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P93/CTC1/001 Register of baptisms Jul 1729 - Jul Not available for general access 1763 Please use microfilm X095/621; X024/001 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/002 Register of baptisms Jul 1763-Jul Unfit 1795 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X095/621; X024/001 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/003 Register of baptisms Aug 1795-Dec Unfit 1812 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/001 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/004 Register of baptisms Jan 1813-Jun Not available for general access 1819 Please use microfilm X024/001 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/005 Register of baptisms Jun 1819-Mar Not available for general access 1825 Please use microfilm X024/002 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/006 Register of baptisms Mar 1825-Sep Unfit 1830 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/002 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/007 Register of baptisms Sep 1830-Jan Not available for general access 1836 Please use microfilm X024/002 Please use microfilm LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 2 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/008 Register of baptisms Jan 1836-Jan Unfit 1843 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/002 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/009 Register of baptisms Jan 1843-Jul Unfit 1855 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/003 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/010 Register of baptisms Jul 1855-Aug Not available for general access 1865 Please use microfilm X024/003 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/011 Register of baptisms Aug 1865-Nov Unfit 1878 Not available for general access Please use microfilms X024/003; X081/042 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/012 Register of baptisms Nov 1878-Apr Not available for general access 1898 Please use microfilm X081/042 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/013 Register of marriages Jul 1729-Sep Not available for general access 1761 Please use microfilm X024/004 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/014 Register of marriages Oct 1761-Mar Not available for general access 1783 Please use microfilm X024/004 Please use microfilm LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 3 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/015 Register of marriages Mar 1783-Dec Unfit 1795 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/005 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/016 Register of marriages Dec 1795-Dec Unfit 1805 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/005 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/017 Register of marriages Dec 1805-Dec Unfit 1812 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/005 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/018 Register of marriages Jan 1813-Aug Unfit 1818 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/006 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/019 Register of marriages Aug 1818-Dec Unfit 1823 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/006 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/020 Register of marriages Dec 1823-May Unfit 1828 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/006 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/021 Register of marriages Jun 1828-Jun Unfit 1837 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/007 Please use microfilm LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 4 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/022 Register of marriages Jul 1837-May Not available for general access 1840 Please use microfilm X024/007 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/023 Register of marriages May 1840-Aug Not available for general access 1843 Please use microfilm X024/007 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/024 Register of marriages Aug 1843-Apr Not available for general access 1846 Please use microfilm X024/008 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/025 Register of marriages Apr 1846-Dec Not available for general access 1848 Please use microfilm X024/008 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/026 Register of marriages Dec 1848-Feb Not available for general access 1852 Please use microfilm X024/008 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/027 Register of marriages Mar 1852-May Not available for general access 1856 Please use microfilm X024/008 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/028 Register of marriages May 1856-Dec Not available for general access 1860 Please use microfilm X024/008; X099/242 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/029 Register of marriages Dec 1860-Apr Not available for general access 1865 Please use microfilm X024/009 Please use microfilm LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 5 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/030 Register of marriages Apr 1865-Jul Not available for general access 1871 Please use microfilm X024/009 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/031 Register of marriages Jul 1871-Jun Not available for general access 1876 Please use microfilms X024/009; X081/043 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/032 Register of marriages Jun 1876-Jan Not available for general access 1881 Please use microfilm X081/043 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/033 Register of marriages Jan 1881-Oct Not available for general access 1884 Please use microfilm X081/043 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/034 Register of marriages Oct 1884-Oct Not available for general access 1888 Please use microfilm X081/044 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/035 Register of marriages Oct 1888-Apr Not available for general access 1893 Please use microfilm X081/044 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/036 Register of