Collection GB 0074 P84/HEL - SAINT HELEN, KENSINGTON: SAINT HELEN'S GARDENS, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

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Reference code

GB 0074 P84/HEL

Title

SAINT HELEN, KENSINGTON: SAINT HELEN'S GARDENS, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

Date(s)

  • 1864-1965 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.79 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The first vicar was the Reverend Arthur Delgano Robinson, a prominent local philanthropic clergyman, who also founded Saint Clement's Church. He established a school for the children of the local potteries workers, who were notoriously poverty-stricken.

Saint Helen's was built in 1881 by H. Currey and dedicated on 15th January 1884. The church was hit by a flying bomb and destroyed during World War II and rebuilt during 1954-6 and rededicated on 6th July 1956. The ancillary buildings: the vicarage, church hall, parish room and stores are clustered round the church. The church has an organ case and stained class by Sir J. Ninian Comper, the architect's father, and pews by Richard Norman Shaw which were orginally from Holy Trinity, Latimer Road, Hammersmith. The parish was united with Holy Trinity in 1951. The church has developed a strong tradition for children's and youth work.

In April 2000 the parish boundary was extended to include the Delgano estate with Saint Francis Mission Chapel and Saint Francis House.

Archival history

GB 0074 P84/HEL 1864-1965 Collection 0.79 linear metres Parish of St Helen, Kensington , Church of England

The first vicar was the Reverend Arthur Delgano Robinson, a prominent local philanthropic clergyman, who also founded Saint Clement's Church. He established a school for the children of the local potteries workers, who were notoriously poverty-stricken.

Saint Helen's was built in 1881 by H. Currey and dedicated on 15th January 1884. The church was hit by a flying bomb and destroyed during World War II and rebuilt during 1954-6 and rededicated on 6th July 1956. The ancillary buildings: the vicarage, church hall, parish room and stores are clustered round the church. The church has an organ case and stained class by Sir J. Ninian Comper, the architect's father, and pews by Richard Norman Shaw which were orginally from Holy Trinity, Latimer Road, Hammersmith. The parish was united with Holy Trinity in 1951. The church has developed a strong tradition for children's and youth work.

In April 2000 the parish boundary was extended to include the Delgano estate with Saint Francis Mission Chapel and Saint Francis House.

Records deposited on 14 June 1963. Additional parish records deposited by the vicar on 16 November 1981.

Records of the parish of Saint Helen, Kensington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church services registers; papers relating to parish boundaries; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; register of attendances at Church Boy's Club; faculties and citations relating to church fittings; and deeds and other legal documents relating to parish property.

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

See The Notting Hill & Holland Park Book, Tames, Richard, (2004), LMA Library reference 92.11 NOT; and Survey of London", Volume XXXVII, (1972), LMA Library reference 92.1 GLC.

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 on 14 June 1963. Additional parish records deposited by the vicar on 16 November 1981.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the parish of Saint Helen, Kensington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church services registers; papers relating to parish boundaries; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; register of attendances at Church Boy's Club; faculties and citations relating to church fittings; and deeds and other legal documents relating to parish property.

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

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

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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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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