Collection GB 0074 DRO/109 - SAINT LAWRENCE, LITTLE STANMORE: SAINT LAWRENCE CLOSE, HARROW

3.9 linear metres

GB 0074 DRO/109 1559-1993 Collection 3.9 linear metres St Lawrence Church, Little Stanmore , Church of England

The parish of Little Stanmore dates back before 1200. The church of St Lawrence, otherwise known as St Lawrence Whitchurch, was first recorded as having been appropriated by St Bartholomew's Priory. The church was acquired by the Lake family of Little Stanmore in 1552. They built up the fortunes of the parish as trustees, setting up a charitable foundation in 1680 and building almshouses and a free school. By the eighteenth century the church had been inherited by the Duke of Chandos who appointed John James to rebuild it between 1714-1720. It is said that Handel played the church organ at the height of his career, while staying with the Duke nearby. Notable ministers of the church include John Theophilus Desaguliers, a Huguenot refugee who preferred natural philosophy to his church duties; he invented the planetarium. The population of the parish grew considerably during the 1920's and 30s with the coming of the underground railway to Stanmore. A separate parish (All Saints, Queensbury) was constituted from the southern part of Little Stanmore in 1932, following boundary changes.

Source: 'Little Stanmore: Church', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 5: Hendon, Kingsbury, Great Stanmore, Little Stanmore, Edmonton Enfield, Monken Hadley, South Mimms, Tottenham (1976), pp. 122-124 (available online).

Deposited in two accessions, February and September 1996.

Records of Saint Lawrence Church, Little Stanmore, including baptism, marriage, burial, banns and confirmation registers; registers of services; papers regarding tithes; papers regarding land ownership; papers relating to the maintenance and decoration of the church buildings; financial accounts; Church Council minutes; papers relating to charities including almshouses and the Free School; and parish magazines.

In two series: DRO/109-1: Parish Registers; DRO/109-2: Parish Records.

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 for these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit.

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

For records relating to property please see reference ACC/0195.

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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Deposited in two accessions, February and September 1996.

Records of Saint Lawrence Church, Little Stanmore, including baptism, marriage, burial, banns and confirmation registers; registers of services; papers regarding tithes; papers regarding land ownership; papers relating to the maintenance and decoration of the church buildings; financial accounts; Church Council minutes; papers relating to charities including almshouses and the Free School; and parish magazines.

In two series: DRO/109-1: Parish Registers; DRO/109-2: Parish Records.

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 for these records rests with the depositor.

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• latin

English

For records relating to property please see reference ACC/0195.

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

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.

• anglais