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Title
Date(s)
- 1868-1969 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
3.99 linear metres
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Saint Stephen's Church was built within a year in 1866-1867 and consecrated on 10th January 1867. It was designed by Joseph Peacock. A temporary church on the east side of Gloucester Road had opened in early 1866. The church became 'higher' after the 1870's and by 1900 was firmly Anglo-Catholic in character and was remodelled in the early 1900's to reflect this. Poet TS Eliot served as churchwarden at Saint Stephen's for twenty-five years. The church has a memorial plaque to him.
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Archival history
GB 0074 P84/STE 1868-1969 Collection 3.99 linear metres Parish of St Stephen, Kensington , Church of England
Saint Stephen's Church was built within a year in 1866-1867 and consecrated on 10th January 1867. It was designed by Joseph Peacock. A temporary church on the east side of Gloucester Road had opened in early 1866. The church became 'higher' after the 1870's and by 1900 was firmly Anglo-Catholic in character and was remodelled in the early 1900's to reflect this. Poet TS Eliot served as churchwarden at Saint Stephen's for twenty-five years. The church has a memorial plaque to him.
Records deposited in 1991 and 1994.
Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Kensington, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and banns.
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.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Survey of London, Volume XLII, (1986), LMA Library reference: 92.1 GLC. The Kensington Book, Starren, Carolyn, (2006), LMA Library reference 92.1 STA.
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. Public administration Local government Administrative units Parishes Ecclesiastical parishes Architecture Buildings Religious buildings Churches Marriage records Banns register Parish records Marriage registers Information sources Documents Primary documents Church records and registers Government Church of England Anglicanism Protestantism Christianity Ancient religions Religions Baptism registers Religion Parish of St Stephen , Kensington , Church of England Kensington London England UK Western Europe Europe Kensington and Chelsea Legal documents Catholicism
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Records deposited in 1991 and 1994.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Kensington, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages and banns.
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.
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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
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English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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- Government » Public administration
- Government » Public administration » Local government
- Architecture
- Architecture » Buildings
- Religious buildings
- Religious buildings » Churches
- Information sources
- Documents
- Documents » Primary documents
- Government
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity » Protestantism
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity
- Religions » Ancient religions
- Religions
- Religion
- Religions » Ancient religions » Christianity » Catholicism
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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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Language(s)
- English