Collection LMA/4353 - SAINT JAMES'-AT-BOWES UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, WOOD GREEN

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LMA/4353

Title

SAINT JAMES'-AT-BOWES UNITED REFORMED CHURCH, WOOD GREEN

Date(s)

  • 1871-1943 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

0.71 linear meters

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Biographical history

Saint James's Presbyterian church, Wood Green, was formed in 1875, when the Presbyterian Church of England took over an iron chapel which had been used for four years by the Church of Scotland. There were about 100 members in 1877, when work started on a church in Green Lanes. The new building, of redbrick dressed with Bath stone, was noted for its grandeur. It seated 400 worshippers, apart from those in the galleries, but was soon extended to take 700; in 1902 it had the fourth largest congregation within the London Presbytery and in 1903 Sunday attendances were 585 and 465. In 1950 members united with Bowes Park Congregational church, whose premises they used as the United Church of Saint James-at-Bowes. The former Presbyterian church afterwards served as a warehouse.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 356-364.

Archival history

LMA/4353 1871-1943 Collection 0.71 linear meters Presbyterian Church of England

Saint James's Presbyterian church, Wood Green, was formed in 1875, when the Presbyterian Church of England took over an iron chapel which had been used for four years by the Church of Scotland. There were about 100 members in 1877, when work started on a church in Green Lanes. The new building, of redbrick dressed with Bath stone, was noted for its grandeur. It seated 400 worshippers, apart from those in the galleries, but was soon extended to take 700; in 1902 it had the fourth largest congregation within the London Presbytery and in 1903 Sunday attendances were 585 and 465. In 1950 members united with Bowes Park Congregational church, whose premises they used as the United Church of Saint James-at-Bowes. The former Presbyterian church afterwards served as a warehouse.

From: A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 356-364.

Deposited by the United Reformed Church (URC) History Society in 2001 (B01/024).

Records of Saint James's Presbyterian church, Wood Green, including Court of Session minute books, 1871-1931; Managing Committee minute books, 1879-1931; Annual reports, 1892-1906 and Communicants' roll books, 1895-1943.

This collection consist of records relating to meetings LMA/4353/A, and registers LMA/4353/B.

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: Depositor
English

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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. January to March 2009 Presbyterianism Nonconformists Buildings Architecture Religious buildings Chapels Nonconformist chapels Organisation and management Administration Church administration Religious groups Christians Protestants Protestant nonconformists Presbyterians Protestant nonconformity Protestantism Christianity Ancient religions Religions Religion Churches Saint James's Presbyterian Church , Wood Green x United Church of Saint James-at-Bowes Wood Green Haringey London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited by the United Reformed Church (URC) History Society in 2001 (B01/024).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of Saint James's Presbyterian church, Wood Green, including Court of Session minute books, 1871-1931; Managing Committee minute books, 1879-1931; Annual reports, 1892-1906 and Communicants' roll books, 1895-1943.

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System of arrangement

This collection consist of records relating to meetings LMA/4353/A, and registers LMA/4353/B.

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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.

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Copyright: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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London Metropolitan Archives

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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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  • English

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