Collection ACC/2112 - WANDSWORTH AND FULHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT

Identity area

Reference code

ACC/2112

Title

WANDSWORTH AND FULHAM METHODIST CIRCUIT

Date(s)

  • 1908-1969 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.33 linear metres

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Wandsworth Circuit was created in 1864 out of the old Hammersmith Circuit. It comprised churches in Putney, Wandsworth High Street and Wandsworth Bridge Road. In 1951 it was renamed the Wandsworth and Fulham circuit and was joined by Methodist churches in Munster Park and Fulham. In 1968 a new church was opened in Roehampton. The circuit closed in 1969 and the constituent churches redistributed to the Hammersmith, Richmond and Hounslow, and Broomwood and Clapham circuits

Wandsworth Bridge Road Church, Fulham closed in 1968.

Archival history

These records were brought together by the last Superintendent Minister of the Wandsworth and Fulham circuit, and left in the vestry of Putney Methodist Church.
ACC/2112 1908-1969 Collection 0.33 linear metres Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church

Wandsworth Circuit was created in 1864 out of the old Hammersmith Circuit. It comprised churches in Putney, Wandsworth High Street and Wandsworth Bridge Road. In 1951 it was renamed the Wandsworth and Fulham circuit and was joined by Methodist churches in Munster Park and Fulham. In 1968 a new church was opened in Roehampton. The circuit closed in 1969 and the constituent churches redistributed to the Hammersmith, Richmond and Hounslow, and Broomwood and Clapham circuits

Wandsworth Bridge Road Church, Fulham closed in 1968.

These records were brought together by the last Superintendent Minister of the Wandsworth and Fulham circuit, and left in the vestry of Putney Methodist Church.

Deposited on 13 May 1985 (ACC/2112).

Records of the Wandsworth and Fulham Circuit including papers of Quarterly meetings, 1958-1969; Circuit Steward's account books and day books, 1949-1969; minute book of the Invitation Committee, later the General Purposes Committee, 1959-1969; financial accounts, 1963-1969; papers concerning closure of the Circuit, 1967-1969; papers concerning administration of the Manse and Roehampton Christian Community Centre, 1963-1969; correspondence, 1962-1969; Circuit preaching plans, 1949-1969; Trustees' meetings minute book, 1928-1968 and Sunday School minute book, 1956-1965.

Also year books of the Wandsworth Bridge Road Church, Fulham, Wandsworth Circuit, 1908-1913.

In sections: Wandsworth and Fulham Circuit; Wandsworth Bridge Road Church.

Available for general access.

Copyright: Depositor
English

Fit

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

Records of Putney Methodist Church are deposited in Surrey Record Office, County Hall, Penrhyn Road, Kingston on Thames, KT1 2DN.

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 Nonconformists Organisation and management Administration Religions Church administration Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Methodism Religious groups Christians Protestants Protestant nonconformists Methodists Churches Religion Wandsworth and Fulham Methodist Circuit x Wandsworth Methodist Circuit Wandsworth Bridge Road Church Putney London England UK Western Europe Hammersmith and Fulham Wandsworth (district) Wandsworth Fulham Religious buildings Europe Buildings Architecture Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited on 13 May 1985 (ACC/2112).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records of the Wandsworth and Fulham Circuit including papers of Quarterly meetings, 1958-1969; Circuit Steward's account books and day books, 1949-1969; minute book of the Invitation Committee, later the General Purposes Committee, 1959-1969; financial accounts, 1963-1969; papers concerning closure of the Circuit, 1967-1969; papers concerning administration of the Manse and Roehampton Christian Community Centre, 1963-1969; correspondence, 1962-1969; Circuit preaching plans, 1949-1969; Trustees' meetings minute book, 1928-1968 and Sunday School minute book, 1956-1965.

Also year books of the Wandsworth Bridge Road Church, Fulham, Wandsworth Circuit, 1908-1913.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

In sections: Wandsworth and Fulham Circuit; Wandsworth Bridge Road Church.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Records of Putney Methodist Church are deposited in Surrey Record Office, County Hall, Penrhyn Road, Kingston on Thames, KT1 2DN.

Finding aids

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

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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.

Status

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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