Collection GB 0074 P84/MRK - SAINT MARK, NOTTING HILL: SAINT MARK'S ROAD, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 P84/MRK

Title

SAINT MARK, NOTTING HILL: SAINT MARK'S ROAD, KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

Date(s)

  • 1862-1971 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2.65 linear metres

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Biographical history

The church of Saint Mark, Notting Hill, was built in 1863 in the middle of fields west of Ladbroke Grove. The building is in a Gothic style with bands of brick and stone, flying buttresses and a spire. In 1871 the average congregation numbered over 1,000 drawn from 'both the higher middle class and the poor'.

The architect was E. Bassett Keeling and the builders, Dove Brothers. It cost £6,000 and provided 1,486 sittings, 500 of which were free: the Church was consecrated on 27 November 1863. In the Building News of 1869 it was described as 'an atrocious specimen of coxcombry in architecture'. Pevsner naming the architect as Basset Keeling 'with all the ham-fisted ugliness which he commanded. A madly asymmetrical facade with a South West spire and a wild use of multi-coloured brick.'

The building has since been considerably modified.

Archival history

GB 0074 P84/MRK 1862-1971 Collection 2.65 linear metres Parish of St Mark, Notting Hill , Church of England

The church of Saint Mark, Notting Hill, was built in 1863 in the middle of fields west of Ladbroke Grove. The building is in a Gothic style with bands of brick and stone, flying buttresses and a spire. In 1871 the average congregation numbered over 1,000 drawn from 'both the higher middle class and the poor'.

The architect was E. Bassett Keeling and the builders, Dove Brothers. It cost £6,000 and provided 1,486 sittings, 500 of which were free: the Church was consecrated on 27 November 1863. In the Building News of 1869 it was described as 'an atrocious specimen of coxcombry in architecture'. Pevsner naming the architect as Basset Keeling 'with all the ham-fisted ugliness which he commanded. A madly asymmetrical facade with a South West spire and a wild use of multi-coloured brick.'

The building has since been considerably modified.

Records P84/MRK/1 - 174 deposited in 1968. Records P84/MRK/175 - 220 deposited in 1973. Records P84/MRK/221 - 238 deposited in 1973 and 1975. Records P84/MRK/239 - 243 deposited in 1990.

Records of the parish of Saint Mark, Notting Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; church services registers; preachers' books; papers relating to parish boundary changes; orders of service; financial accounts; Churchwardens' records; papers relating to church buildings, fixtures and fittings; records of the Parochial Church Council; papers relating to parish schools; and newsletters.

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

Notting Hill in Bygone Days (Florence Gladstone & Ashley Barker) LMA Library reference 92.11(NOT).
Survey of London Volume 37: North Kensington, LMA Library reference 92.1.
Buildings of England Volume 2 (Pevsner) LMA Library reference 67.0 1952.

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.

April to June 2010. Church architecture Primary documents Church records and registers Religious activities Religious practice Preaching Parish councils Educational institutions Schools Church schools Baptism registers Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Anglicanism Church of England Government Public administration Local government Administrative units Parishes Ecclesiastical parishes Churchwardens records Parish records Marriage registers Information sources Documents Marriage records Banns register Architecture Churches Religious buildings Buildings Church services Churchwardens Laity Religious groups Church of England schools Denominational schools Religion Parish of St Mark , Notting Hill , Church of England Notting Hill Kensington and Chelsea London England UK Western Europe Europe Legal documents Catholicism

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records P84/MRK/1 - 174 deposited in 1968. Records P84/MRK/175 - 220 deposited in 1973. Records P84/MRK/221 - 238 deposited in 1973 and 1975. Records P84/MRK/239 - 243 deposited in 1990.

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Scope and content

Records of the parish of Saint Mark, Notting Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; church services registers; preachers' books; papers relating to parish boundary changes; orders of service; financial accounts; Churchwardens' records; papers relating to church buildings, fixtures and fittings; records of the Parochial Church Council; papers relating to parish schools; and newsletters.

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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