounts, 1871-1972; deeds, 1754-1959; correspondence and related material, 1813-1975; Church magazines, 1885-1974; Church manuals, 1873-1962; printed material relating to New Court Chapel, 1792-1921 and sketches and photographs, 1872-1967.
Congregational Church of England and WalesVolume containing a brief history of the chapel, minutes and membership lists, 1727-1856; minute book of quarterly meetings of "the Brethren of the Church", concerned with matters of finance, administration and discipline, 1821-1851.
Congregational Church of England and WalesRecords of the National Education Association, including minutes; papers relating to the formation and endowment of the Association; financial accounts; annual reports; correspondence; case files; NEA publications; other publications; Parliamentary publications; circulars from the Ministry of Education; education pamphlets and reference papers.
National Education Association , 1888-1959Register of baptisms for Nantes Anglican Chaplaincy, France.
Nantes Anglican Chaplaincy , FranceRecords of Muswell Hill Presbyterian Church including Church meeting minute book, 1972-1973; Court of Session minute books, 1949-1973; Deacon's Court minute books, 1898-1972; Managers' minute book, Red Lion Hill Mission (includes correspondence), 1916-1924; Missionary Committee minute book, 1919-1948; Church year books, 1949-1951; and register of baptisms, 1899-1973.
Presbyterian Church of EnglandMarriage registers for Muswell Hill Presbyterian Church, Muswell Hill Road, 1945-1973.
Presbyterian Church of EnglandRecords of the Muswell Hill Methodist Church including registers of baptisms, 1892-1927 and 1939-1951; financial accounts and Finance Committee papers; Leaders' Meeting minute books; annual reports; pamphlets and correspondence.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchMostyn Road Methodist Chapel, Lambeth: marriage registers, 1878-1983.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchMorrison and Hobson family papers, 1807-1963. The papers are the product of a period of considerable spiritual, cultural and political change in China. They are a significant source for study of the development of Protestant missions in China (in particular the role of the medical mission and the introduction of Western medicine), and also provide evidence of the involvement of the missionaries with issues of British trade and diplomacy.
MSS. 5827-5852: correspondence and papers, especially of the Revd Robert Morrison (1782-1834), missionary in China, 1807-1834; John Robert Morrison (1814-1843), Chinese interpreter, Colonial Secretary of the Hong Kong government; and Dr Benjamin Hobson (1816-1873), medical missionary in China, 1839-1859. The majority comprise personal and domestic correspondence of the Morrison and Hobson families and their friends, with less emphasis on official papers, although the collection includes letters on the Peacock expedition to Siam and Cochin China led by Edmund Roberts (1784-1836), United States merchant and diplomat, 1832 (MS.5830), and letters to Benjamin Hobson from leading missionaries. 1843-1862 (MS.5839). Insight into missionary work in China can be gained in particular from the letters of the Revd. Robert Morrison. MS. 7127: 'Domestic Memoir of Mrs Morrison', by the Revd. Robert Morrison, addressed to his children Mary Rebecca and John Robert Morrison (1814-1843), 5-7 January 1824. Mary Morrison, Robert's first wife, died of cholera at Macao on 10 June 1821. This memoir was compiled by Robert Morrison during the voyage home from China aboard H.E.I.C.S. Waterloo.
Morrison , Robert , 1782-1834 , missionary to China Morrison , John Robert , 1814-1843 , Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong Hobson , Benjamin , 1816-1873 , missionary Hobson , Mary Rebecca , fl 1821-1847 , née Morrison x Morrison , Mary Rebecca Hobson , family , of England and China Hobson , John Morrison , 1853-1931 , son of Mary Rebecca Hobson Hobson , Benjamin Stephen , 1840-1869 ,Papers, 1924-1962, of Reginald John Beagarie Moore, comprising correspondence and papers relating to his missionary work in Africa. Includes annual reports of the United Missions in the Copperbelt (1937-1940); reports of his work at Mindolo (1934-1939, not 1936-1937); typescript copies of his publications; copies of published articles; and photographs of Copperbelt scenes. Also includes a copy of Moore's anthropological study The Witchdoctor's Prescription.
