Collection GB 0074 P93/DUN - SAINT DUNSTAN AND ALL SAINTS, STEPNEY: RECTORY SQUARE, TOWER HAMLETS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 P93/DUN

Title

SAINT DUNSTAN AND ALL SAINTS, STEPNEY: RECTORY SQUARE, TOWER HAMLETS

Date(s)

  • 1568-1986 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

15.37 linear metres (387 documents).

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

There has been a church on the site since at least the tenth century, when the original Saxon church was rebuilt by order of Dunstan, the Bishop of London, who was canonised in 1029. The church was renamed after him. The present church dates mostly to an enlargement and restoration carried out in the fifteenth century. The church was the only one in Stepney for many years, until a whitewashed chapel was constructed at Whitechapel in the thirteenth century, after which many more churches were built in the area and the parish of Saint Dunstan decreased in size.

Archival history

GB 0074 P93/DUN 1568-1986 Collection 15.37 linear metres (387 documents). Parish of St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney , Church of England

There has been a church on the site since at least the tenth century, when the original Saxon church was rebuilt by order of Dunstan, the Bishop of London, who was canonised in 1029. The church was renamed after him. The present church dates mostly to an enlargement and restoration carried out in the fifteenth century. The church was the only one in Stepney for many years, until a whitewashed chapel was constructed at Whitechapel in the thirteenth century, after which many more churches were built in the area and the parish of Saint Dunstan decreased in size.

Records deposited by the Rector, 12 January 1956, 8 March 1967, 10 March 1977, 25 June 1977, and 15 October 1984. Additional records (P93/DUN/384/1-34) were deposited by the Archivist, Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives, 5 April 1988. Volume P93/DUN/385/1 was transferred by the LCC Record Keeper from the records of Stepney Board of Guardians, March 1953.

Records of the parish of Saint Dunstan and All Saints, Rectory Square, Stepney, including registers of baptisms, banns, marriages and burials; tithes books; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; minutes of the Rural Deanery of Stepney; papers of parochial charities; newspaper cuttings; photographs and newsletters.

The records have been sorted into categories which reflect divisions between the different functions and operations of the parish and its administration. Order within these categories reflects chronology.

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 to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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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.

April to June 2010. Baptism registers Communication process Group communication Meetings Parish meetings Vestry Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Anglicanism Church of England Religious institutions Religious organizations Religious charities Government Public administration Local government Administrative units Parishes Ecclesiastical parishes Parish records Marriage registers Information sources Documents Marriage records Banns register Burial registers Parish councils Church records and registers Primary documents Churches Religious buildings Buildings Architecture Tithe records Tithes Taxation Fiscal policy Finance Conferences Religion Parish of St Dunstan and All Saints , Stepney , Church of England Tower Hamlets London England UK Western Europe Europe Stepney Burial records Legal documents Catholicism

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited by the Rector, 12 January 1956, 8 March 1967, 10 March 1977, 25 June 1977, and 15 October 1984. Additional records (P93/DUN/384/1-34) were deposited by the Archivist, Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives, 5 April 1988. Volume P93/DUN/385/1 was transferred by the LCC Record Keeper from the records of Stepney Board of Guardians, March 1953.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the parish of Saint Dunstan and All Saints, Rectory Square, Stepney, including registers of baptisms, banns, marriages and burials; tithes books; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; minutes of the Rural Deanery of Stepney; papers of parochial charities; newspaper cuttings; photographs and newsletters.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The records have been sorted into categories which reflect divisions between the different functions and operations of the parish and its administration. Order within these categories reflects chronology.

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 to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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