Collection GB 0074 P97/FRA - SAINT FRANCIS, ELTHAM: HORN PARK, GREENWICH

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 P97/FRA

Title

SAINT FRANCIS, ELTHAM: HORN PARK, GREENWICH

Date(s)

  • 1953-1979 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.67 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Saint Francis, Eltham was originally a daughter church of Saint John the Baptist, Eltham and was used as a mission church until 1962. Between 1946 and 1953, it appears to have been known as Talbot Settlement Number 2 and was located in a temporary structure in Hengist Road.

In 1953, a permanent church, designed by Ralph Covell, opened at the corner of Sibthorpe Road and Hengist Road.

Between 1981 and 2006, the church was leased to Horn Park Community Association.

From 2006, the church was used by the parish of Saint Saviour, Eltham.

Archival history

GB 0074 P97/FRA 1953-1979 Collection 0.67 linear metres Saint Francis, Eltham , Church of England

Saint Francis, Eltham was originally a daughter church of Saint John the Baptist, Eltham and was used as a mission church until 1962. Between 1946 and 1953, it appears to have been known as Talbot Settlement Number 2 and was located in a temporary structure in Hengist Road.

In 1953, a permanent church, designed by Ralph Covell, opened at the corner of Sibthorpe Road and Hengist Road.

Between 1981 and 2006, the church was leased to Horn Park Community Association.

From 2006, the church was used by the parish of Saint Saviour, Eltham.

Deposited in 2013.

Records of the parish of Saint Francis, Eltham, including registers of baptisms (1967 - 1979), marriages (1955 - 1971) and confirmations (1953 - 1968); service registers (1945 - 1972), plan of proposed church, minutes of annual general meetings and church committee meetings, correspondence papers of the Secretary, accounts, balance sheets, papers of the Treasurer.

Arranged by sub-fonds then into series; thereafter files are listed in chronological order by creation date.

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 is held by the depositor.
English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in 2013.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the parish of Saint Francis, Eltham, including registers of baptisms (1967 - 1979), marriages (1955 - 1971) and confirmations (1953 - 1968); service registers (1945 - 1972), plan of proposed church, minutes of annual general meetings and church committee meetings, correspondence papers of the Secretary, accounts, balance sheets, papers of the Treasurer.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged by sub-fonds then into series; thereafter files are listed in chronological order by creation date.

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 is held by the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

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Notes area

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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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    Sources

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