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- 1443-2000 (Creation)
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15 production items.
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The Diocese of Southwark was formed in 1905 and lies in the Church of England Province of Canterbury. The Diocese has jurisdiction over 317 square miles of London south of the River Thames, formerly in the ancient counties of Kent and Surrey, areas which had been in the Diocese of Rochester and vast Diocese of Winchester.
A British fleet took control of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795 and established a garrison in Cape Town.
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GB 0074 CLC/420 1443-2000 Collection 15 production items. Various.
The Diocese of Southwark was formed in 1905 and lies in the Church of England Province of Canterbury. The Diocese has jurisdiction over 317 square miles of London south of the River Thames, formerly in the ancient counties of Kent and Surrey, areas which had been in the Diocese of Rochester and vast Diocese of Winchester.
A British fleet took control of the Cape of Good Hope in 1795 and established a garrison in Cape Town.
Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Collection of Diocesan records; including surveyors plans for City of London properties in the estates of the Diocese of Southwark; precedent and case books for ecclesiastical jurisdiction; baptisms, marriage and burial register for the garrison at the Cape of Good Hope, 1795-1803; transcripts and calendars of various Diocesan records; list of the bishops of London, 1540-1787; and a parish register for Saint Mary's, Leyton, 1575-1783.
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
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.
August to October 2010. Western Europe UK England London Waltham Forest Bishop of London Parish of St Mary , Leyton , Church of England Diocese of London , Church of England Diocese of Southwark , Church of England Religion Law Ecclesiastical law Organisation and management Administration Church administration Dioceses Ecclesiastical districts Clergy Religious groups Bishops Primary documents Church records and registers Legal case records Burial registers Baptism registers Administration of justice Legal procedure Legal precedent Information sources Documents Parish records Marriage registers Europe Cape of Good Hope Province of the Western Cape South Africa Southern Africa City of London Leyton Essex Burial records Legal documents
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Deposited in the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section, which merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
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Collection of Diocesan records; including surveyors plans for City of London properties in the estates of the Diocese of Southwark; precedent and case books for ecclesiastical jurisdiction; baptisms, marriage and burial register for the garrison at the Cape of Good Hope, 1795-1803; transcripts and calendars of various Diocesan records; list of the bishops of London, 1540-1787; and a parish register for Saint Mary's, Leyton, 1575-1783.
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Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
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- English
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- 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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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