Moore , Reginald John Beagarie , 1909-1943 , missionaryMarriage registers for Mitcham Congregational Church, London Road, 1972-1975.
Congregational Church of England and WalesRecords of Saint Paul's Presbyterian Church including Court of Session minute books, 1881-1943; Deacons' Court minute books, 1857-1926; Communicants' roll book, 1882-1924; register of baptisms, 1876-1937 and Treasurer's account book, 1905-1923.
Presbyterian Church of EnglandRecords of Millwall Church, including Leaders' meeting minute book, 1954-1965; collection journal, 1959-1968; account book, 1941-1968 and tenancy agreements, 1869.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchPapers, 1920s-1940s, of James Sibree Milledge, comprising material relating to the Sibree family in Madagascar.
Milledge , James Sibree , b 1930 , missionaryRegisters of marriage, 1943-1973.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchMarriage registers for Middleton Road Congregational Church, Dalston, 1916-1975.
Congregational Church of England and WalesApportionment of rent charge in lieu of tithes in the parish of Hendon, with plan, 1741-1903.
Parish of Hendon , Church of EnglandRecords of Hornsey Methodist Church, Middle Lane, 1873-1981, including Leaders' Meeting minute books; correspondence; financial records including accounts and correspondence; Trustees' Meeting minute books, Trustees' account books and Trustee's correspondence; papers regarding building work, alterations and repairs including plans; papers regarding staffing; pulpit notice books; papers relating to the Sunday School; issues of the Church newsletter; orders of service and programmes; pamphlets, including histories of the Church; leaflets, newspaper cuttings and photographs.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchMarriage registers for the following Methodist churches:
Acton Green Methodist Hall, Steele Road, Acton, 1934-1935
Methodist Church, Windmill Road, Brentford, 1934-1960
Wesleyan Church, Windsor Road, Ealing, 1900-1972
Ealing Dean Primitive Methodist Church, Uxbridge Road, Ealing, 1912-1958
Wesleyan Methodist Church, High Road, New Southgate, 1914-1971
Wesleyan Methodist Church, Bessborough Road, Harrow, 1905-1971
Methodist Church, Welldon Crescent, Greenhill, Harrow, 1934-1974
Wesleyan Church, Park Lane, Harrow Road, Wembley, 1925-1961
Methodist Church, East Lane, North Wembley, Wembley, 1970
Queen's Hall, Station Road, Hayes, 1930-1970
Methodist Church, Western Road, Southall, 1952-1965
Wesley Central Hall, Thirleby Road, Burnt Oak, Hendon, 1931-1962
Methodist Chapel, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, 1943-1973
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, New Windsor Street, Uxbridge, 1928-1972
Jackson's Lane Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1908-1972
Primitive Methodist Church, Mattison Road, Haringey, 1931- 1963
Methodist Church, Bath Road, Hounslow West, 1960- 1971
Methodist Chapel, Twickenham Road, Isleworth, 1948-1965
Primitive Methodist Church, Hallowell Road, Northwood, 1926- 1965
Trinity Chapel, Trinity Road, Wood Green, 1889-1969
Earlsmead United Methodist Church, High Road, South Tottenham, 1918-1951
Methodist Chapel, Northumberland Park, Tottenham, 1942-1969
Methodist Chapel, West Green Road, South Tottenham, 1961
Trinity Wesleyan Methodist Church, corner of Dartmouth Road and Walm Lane, Willesden, 1906-1939
United Methodist Church, corner of Tubbs Road and High Street, Harlesden, 1926-1961
Primitive Methodist Church, High Road, Willesden Green, 1927-1960
