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- 1861-1940 (Creation)
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0.15 linear metres
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Biographical history
Canning Town Primitive Methodist Church, Swanscombe Street, later Mary Street, originated in 1853 when members of the 3rd London circuit started mission meetings. A church was built in Swanscombe Street in 1858 and enlarged in 1861. It was included in the new 8th London circuit (1874) and in 1877 a new church, seating over 1,000, was opened in Mary Street. The importance of open-air work was stressed by the erection of a permanent platform on land adjoining the church and by frequent street processions. Mary Street headed the new Canning Town circuit (1881) and in 1903 had the largest Primitive Methodist congregation in West Ham. It was bombed about 1943 and was later demolished.
From: A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), pp. 123-141.
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ACC/1850-5 1861-1940 Collection 0.15 linear metres Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
Canning Town Primitive Methodist Church, Swanscombe Street, later Mary Street, originated in 1853 when members of the 3rd London circuit started mission meetings. A church was built in Swanscombe Street in 1858 and enlarged in 1861. It was included in the new 8th London circuit (1874) and in 1877 a new church, seating over 1,000, was opened in Mary Street. The importance of open-air work was stressed by the erection of a permanent platform on land adjoining the church and by frequent street processions. Mary Street headed the new Canning Town circuit (1881) and in 1903 had the largest Primitive Methodist congregation in West Ham. It was bombed about 1943 and was later demolished.
From: A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6 (1973), pp. 123-141.
Received in 1983 (Acc/1850).
Records of Mary Street Methodist Church, Canning Town, including registers of baptism, 1861-1940; request for a piece of land next to Mary Street Chapel to be registered as a place of worship, 18 Feb 1884 and collection journal and Society Stewards's record, 1930-1940.
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Received in 1983 (Acc/1850).
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Records of Mary Street Methodist Church, Canning Town, including registers of baptism, 1861-1940; request for a piece of land next to Mary Street Chapel to be registered as a place of worship, 18 Feb 1884 and collection journal and Society Stewards's record, 1930-1940.
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Registers; Documentation.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity
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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