Collection GB 0074 DRO/003 - SAINT MARY, HARROW: CHURCH HILL, HARROW

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 DRO/003

Title

SAINT MARY, HARROW: CHURCH HILL, HARROW

Date(s)

  • 1558-1967 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

5.77 linear metres (154 files).

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

In medieval times Saint Mary's was one of the most important churches in Middlesex. There is a twelfth-century tower with tall octagonal lead spires. The nave was re-built in the thirteenth-century when the rector was Elias de Dereham, the canon of Salisbury. Various additions and embellishments took place under John Byrkhead, rector from 1437 to 1468, then restored heavily in the nineteenth century. Many brasses including a small brass of John Lyons, founder of Harrow School.

Archival history

GB 0074 DRO/003 1558-1967 Collection 5.77 linear metres (154 files). Church of England , Parish of St Mary, Harrow

In medieval times Saint Mary's was one of the most important churches in Middlesex. There is a twelfth-century tower with tall octagonal lead spires. The nave was re-built in the thirteenth-century when the rector was Elias de Dereham, the canon of Salisbury. Various additions and embellishments took place under John Byrkhead, rector from 1437 to 1468, then restored heavily in the nineteenth century. Many brasses including a small brass of John Lyons, founder of Harrow School.

Records deposited in two accessions; in April 1961 and May 1989.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; marriage licences; papers regarding election of churchwardens; churchwarden's papers regarding rates, financial accounts and the maintenance of the church building and churchyard; vestry minutes and notices; papers of the parish beadle; papers of the Overseers of the Poor including financial accounts and papers regarding rating, valuation, settlement, vagrancy, bastardy, apprenticeship, the workhouse and the militia; papers relating to the Surveyors of the Highways; papers relating to social clubs including the Temperance society; papers relating to parish schools; maps of the parish and historical notes.

Records are arranged in 12 sub-fonds: Incumbent; Churchwardens; Vestry; Constable; Overseers; Surveyors of the Highways; Societies; Charities; Schools; Miscellaneous; Maps; Historical notes.

Files DRO/003/A/01/001-020 and DRO/003/A/02/001-009 are not available for consultation, please use microfilms.

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 other records relating to this parish see references ACC/0590 and ACC/0936.

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.

March to April 2010. Social welfare Poor relief Communication process Group communication Meetings Parish meetings Vestry Churchwardens records Overseers records Religious groups Laity Churchwardens Finance Fiscal policy Taxation Local taxation Beadles Parish beadles Associations Organizations Societies Temperance societies Parish councils Baptism registers Religions Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Anglicanism Church of England Government Public administration Local government Administrative units Parishes Ecclesiastical parishes People People by occupation Personnel Local government personnel Overseers of the poor Parish records Marriage registers Information sources Documents Marriage records Banns register Burial registers Church schools Schools Educational institutions Church records and registers Primary documents Churches Religious buildings Buildings Architecture Conferences Religion Parish of St Mary , Harrow , Church of England London England UK Western Europe Europe Harrow (district) Harrow Middlesex Burial records Legal documents Catholicism

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Records deposited in two accessions; in April 1961 and May 1989.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the parish of Saint Mary, Harrow, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; marriage licences; papers regarding election of churchwardens; churchwarden's papers regarding rates, financial accounts and the maintenance of the church building and churchyard; vestry minutes and notices; papers of the parish beadle; papers of the Overseers of the Poor including financial accounts and papers regarding rating, valuation, settlement, vagrancy, bastardy, apprenticeship, the workhouse and the militia; papers relating to the Surveyors of the Highways; papers relating to social clubs including the Temperance society; papers relating to parish schools; maps of the parish and historical notes.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Records are arranged in 12 sub-fonds: Incumbent; Churchwardens; Vestry; Constable; Overseers; Surveyors of the Highways; Societies; Charities; Schools; Miscellaneous; Maps; Historical notes.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Files DRO/003/A/01/001-020 and DRO/003/A/02/001-009 are not available for consultation, please use microfilms.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright for 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 other records relating to this parish see references ACC/0590 and ACC/0936.

Finding aids

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

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Related descriptions

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

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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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

    Sources

    Accession area