Stroud, St Lawrence: Anglican Parish

IDENTITY STATEMENT AREA

Reference code(s): P320

Title: Stroud, St Lawrence: Anglican Parish

Date(s): 1623 - 2000

Level of description: Fonds

Extent and medium of the unit of description: 22 boxes

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Administrative/Biographical history: Diocese of Gloucester; formerly a chapelry in Bisley parish

Archival history: Deposited by Vicar and PCC, except accession 4845, item P320 MI 2/5, which was deposited by the Vicar and PCC of Stroud, Holy Trinity, accession 7634, items P320 MI 25/1-25/13, which was deposited by the Vicar and PCC per Mr L E Hitchins, and items P320a CW 4/1, VE 1/1-1/8, 2/1-2/4 and 3/1-3/6, CO 1/1-1/5, OV 1/1-1/14, 2/1, 3/1, 3/2/1-3/2/4, 3/3/1-3/3/4, 3/5/1-3/5/5, 4/1, 5/1, 7/1, 8/1-8/3 and 9/1, SU 3/1, and CH 1/1 and 2/1, which were deposited by Stroud UDC

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Scope and content: Registers 1624-1976; registers of services 1843-1986; benefice papers 19th-20th cents; churchwardens' accounts 1623-1715; churchwardens' and PCC accounts 1868-1949; churchwardens' papers 1748-c.1987; parish surveys and valuations 1821-1874; vestry minutes 1762-1856; select vestry minutes 1890-1909; church rebuilding committee minutes 1865-1875; inance committee minutes 1912-1959; relief committee minutes 1935-1960; vestry and PCC minutes 1912-1963; vestry papers 1637-1900; overseers' rates 1791-1905; overseers' accounts 1841-1858; overseers' papers 1658-1865; charity accounts 1897-1916; charity papers (1862)-1981; Sunday School teachers' minutes 1860-1885; Stroud Society of Church llringers' minutes 1894-1924 and accounts 1895-1935; Church of England men's society minutes 1906-1967; parish maps 1819-1820; parish magazines 1894-1989; deeds of National School site 1834; Thrupp school building committee accounts 1875-1876; *record of peals rung 1996-2000 (Acc 8801).

Record of note: Ref P320 IN 1/6 (28 Feburary 1789): 'Adam John Parker, Negro, 32, was buried'. Parish Funeral. Another record of note, dated 7 may 1801 (Ref:320 IN 1/6): 'William Ellis, sone of Qualquay Assedew, a Negro of Guinea, aged 12 years, was baptised'.

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Conditions governing access: *THIS COLLECTION CONTAINS SOME UNCATALOGUED OR RESTRICTED ACCESS RECORDS - VIEWING BY APPOINTMENT ONLY; OTHER RECORDS ARE IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR RESEARCH

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Language/scripts of material: English

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Rules or conventions: 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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Interest: Black

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Local government

Personal/Corporate names

Ellis, John

Parker, Adam John

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Gloucestershire, United Kingdom