Collection GB 0074 P82/GIS - SAINT GILES IN THE FIELDS, HOLBORN: SAINT GILES HIGH STREET, CAMDEN

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 P82/GIS

Title

SAINT GILES IN THE FIELDS, HOLBORN: SAINT GILES HIGH STREET, CAMDEN

Date(s)

  • 1727-1912 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

13.7 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Saint Giles in the Fields originated in a leper hospital founded in 1101 by Queen Matilda. The chapel at the hospital came to serve locals as well as patients, and continued to serve this parochial role even after the closure of the hospital in 1539. A new church was constructed in 1623, however, this suffered structural damage from excessive burials in the churchyard, and in 1711 a new church was proposed under the Act for Fifty New Churches. The building was finished in 1733 and has changed little since then.

Archival history

GB 0074 P82/GIS 1727-1912 Collection 13.7 linear metres Parish of St Giles in the Fields, Holborn , Church of England

Saint Giles in the Fields originated in a leper hospital founded in 1101 by Queen Matilda. The chapel at the hospital came to serve locals as well as patients, and continued to serve this parochial role even after the closure of the hospital in 1539. A new church was constructed in 1623, however, this suffered structural damage from excessive burials in the churchyard, and in 1711 a new church was proposed under the Act for Fifty New Churches. The building was finished in 1733 and has changed little since then.

Records of St Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, transferred from the records of St Sepulchre, City of London, October 1956. Records of Holborn parishes, transferred from the records of the Boards of Guardians to the London County Record Office, 6 October 1954 (P82/GIS/2-4). Further records of St Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, transferred from the records of the Boards of Guardians to the London County Record Office, 28 June 1961 (P82/GIS/5). Records of St Giles-in-the-Fields and St George Bloomsbury Way, Holborn, transferred from the records of the Holborn Board of Guardians, November 1972 (P82/GIS/6 - 167).

Records relating to civil functions of the parish of Saint Giles in the Fields, Holborn, including settlement examinations, orders of removal inwards and outwards, apprenticeship indentures, reception orders for lunatics, and papers relating to the workhouse including minutes of Heston Workhouse Committee.

Records arranged in one series: P82/GIS-1: Parish Records.

Available for general access.

Copyright for these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit.

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

Further records can be found at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, reference P/GF and P/GG.

See 60.531 (ST.GI).

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.

March to April 2010. Training methods Apprenticeship Poor law apprenticeships Social welfare Poor relief Removal orders from parish People People by occupation Personnel Local government personnel Overseers of the poor Information sources Documents Settlement records Removal orders Removal orders to parish Architecture Buildings Workhouses Parish records Settlement examinations Overseers records Lunatics People by roles Parish of St Giles in the Fields , Holborn , Church of England Holborn London England UK Western Europe Europe Camden Primary documents

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records of St Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, transferred from the records of St Sepulchre, City of London, October 1956. Records of Holborn parishes, transferred from the records of the Boards of Guardians to the London County Record Office, 6 October 1954 (P82/GIS/2-4). Further records of St Giles-in-the-Fields, Holborn, transferred from the records of the Boards of Guardians to the London County Record Office, 28 June 1961 (P82/GIS/5). Records of St Giles-in-the-Fields and St George Bloomsbury Way, Holborn, transferred from the records of the Holborn Board of Guardians, November 1972 (P82/GIS/6 - 167).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records relating to civil functions of the parish of Saint Giles in the Fields, Holborn, including settlement examinations, orders of removal inwards and outwards, apprenticeship indentures, reception orders for lunatics, and papers relating to the workhouse including minutes of Heston Workhouse Committee.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records arranged in one series: P82/GIS-1: Parish Records.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright for these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Further records can be found at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, reference P/GF and P/GG.

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

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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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