Collection LMA/4307 - LYNDHURST ROAD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, HAMPSTEAD

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LMA/4307

Title

LYNDHURST ROAD CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, HAMPSTEAD

Date(s)

  • 1883-1955 (Creation)

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0.08 linear meters

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Biographical history

Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church, Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, originated in services held in an iron building on Willoughby Road in 1876. A church with around 60 members was formed in 1880. By 1883 membership had risen to 220 and the iron church often held 600 in a space designed for 440. 4 members of the church bought land on Rosslyn Grove estate, keeping part of the land to build a new church and selling on the remaining land to finance the construction. Theologian Robert F. Horton became the full time minister in 1884, remaining until 1930. He was an influential writer and preacher, whose Sunday night lectures drew many working men. The new church, seating 1,500, was opened in 1884. A lecture hall and school were added later. Membership was 1,276 in 1913 but fell to 1,000 during the First World War and to 613 in 1939. In 1972 the church became United Reformed when the Presbyterian and Congregational churches merged. The church was closed in 1978.

Source: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington (1989), pp. 153-158.

Archival history

LMA/4307 1883-1955 Collection 0.08 linear meters Congregational Church of England and Wales

Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church, Rosslyn Hill, Hampstead, originated in services held in an iron building on Willoughby Road in 1876. A church with around 60 members was formed in 1880. By 1883 membership had risen to 220 and the iron church often held 600 in a space designed for 440. 4 members of the church bought land on Rosslyn Grove estate, keeping part of the land to build a new church and selling on the remaining land to finance the construction. Theologian Robert F. Horton became the full time minister in 1884, remaining until 1930. He was an influential writer and preacher, whose Sunday night lectures drew many working men. The new church, seating 1,500, was opened in 1884. A lecture hall and school were added later. Membership was 1,276 in 1913 but fell to 1,000 during the First World War and to 613 in 1939. In 1972 the church became United Reformed when the Presbyterian and Congregational churches merged. The church was closed in 1978.

Source: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9: Hampstead, Paddington (1989), pp. 153-158.

Received in 2001 (B01/082).

Records of Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church, Hampstead, comprising Church manuals including reports and Ministers addresses, 1883-1891; Lyndhurst Road Church news sheet, 1935 and Lyndhurst Hall report, 1954-1955.

Chronological.

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London
English

Fit

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

Camden Archives hold records for Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church, Hampstead, including register of marriages October 1939 - November 1976; Yearbooks 1883-1918, 1922-1931, 1934/35, 1936, 1961, 1966; newsletters 1890-1947 (gaps); histories, lists of ministers, etc.

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 Protestant nonconformists Congregationalists Christians Religious groups Protestants Nonconformists Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Congregationalism Organisation and management Administration Church administration Religion Churches Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church , Hampstead x Lyndhurst Road United Reformed Church Hampstead London England UK Western Europe Camden Religious buildings Europe Buildings Architecture Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 2001 (B01/082).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church, Hampstead, comprising Church manuals including reports and Ministers addresses, 1883-1891; Lyndhurst Road Church news sheet, 1935 and Lyndhurst Hall report, 1954-1955.

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Accruals

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Chronological.

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Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: City of London

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Camden Archives hold records for Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church, Hampstead, including register of marriages October 1939 - November 1976; Yearbooks 1883-1918, 1922-1931, 1934/35, 1936, 1961, 1966; newsletters 1890-1947 (gaps); histories, lists of ministers, etc.

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London Metropolitan Archives

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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

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