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Date(s)
- 1822-1960 (Creation)
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0.86 linear meters
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Regent Square Presbyterian Church was originally established by a fund set up by the Highland Society of London in 1808 to provide for Gaelic-language worship in London. Its first premises were in what is now Hatton Yard in Hatton Garden and it moved to its current site at the corner of Regent Square and Tavistock Place in 1827. The Church was affiliated to the Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland before joining the Presbyterian Church of England. The church was badly damaged by bombing in World War Two and was remodelled in 1965.
In 1972 when the Presbyterian and Congregationalist churches merged, the Regent Square Presbyterian Church became the Regent Square United Reformed Church. It has subsequently changed its name to the Lumen United Reformed Church. For more historical information see http://www.lumenurc.org.uk/Lumenhistory.htm (last accessed February 2009).
Repository
Archival history
LMA/4358 1822-1960 Collection 0.86 linear meters Presbyterian Church of England
The Regent Square Presbyterian Church was originally established by a fund set up by the Highland Society of London in 1808 to provide for Gaelic-language worship in London. Its first premises were in what is now Hatton Yard in Hatton Garden and it moved to its current site at the corner of Regent Square and Tavistock Place in 1827. The Church was affiliated to the Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland before joining the Presbyterian Church of England. The church was badly damaged by bombing in World War Two and was remodelled in 1965.
In 1972 when the Presbyterian and Congregationalist churches merged, the Regent Square Presbyterian Church became the Regent Square United Reformed Church. It has subsequently changed its name to the Lumen United Reformed Church. For more historical information see http://www.lumenurc.org.uk/Lumenhistory.htm (last accessed February 2009).
Deposited by the United Reformed Church (URC) History Society in 2001 (B01/024).
Annual reports, 1847-1927; Trustees minute book, 1825-1848; Literary Society minute book, 1904-1910; British Women's Temperance Association minute book, 1916-1919; Communicants' roll book, 1933-1946; Disjunction certificate book, 1937-1949; Register of baptisms, 1822-1856; Register of baptisms (including the Caledonian Church, Cross Street, Hatton Garden), 1826; Register of baptisms, 1827-1840; Young Men's Association register, 1841-1911; scrap book regarding the National Scotch Church, 1823-1960 and scrap book regarding events at Regent Square, 1860-1893.
This collection consists of records relating to meetings LMA/4358/A, registers LMA/4358/B, and correspondence and church records LMA/4358/C.
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
Fit
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
See also LMA/4303/E for some records relating to Regent Square Presbyterian Church Literary Society and LMA/4147 for marriage registers.
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 Organizations Associations Societies Literary societies Primary documents Church records and registers Information sources Documents Parish records Baptism registers Cultural identity Cultural nationalism National identity British Scottish Nonconformists Architecture Buildings Religious buildings Chapels Nonconformist chapels Organisation and management Administration Church administration Religious groups Christians Protestants Protestant nonconformists Presbyterians Church societies Religious organizations Presbyterianism Protestant nonconformity Protestantism Christianity Ancient religions Religions Churches Religion Regent Square Presbyterian Church x Regent Square United Reformed Church x Lumen United Reformed Church Holborn London England UK Western Europe Camden Regent Square Bloomsbury Hatton Garden Europe Religious institutions
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by the United Reformed Church (URC) History Society in 2001 (B01/024).
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Annual reports, 1847-1927; Trustees minute book, 1825-1848; Literary Society minute book, 1904-1910; British Women's Temperance Association minute book, 1916-1919; Communicants' roll book, 1933-1946; Disjunction certificate book, 1937-1949; Register of baptisms, 1822-1856; Register of baptisms (including the Caledonian Church, Cross Street, Hatton Garden), 1826; Register of baptisms, 1827-1840; Young Men's Association register, 1841-1911; scrap book regarding the National Scotch Church, 1823-1960 and scrap book regarding events at Regent Square, 1860-1893.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
This collection consists of records relating to meetings LMA/4358/A, registers LMA/4358/B, and correspondence and church records LMA/4358/C.
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
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
See also LMA/4303/E for some records relating to Regent Square Presbyterian Church Literary Society and LMA/4147 for marriage registers.
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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- Organizations
- Organizations » Associations
- Documents » Primary documents
- Information sources
- Documents
- Cultural identity
- Cultural identity » Cultural nationalism
- Cultural identity » Cultural nationalism » National identity
- Architecture
- Architecture » Buildings
- Religious buildings
- Administration
- Religious groups
- Religious groups » Christians
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity » Protestantism
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity
- Religions » Ancient religions
- Religions
- Religious buildings » Churches
- Religion
- Religious institutions
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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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Language(s)
- English