Collection N/C/19 - NEW TABERNACLE, OLD STREET, SHOREDITCH AND HOXTON ACADEMY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, FANSHAWE STREET, SHOREDITCH

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N/C/19

Title

NEW TABERNACLE, OLD STREET, SHOREDITCH AND HOXTON ACADEMY CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, FANSHAWE STREET, SHOREDITCH

Date(s)

  • 1834-1958 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

0.56 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The New Tabernacle Congregational Church, Old Street, was founded in 1832. It was called the 'new' Tabernacle church to distinguish it from the Methodist Tabernacle at nearby Moorfields, which had been founded in 1732. it was closed in 1950.

Hoxton Academy was a training school for Congregational ministers, founded in 1782. The school moved to the Hoxton premises in 1791 and remained there until moving to Highbury in 1826 and becoming Highbury College. The Hoxton Academy Chapel was a mission church founded by the New Tabernacle Church.

Archival history

N/C/19 1834-1958 Collection 0.56 linear metres Congregational Church of England and Wales

The New Tabernacle Congregational Church, Old Street, was founded in 1832. It was called the 'new' Tabernacle church to distinguish it from the Methodist Tabernacle at nearby Moorfields, which had been founded in 1732. it was closed in 1950.

Hoxton Academy was a training school for Congregational ministers, founded in 1782. The school moved to the Hoxton premises in 1791 and remained there until moving to Highbury in 1826 and becoming Highbury College. The Hoxton Academy Chapel was a mission church founded by the New Tabernacle Church.

Received in two accessions in 1964 and 1965 (AC/064/48 and AC/065/24).

Records 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.

Registers; Minute Books; Financial; Trustees.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright: Depositor
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 Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Congregationalism Religious organizations Church societies Primary documents Church records and registers Religious groups Christians Protestants Nonconformists Architecture Buildings Religious buildings Chapels Nonconformist chapels Organisation and management Administration Church administration Property Church property Information sources Documents Parish records Marriage registers Ancient religions Religions Congregationalists Protestant nonconformists Churches Religion New Tabernacle Congregational Church , Old Street Hoxton Academy Congregational Church Hoxton Hackney London England UK Western Europe Shoreditch Europe Religious institutions Legal documents Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in two accessions in 1964 and 1965 (AC/064/48 and AC/065/24).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records 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.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Registers; Minute Books; Financial; Trustees.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

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London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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