Collection GB 0074 ACC/2450 - SURREY TABERNACLE BENEFIT SOCIETY

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 ACC/2450

Title

SURREY TABERNACLE BENEFIT SOCIETY

Date(s)

  • 1866-1977 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

2.59 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Surrey Tabernacle Benefit Society was formed in 1843 to provide sickness and death benefit for men and death benefits for their wives. The Surrey Tabernacle was a Baptist church in Borough Road, and later in Wansey Street, Walworth. Those receiving benefit had to declare that they were believers in the Christian doctrines of God's Free and Sovereign Grace. The Society was dissolved in 1973.

Archival history

GB 0074 ACC/2450 1866-1977 Collection 2.59 linear metres Surrey Tabernacle Benefit Society

The Surrey Tabernacle Benefit Society was formed in 1843 to provide sickness and death benefit for men and death benefits for their wives. The Surrey Tabernacle was a Baptist church in Borough Road, and later in Wansey Street, Walworth. Those receiving benefit had to declare that they were believers in the Christian doctrines of God's Free and Sovereign Grace. The Society was dissolved in 1973.

The records came to the Greater London Record Office via the Strict Baptist Historical Society, in July 1987.

Records of the Surrey Tabernacle Benefit Society, including Management Committee minutes; subscriptions and benefits books; sick pay books; audited accounts; register of deaths; correspondence; and death benefit nominations.

ACC/2450/001-010: Minutes; ACC/2450/011-041: Financial; ACC/2450/042-052: Administrative.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Fit

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

Annual reports of the Surrey Tabernacle Benefit Society are in the custody of the Librarian of the Strict Baptist Historical Society, see http://www.strictbaptisthistory.org.uk/contact.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.

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The records came to the Greater London Record Office via the Strict Baptist Historical Society, in July 1987.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Surrey Tabernacle Benefit Society, including Management Committee minutes; subscriptions and benefits books; sick pay books; audited accounts; register of deaths; correspondence; and death benefit nominations.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

ACC/2450/001-010: Minutes; ACC/2450/011-041: Financial; ACC/2450/042-052: Administrative.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Annual reports of the Surrey Tabernacle Benefit Society are in the custody of the Librarian of the Strict Baptist Historical Society, see http://www.strictbaptisthistory.org.uk/contact.htm.

Finding aids

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

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Description control area

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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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Language(s)

  • English

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