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Recent acquisitions


New acquisitions at London Metropolitan Archives

London Metropolitan Archives exists to find, collect, preserve and make accessible the records of London’s rich past history and of its vibrant and diverse present.  We take in and look after the records of London Local Government as well as material that relates to the Greater London area and the City of London.

We are frequently offered records to add to our collections.  We consider each offer of records carefully to decide whether they are worthy of long-term preservation in an archive and, if so, whether LMA is the right place for them.  For more information about our collecting policy please see our policies page

Details of new acquisitions are provided annually to the National Archives, the highlights of which are summarised on their website http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/accessions/ 

Latest acquisitions news

All Hallows, Barking by the Tower: City of London (accession reference: B11/073)

Collecting the records from All Hallows, Barking by the Tower LMA has been talking to the parish of All Hallows, Barking by the Tower about its records for a number of years and the parish recently decided to deposit its archive here. All Hallows by the Tower was founded as a church by the Saxon Abbey of Barking in 675 and therefore considerably predates its imposing neighbour, the Tower of London. The records deposited at LMA are 6 metres of archives dating back to 1452. The deposit also includes various records from Saint Dunstan in the East. This church was first built in 1100 and was heavily bombed in the Second World War. After the war it was not rebuilt and the parish was united with that of All Hallows Barking by the Tower.

The records include parish registers from 1558, vestry minutes from 1629, churchwardens’ accounts from 1628, preachers’ books, legal records and inventories. There are also records relating to the ‘Greate Blowe’ of 1649 where a gunpowder explosion killed 67 residents of the parish.

Although the deposit has not yet been catalogued, the early parish registers, vestry minutes and churchwardens’ accounts can be accessed on microfilm in LMA’s Information Area. Once the collection has been fully catalogued, the original vestry minutes and churchwardens’ accounts will probably be available for consultation.

Epping Forest – glass plate negatives (accession reference: B11/057)

Epping Forest glass plate negatives LMA has recently acquired a collection of 38 glass plate negatives of Epping Forest produced by the photographer Herbert Darlow Wootton between 1912 and 1920.  These beautiful images complement our existing collection of material related to Epping Forest (catalogue reference CLA/077) and capture the area as it was nearly 100 years ago.  Epping Forest has been under the protection of the City of London since 1878, and remains to this day the largest publicly owned open space in the London area. 

Access by appointment only

Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Congregation (accession ref: B07/085)

Bevis Marks Synagogue, City of London This impressive collection consists of over 44 metres of the Congregation’s archives dating from the mid 17th century, relating to the Bevis Marks Synagogue in the City of London and other Congregation Synagogues including on an international level and organisations including the Spanish and Portuguese Jews’ Hospital.

The records include minutes of the Elders, Yehidim, Mahamad, Beth Holim and Committees and Conferences and the Welfare Board and financial accounts as well as birth, marriage, burial and circumcision registers.  Marriage records from 1811, some burial registers and other more recent records have been retained by the Congregation for regular consultation. The records can be accessed with prior written permission from the Congregation.

 

For more information or advice on depositing records or to access these records please contact:


London Metropolitan Archives
40 Northampton Road
London
EC1R 0HB

Tel: 020 7332 3820
Fax: 020 7833 9136
email: ask.lma@cityoflondon.gov.uk

 


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