Primitive Methodist Chapel, College Park, Harrow Road, Willesden, 1939.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchBaptism registers, 1948-1967; photographs of events, staff, buildings and residents of the Mother and Baby Home, [1940-1980]; and the text of a presentation written to accompany a slide presentation, providing details of the work of the Women's Fellowship with young mothers, 1971-1972.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchRecords of the London Mission (West) Circuit, 1927-1987, including administrative files consisting of material relating to Grove House Hostel for ex-borstal boys, Gilbert Goodliffe House for retired men and women, Saint Luke's and Saint Mary's House for men and women, Emerson Bainbridge House and Hopedene House for Mother and Babies; legal papers concerning legacies; material relating to Kingsway Hall Church including press cuttings and 10 volumes of Orders of Service; slides and photographs; and 106 exhibition boards of photographs and a brief history of the West London Mission created for the centenary exhibition in 1987 along with location maps from 1832 and 1987 showing activities of West London Mission.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchRecords of the Methodist Church London North East District, 1880-1992, including minutes of the Local Preachers' Committee and the Education Sub-Committee; correspondence with local preachers; a review of book At Satan's Throne: a history of Methodism in Bath; an original Primitive Methodist Circuit plan of 1880; leaflet "The Union Chapel: a famous Islington landmark" and booklet "Chislehurst Methodist Church: An Invitation to look and see for yourself".
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchPreaching plans and directories for Methodist circuits including the Ealing and Acton Circuit, 1978; Enfield Circuit, 1975-1976; Finchley and Hendon Circuit, 1973; Finsbury Park Circuit, 1969; Finsbury Park and Southgate Circuit, 1977-1978; Harlesden Circuit, 1973; Harrow Circuit, 1978; Highgate Circuit, 1977-1979; Teddington Circuit, 1977-1978 and Wembley and Golders Green Circuit, 1977-1978.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchRegisters of marriages for the following Methodist chapels or missions:
Albany Methodist Mission, 1954-1958
Brockley Wesleyan Chapel, 1914-1947
Brunswick Chapel Limehouse, 1900-1954
Calderwood Street Methodist Chapel (Woolwich Methodist Church from 1965), 1939-1977
Cassland Road Wesleyan Chapel, South Hackney, 1900-1940
Charlton Methodist Church, Woolwich Road, Charlton, 1919-1940
Dulwich Road Methodist Church, Herne Hill, 1950-1962
Emery Hall, Augusta Street, Poplar, 1918-1954
Green Lanes Methodist Chapel, Stoke Newington, 1906-1967
Grove Mission, Great Guildford Street, 1889-1913
Highbury Wesleyan Chapel, Drayton Park, Highbury, 1868-1929
High Street Wesleyan Chapel, High Street, Hampstead, 1881-1933
Hither Green Wesleyan Chapel, Hither Green Lane, Lewisham, 1913-1940
Hornsey Road Chapel, Hornsey Road, 1915-1940
Lambeth Wesleyan Chapel, Lambeth Road, 1916-1928
Liverpool Road Chapel, Liverpool Road, 1865-1953
Locksfield Wesleyan Chapel, Rodney Road, Walworth (Lockfeld Methodist Chapel, from 1939), 1926-1955
Lycett Memorial Methodist Chapel, White Horse Lane, 1955-1962
Methodist Chapel, Hackney Road, 1933-1942
Methodist Chapel, Poplar, 1946-1973
Methodist Chapel, St Johns Square, Clerkenwell, 1949-1952
Methodist Chapel (Welsh), City Road, 1933-1940
Methodist Chapel, Westbridge Road, Battersea, 1960-1967
Methodist Church, Crystal Palace Road, East Dulwich, 1940-1942
Methodist Chapel, Grayshott Road, Lavender Hill, 1938-1939
Methodist Church, Herbert Road, Plumstead, 1935-1968
Methodist Church, Lynwood Road, Tooting, 1947-1967
Methodist Church, Waterloo Road, 1935-1941
Mildmay Park Chapel, Mildmay Park, 1862-1963
New Surrey Chapel, Blackfriars Road, 1924-1943
Packington Street Methodist Chapel, 1947-1964
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Chrisp Street, Bromley, 1907-1925
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Eglinton Hill, Plumstead, 1920-1935
