Collection GB 0074 P85/JS2 - SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE, LAMBETH: KNATCHBULL ROAD, LAMBETH

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 P85/JS2

Title

SAINT JAMES THE APOSTLE, LAMBETH: KNATCHBULL ROAD, LAMBETH

Date(s)

  • 1848-1976 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

1.9 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The site of Saint James the Apostle was donated by James Lewis Minet, who also paid for the construction. Work began in June 1869 and the consecration took place in June 1870. A consolidated chapelry was formed in 1874. The architect was George Low who designed the church in a Decorated Gothic style, using Kentish ragstone and Bath stone.

The Church was closed in 1979 and the benefice has been united with that of Saint John the Divine, Vassall Road, Kennington.

Some information from: 'Myatt's Fields, Denmark Hill and Herne Hill: Introduction and Myatt's Fields area', Survey of London: volume 26: Lambeth: Southern area (1956), pp. 141-145.

Archival history

GB 0074 P85/JS2 1848-1976 Collection 1.9 linear metres Parish of St James the Apostle, Lambeth , Church of England

The site of Saint James the Apostle was donated by James Lewis Minet, who also paid for the construction. Work began in June 1869 and the consecration took place in June 1870. A consolidated chapelry was formed in 1874. The architect was George Low who designed the church in a Decorated Gothic style, using Kentish ragstone and Bath stone.

The Church was closed in 1979 and the benefice has been united with that of Saint John the Divine, Vassall Road, Kennington.

Some information from: 'Myatt's Fields, Denmark Hill and Herne Hill: Introduction and Myatt's Fields area', Survey of London: volume 26: Lambeth: Southern area (1956), pp. 141-145.

Records of St. James the Apostle, Knatchbull Road, Lambeth, deposited in the Greater London Record Office, by the incumbent 27 June 1979.

Records of the parish of Saint James the Apostle, Knatchbull Road, Lambeth, including registers of baptisms, marriages and church services; papers relating to parish income and parish boundaries; parish magazines; Vestry and Parochial Church Council meetings; financial records; papers relating to church buildings; records of parish charities; newspaper cuttings, and photographs.

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.

English

Fit

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

For Saint John the Divine, Vassall Road, see P85/JNA1.

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 of St. James the Apostle, Knatchbull Road, Lambeth, deposited in the Greater London Record Office, by the incumbent 27 June 1979.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the parish of Saint James the Apostle, Knatchbull Road, Lambeth, including registers of baptisms, marriages and church services; papers relating to parish income and parish boundaries; parish magazines; Vestry and Parochial Church Council meetings; financial records; papers relating to church buildings; records of parish charities; newspaper cuttings, and photographs.

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

For Saint John the Divine, Vassall Road, see P85/JNA1.

Finding aids

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

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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.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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