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- 1558-1967 (Creation)
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5.77 linear metres (154 files).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Records deposited in two accessions; in April 1961 and May 1989.
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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.
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Accruals
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Records are arranged in 12 sub-fonds: Incumbent; Churchwardens; Vestry; Constable; Overseers; Surveyors of the Highways; Societies; Charities; Schools; Miscellaneous; Maps; Historical notes.
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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
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
For other records relating to this parish see references ACC/0590 and ACC/0936.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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