Collection LMA/4089 - SOUTHWARK CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BUCKENHAM SQUARE, NEW KENT ROAD, SOUTHWARK

Identity area

Reference code

LMA/4089

Title

SOUTHWARK CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BUCKENHAM SQUARE, NEW KENT ROAD, SOUTHWARK

Date(s)

  • 1928-1939 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.1 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

\qjThe Pilgrim Fathers' Memorial Church on Great Dover Street had a traditional origin in a congregation of Protestant Separatists who met in 1592 'in the house of Roger Rippon in Southwark.' It claimed with more likelihood descent from a congregation which existed in 1616, and from which some of the Pilgrim Fathers emigrated. The congregation moved to a chapel in the New Kent Road in 1863-1864, named the Southwark Park Congregational Church.

The Southwark Park Congregational Church was destroyed by enemy bombing during the Second World War. The Church was replaced by a new multi purpose building on Great Dover Street, the Pilgrim Church House.

Archival history

LMA/4089 1928-1939 Collection 0.1 linear metres Congregational Church of England and Wales

\qjThe Pilgrim Fathers' Memorial Church on Great Dover Street had a traditional origin in a congregation of Protestant Separatists who met in 1592 'in the house of Roger Rippon in Southwark.' It claimed with more likelihood descent from a congregation which existed in 1616, and from which some of the Pilgrim Fathers emigrated. The congregation moved to a chapel in the New Kent Road in 1863-1864, named the Southwark Park Congregational Church.

The Southwark Park Congregational Church was destroyed by enemy bombing during the Second World War. The Church was replaced by a new multi purpose building on Great Dover Street, the Pilgrim Church House.

Received in 1998 (B98/202)

Marriage registers for Southwark Park Congregational Church (Memorial of the Pilgrim Fathers), Buckenham Square, 1928-1939.

Two volumes.

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: Depositor
English

Fit

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

See also LMA/4090

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. January to March 2009 Congregationalists Religious groups Christians Protestants Religions Nonconformists Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Congregationalism Primary documents Church records and registers Information sources Documents Parish records Marriage registers Protestant nonconformists Churches Religion Southwark Congregational Church (Memorial of the Pilgrim Fathers) , Buckenham Square Southwark (district) Southwark London England UK Western Europe Religious buildings Europe Buildings Architecture Legal documents Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received in 1998 (B98/202)

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Marriage registers for Southwark Park Congregational Church (Memorial of the Pilgrim Fathers), Buckenham Square, 1928-1939.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Two volumes.

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: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

See also LMA/4090

Finding aids

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

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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.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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