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Furber Street, Hammersmith, 1916-1954
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Kilburn Lane, 1921-1934
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Robert Street, Plumstead, 1900-1965
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Stoke Newington, 1928-1940
Queensway Methodist Hall, Queens Road, 1902-1958
Roupell Park Wesleyan Church, West Norwood, 1907-1966
St Georges Hall and Schools, Old Kent Road, 1906-1955
St James Church, Stanstead Road, Forest Hill, 1908-1966
Southwark Park Methodist Chapel, Bermondsey, 1937-1955
Sutherland Avenue Wesleyan Methodist Church, 1899-1977
The Edinburgh Castle, Rhodeswell Road, Mile End Old Town, 1936-1951
United Methodist Church, High Road, Lee, 1927-1971
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, The Broadway, Streatham, 1889-1966
United Methodist Church, Bruce Road, Bromley, 1925-1940
United Methodist Church, Charlotte Street, Caledonian Road, 1908-1940
United Methodist Church, Fentiman Road, Lambeth, 1932-1976
United Methodist Church, Paradise Road, Clapham, 1910-1935
United Methodist Church, Pembury Grove, Lower Clapton, 1918-1941
United Methodist Church, Walham Grove, Fulham, 1911-1971
Victoria Hall, Woolwich Road, East Greenwich, 1929-1969
Victoria Wesleyan Church, Barrow Hill Road, St Johns Wood, 1905- 1940
Waltham Green Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Fulham Road, 1904-1964
Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Holborn, 1899-1933 (UNFIT for access)
Wesleyan Chapel, Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill, 1924-1939
Wesleyan Chapel, Caledonian Road, Islington, 1867-1915 (UNFIT for access)
Wesleyan Chapel, Camden Street, Camden Town, 1931-1938
Wesleyan Chapel, High Street, Sydenham (Dartmouth Road, Sydenham from 1938), 1918-1945
Wesleyan Chapel, London Street, Greenwich (Central Hall from 1906, West Greenwich Methodist Church from 1935), 1885-1969
Wesleyan Chapel, Wauxhall Walk, 1931-1957
Wesleyan Church, Rushey Green, Catford, 1897-1967
Wesleyan Chapel, Oakley Place, Old Kent Road (later St Georges Methodist Church), 1900-1981
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Brockley Rise, Forest Hill (Honor Oak Park Methodist Church from 1934), 1902-1974
Wesleyan Methodist Central Hall, High Street, Plumstead, 1906-1957
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Danty Street, Hackney Wick, 1909-1935
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Denbigh Road, Westbourne Grove, 1911-1940
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Kitto Road, Nunhead, 1901-1972
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, New Cross Road, 1903-1942
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town, 1922-1964
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, The Avenue, Blackheath, 1866-1945
Wesley Hall, Streatham, 1924-1948
William Street, Methodist Chapel, Woolwich, (Calderwood Methodist Chapel from 1939), 1900-1939
Working Lads Institute, Whitechapel Road, 1905-1906
Methodist Church, Westhorne Avenue, Eltham, 1932-1981
Kingsway Hall, Lesley House, Kingsway, 1931-1980.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchRecords of the Messina Anglican Chaplaincy, Italy, comprising register of baptisms 1902-1908, and private family letters and papers, 1891-1900. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1988.
Messina Anglican Chaplaincy , ItalyMinute book of Church Management Committee and Deacon's Meetings, 1911-1941; minute book of Merton Hall Trustees, 1923-1941, including account of air-raids on Wimbledon and Merton, August 1940, damage to Church and subsequent disposal of property; and correspondence relating to 'New Eltham', ground rent, insurance, and so on, 1911-1912.
