Collection LMA/4295 - PADDINGTON CHAPEL (CONGREGATIONAL)

1.3 linear meters

LMA/4295 1828-1990 Collection 1.3 linear meters Congregational Church of England and Wales

The Paddington Chapel was a Congregational Chapel built in 1813. The building of the church was funded by businessman Thomas Wilson, who supported the building of several churches across the United Kingdom. The church was situated in Saint Marylebone. In 1815 a Sunday School was opened. The Sunday School began to include Writing Classes which developed into a full time Day School, which was open between 1828 and 1874. An attempt was made in 1919 to change the name of the church to "Saint Marylebone Congregational Church" to clear up misunderstandings that it was situated in Paddington, but the decision was made to retain the old name. In 1941 the church was hit by an incendiary bomb but it sustained little damage. The church was closed in the late 1970s and the building was demolished in 1981.

In 1880 the church opened the Earl Street Mission in Lission Grove. By 1907 the Mission was so successful that another hall was purchased in Carlisle Street, although this had to be demolished in 1920. The Mission ran various evangelical and social welfare activities including a Sunday School, Mother's Meetings, Burial Club, Men's Meeting, club for the unemployed and Youth Centre. The Hall was destroyed in an air raid in 1940 and subsequently closed in 1953.

Received in 2001 (B01/056)

Records of the Paddington Chapel (Congregational), including register of baptism, 1853-1859; Deacon's meeting minute books, 1864-1956; Church meeting minutes, [1860]-1954; minutes of other church committees, 1862-1952; papers relating to Chapel membership, 1829-1895; financial accounts, 1870-1990; builders accounts and report on alterations to Chapel and School, 1868-1879; trust deeds and other legal papers relating to properties owned by the church, 1844-1954; letters received by the Chapel, 1867-1872; papers relating to the Sunday School, 1827-1956; issues of the Chapel magazine 'Paddington Monthly', 1908-1930 and 1962-1975; copies of the "Manual for the Church and congregation worshipping in Paddington Chapel", including annual reports and accounts, 1866-1939 (with gaps); printed items including orders of service, 1897-1989 and a history of the Chapel, 1963.

In sections: A: Registers, B: Administration, C: Sunday School and D: Printed Material.

Available for general access.

Copyright: Depositor
English

Fit

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

City of Westminster Archives Centre hold a marriage register for the Paddington Chapel (ref Non-Conformist Registers/Paddington Chapel/1).

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 nonconformity Congregationalism Primary documents Church records and registers Information sources Documents Parish records Baptism registers Religious organizations Sunday schools Religious groups Christians Protestants Nonconformists Organisation and management Administration Church administration Property Church property Protestantism Christianity Ancient religions Religions Congregationalists Protestant nonconformists Churches Religion Paddington Chapel , Old Marylebone Road Paddington London England UK Western Europe City of Westminster Religious buildings Europe Buildings Architecture Religious institutions Nonconformity

Received in 2001 (B01/056)

Records of the Paddington Chapel (Congregational), including register of baptism, 1853-1859; Deacon's meeting minute books, 1864-1956; Church meeting minutes, [1860]-1954; minutes of other church committees, 1862-1952; papers relating to Chapel membership, 1829-1895; financial accounts, 1870-1990; builders accounts and report on alterations to Chapel and School, 1868-1879; trust deeds and other legal papers relating to properties owned by the church, 1844-1954; letters received by the Chapel, 1867-1872; papers relating to the Sunday School, 1827-1956; issues of the Chapel magazine 'Paddington Monthly', 1908-1930 and 1962-1975; copies of the "Manual for the Church and congregation worshipping in Paddington Chapel", including annual reports and accounts, 1866-1939 (with gaps); printed items including orders of service, 1897-1989 and a history of the Chapel, 1963.

In sections: A: Registers, B: Administration, C: Sunday School and D: Printed Material.

Available for general access.

Copyright: Depositor

• English

• Latin

English

City of Westminster Archives Centre hold a marriage register for the Paddington Chapel (ref Non-Conformist Registers/Paddington Chapel/1).

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

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.

• English