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- 1894-1905 (Creation)
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0.01 linear metres
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The Congregational Church in Kentish Town was first founded in 1807 in Kentish Town Road. Membership grew rapidly and by the 1840s it was necessary to construct a larger building. The foundation stone of a new building on Kelly Street was laid in November 1847. The new chapel was opened on August 15th 1848. The first chapel was converted into a day school and Sunday School. The Church did not join the United Reformed Church in 1972 when the Congregational Church merged with the Presbyterian Church and remains the Kelly Street Congregational Church.
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N/C/56 1894-1905 Collection 0.01 linear metres Congregational Church of England and Wales
The Congregational Church in Kentish Town was first founded in 1807 in Kentish Town Road. Membership grew rapidly and by the 1840s it was necessary to construct a larger building. The foundation stone of a new building on Kelly Street was laid in November 1847. The new chapel was opened on August 15th 1848. The first chapel was converted into a day school and Sunday School. The Church did not join the United Reformed Church in 1972 when the Congregational Church merged with the Presbyterian Church and remains the Kelly Street Congregational Church.
Deposited 18 March 1965 (AC/65/024), and on 3 April 1975 (AC/75/020).
Counterpart Lease for Land and Church buildings in Church Terrace, Kentish Town, Saint Pancras, 1849; counterpart lease for land in Congregational Church Avenue, Kentish Town, Saint Pancras, 1851; scrapbook containing notes, correspondence, membership cards, newspaper cuttings, programmes and similar, relating to the Church, Sunday School, Christian Endeavour Society, Total Abstinence Union and other Church societies, 1897-1905; Monthly Magazine, 1902-1903.
Property Records; Scrapbook and printed items.
Available for general access.
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English
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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 Christians Protestants Nonconformists Architecture Buildings Religious buildings Chapels Nonconformist chapels Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Congregationalism Europe Western Europe UK England London Camden Kentish Town Kelly Street Congregational Church , Kentish Town Religion Churches Protestant nonconformists Congregationalists Sunday schools Religious groups Religious organizations Church societies Property Church property Religious institutions Nonconformity
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Deposited 18 March 1965 (AC/65/024), and on 3 April 1975 (AC/75/020).
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Counterpart Lease for Land and Church buildings in Church Terrace, Kentish Town, Saint Pancras, 1849; counterpart lease for land in Congregational Church Avenue, Kentish Town, Saint Pancras, 1851; scrapbook containing notes, correspondence, membership cards, newspaper cuttings, programmes and similar, relating to the Church, Sunday School, Christian Endeavour Society, Total Abstinence Union and other Church societies, 1897-1905; Monthly Magazine, 1902-1903.
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Property Records; Scrapbook and printed items.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright: Depositor
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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See LMA/4167 for marriage registers
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- Religious groups » Christians
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- Architecture » Buildings
- Religious buildings
- Religions
- Religions » Ancient religions
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity » Protestantism
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- Religious buildings » Churches
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- Religious institutions
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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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- English