Congregational Church of England and WalesRecords, 1848-1984, of the Melanesian Mission, including minute books; correspondence, journals and diaries of pioneer missionaries including R H Codrington and J C Patteson; correspondence of more recent missionaries; logs relating to the Mission vessels including the first 'Southern Cross' log book, 1855. Material relating to the Church of Melanesia includes the proceedings of the Provincial Synod from its inception in 1975, conference reports, and lists of missionaries from the Mission's beginnings to the 1920s. Printed materials include the Southern Cross Log, 1895-1954, 1963-1973, and Annual Reports, 1864-1939 (1917 and 1923 missing). There are also a large number of photographs and manuscript maps of the Diocese of the Melanesian Mission dating from 1875 onwards.
Melanesian MissionLease, mortgage and reconveyance for land and Church buildings on Maze Hill road and Park Street, Greenwich, 1823-1870.
Congregational Church of England and WalesRecords of the Dalston Methodist Church, Mayfield Road, 1943-1956, comprising correspondence and papers concerning war damage and re-building, and leaflet advertising Sunday School anniversary.
Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist ChurchCorrespondence and papers of and relating to Frederick Denison Maurice, c1830-1972, including a letter from Maurice to his mother, 1833; the manuscript, c1830-c1834, of Maurice's novel Eustace Conway (published in three volumes, Richard Bentley, London, 1834); ordination certificates and licences to preach, 1834-1871; various pamphlets by Maurice, 1841-1859, including a letter to Samuel Wilberforce on reasons for not joining a party in the church, 1841, one on education, 1847, and a plan for a female college, 1855; five manuscript letters, undated [? 1843], to Sara Coleridge, daughter of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, on religious subjects and bereavement and commenting on her Essay on Rationalism (1843); King's College London correspondence, comprising letters from Maurice, 1841-1853 and undated, pertaining to teaching, students, academic and College matters, including his professorship of Divinity, 1846, and correspondence between Maurice and Richard William Jelf, Principal of King's College London, to be laid before Council, 1853; printed material including copies of the correspondence between Maurice and Jelf, 1853; manuscript letter from Maurice to 'My dear Friends' via Brooke Lambert on leaving King's, 1853; manuscript letter from J[ulius] C Hare to [Derwent] Coleridge (son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge), 1853, concerning a protest against Maurice's expulsion from his theological professorship at King's College; newspapers and news cuttings on Maurice's dismissal by the Council of King's College, 1853; a copy of Maurice's The Doctrine of Sacrifice (1854), inscribed by him; manuscript letter from Charles Kingsley, 1859, soliciting Maurice's help in finding a curate; engraving of Maurice, 1860; manuscript sermon by Maurice on Proverbs c XII v 20, 'Deceit is in the heart ... ', given at St Peter's, Vere Street, [1860s]; copy of Maurice's The Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven (1864), inscribed to his son J F Maurice. A scrapbook contains two letters from Maurice to Miss Duncan, one dated 1868 and thanking her for a gift; printed obituaries of Maurice, including news cuttings; portraits of Maurice, including a photograph; a printed catalogue of his works; a printed leaflet on the Working Men's College, London, 1872; manuscript notes (not Maurice's) on sermons preached by him; a printed sermon on Maurice by Charles Kingsley, 1873, for an industrial school for girls in Charlotte Street, Portland Place, London (established by Maurice in 1867); manuscript extracts of letters from T[homas] Hughes (the author?) to Maurice. Other printed material comprises articles and sermons on Maurice's death in 1872, and items relating to a dinner held at Lincoln's Inn, 1972, for its centenary. A manuscript letter from Emily Hill to Mrs Shaen, 1872, describes Maurice's death and a manuscript letter from Charles Kingsley to Maurice's widow, 1872, thanks her for a Greek testament. Other memorabilia relate to Maurice, his family, and friends.
Maurice , Frederick Denison , 1805-1872 , theologian and Christian Socialist