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Date(s)
- 1568-1986 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
15.37 linear metres (387 documents).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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- Communication process
- Communication process » Group communication
- Religions
- Religions » Ancient religions
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity » Protestantism
- Religious institutions
- Government
- Government » Public administration
- Government » Public administration » Local government
- Information sources
- Documents
- Documents » Primary documents
- Religious buildings » Churches
- Religious buildings
- Architecture » Buildings
- Architecture
- Finance » Fiscal policy » Taxation
- Finance » Fiscal policy
- Finance
- Communication process » Group communication » Conferences
- Religion
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity » Catholicism
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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