Collection LMA/4114 - RALEIGH MEMORIAL CHAPEL, ALBION ROAD, STOKE NEWINGTON

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Reference code

LMA/4114

Title

RALEIGH MEMORIAL CHAPEL, ALBION ROAD, STOKE NEWINGTON

Date(s)

  • 1927-1939 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

0.1 linear metres

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Biographical history

The Congregational Chapel Building Society purchased an extensive site in Milton Road, South Hornsey, in 1851 and 1855, which was sold to Harecourt chapel, Islington, in 1859. Services and Sunday school began in 1860. An iron chapel seating 560 opened south of the school in 1867. Membership increased from 14 (1861) to 114 (1867). The chapel was declared independent of it parent foundation, Harecourt chapel, in 1872. A permanent chapel of red brick with stone dressings in Gothic style by John Sulman opened on a new site at the junction of Milton Road with Albion Grove in 1880 and was registered as the Raleigh Memorial Chapel in 1881. The Chapel accommodated 1,000 and contained a lecture hall seating 600, Sunday schools, and a library. The Chapel was damaged during the Second World War, and reopened in 1954.

Source: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 211-215.

Archival history

LMA/4114 1927-1939 Collection 0.1 linear metres Congregational Church of England and Wales

The Congregational Chapel Building Society purchased an extensive site in Milton Road, South Hornsey, in 1851 and 1855, which was sold to Harecourt chapel, Islington, in 1859. Services and Sunday school began in 1860. An iron chapel seating 560 opened south of the school in 1867. Membership increased from 14 (1861) to 114 (1867). The chapel was declared independent of it parent foundation, Harecourt chapel, in 1872. A permanent chapel of red brick with stone dressings in Gothic style by John Sulman opened on a new site at the junction of Milton Road with Albion Grove in 1880 and was registered as the Raleigh Memorial Chapel in 1881. The Chapel accommodated 1,000 and contained a lecture hall seating 600, Sunday schools, and a library. The Chapel was damaged during the Second World War, and reopened in 1954.

Source: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 8: Islington and Stoke Newington parishes (1985), pp. 211-215.

Received in 1998 (B98/202).

Marriage registers for Raleigh Memorial Chapel, Albion Road, Stoke Newington, 1927-1939.

Two volumes.

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
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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 Congregationalists Religious groups Christians Protestants Nonconformists Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Congregationalism Primary documents Church records and registers Information sources Documents Parish records Marriage registers Protestant nonconformists Churches Religion Raleigh Memorial Chapel , Stoke Newington Stoke Newington London England UK Western Europe Hackney Religious buildings Europe Buildings Architecture Legal documents Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1998 (B98/202).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Marriage registers for Raleigh Memorial Chapel, Albion Road, Stoke Newington, 1927-1939.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Two volumes.

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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.

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Copyright: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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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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