marriages Apr 1893-Dec Not available for general access 1902 Please use microfilm X081/044 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/037 Register of banns of marriage Jul 1761-Jan Not available for general access 1773 Please use microfilm X024/009 Please use microfilm LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 6 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/038 Register of banns of marriage Jan 1773-Jun Not available for general access 1780 Please use microfilm X024/009 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/039 Register of banns of marriage Jun 1780-Oct Not available for general access 1792 Please use microfilm X024/010 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/040 Register of banns of marriage Oct 1792-Nov Not available for general access 1805 Please use microfilm X024/010 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/041 Register of banns of marriage Nov 1805-Aug Not available for general access 1821 Please use microfilm X024/011 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/042 Register of banns of marriage Aug 1821-Dec Unfit 1833 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/011 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/043 Register of burials Jul 1729-Mar Unfit 1747/8 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/012 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/044 Register of burials Mar 1748-Sep Unfit 1764 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/012 Please use microfilm LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 7 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/045 Register of burials Sep 1764-Dec Unfit 1812 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/012 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/046 Register of burials Jan 1813-May Unfit Includes P93/CTC1/046B: Part of stamp office 1819 Not available for general access ticket for hiring horse for 28 days Please use microfilm X024/012 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/047 Register of burials May 1819-Aug Not available for general access 1825 Please use microfilm X024/013 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/048 Register of burials Aug 1825-Apr Unfit 1831 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/013 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/049 Register of burials Apr 1831-Apr Unfit 1836 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/013 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/050 Register of burials Apr 1836-Jan Unfit 1842 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/013 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/051 Register of burials Jan 1842-Nov AT RISK: NOT AVAILABLE FOR 1847 CONSULTATION Please use microfilm X024/014 Please use microfilm LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 8 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/052 Register of burials Nov 1847-May Unfit 1851 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X024/014 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/053 Register of burials May 1851-Jul Not available for general access 1852 Please use microfilm X024/014 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/054 Register of burials Jul 1852-Feb Not available for general access 1859 Please use microfilm X024/014 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/206 Banns book (1861-1869) Not available for general access Please use microfilm X097/425 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/207 Banns book Nov (1869) Unfit -Nov 1877 Not available for general access Please use microfilm X097/425 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/208 Banns book Nov 1877-Dec Not available for general access 1883 Please use microfilm X097/426 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/209 Banns book Nov 1883-Dec Not available for general access 1890 Please use microfilm X097/426 Please use microfilm LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 9 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/210 Banns book Dec 1890-Feb Not available for general access 1897 Please use microfilm X097/426 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/211 Banns book Jan 1897-Jul Not available for general access 1899 Please use microfilm X097/426 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/212 Banns book Jul 1899-Aug Not available for general access 1911 Please use microfilm X097/426 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/213 Register of baptisms Apr 1898-Apr Not available for general access 1916 Please use microfilm X095/653 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/214 Register of baptisms Apr 1916-Feb Not available for general access 1961 Please use microfilm X095/666 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/215 Register of marriages Dec 1902-May Not available for general access 1928 Please use microfilm X095/697 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/216 Register of marriages Jun 1928-Jul Not available for general access 1938 Please use microfilm X095/697 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/217 Register of marriages Jul 1938-Jun Not available for general access 1949 Please use microfilm X095/697 Please use microfilm LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 10 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/218 Register of marriages Nov 1949-Sep Not available for general access 1964 Please use microfilm X095/697 Please use microfilm
P93/CTC1/218/A Register of marriages Sep 1964-Jul 1 volume 1998
P93/CTC1/219 Register of confirmations May 1929-Nov Confirmations at Christ Church, Spitalfields; 1991 Christ Church with All Saints, Buxton St; Saint Paul's Cathedral; Saint Dunstan's; Saint Mary's; Whitechapel; Saint Anne's, Limehouse; Saint James the Less, Bethnal Green; Saint John's, Highbury Grove
P93/CTC1/220 Register of confirmations Oct 1995 2 entries only
P93/CTC1/221 Banns book 1911 Aug - 1 volume 1930 Jun
P93/CTC1/222 Banns book 1930 Jun - 1 volume 1945 May
P93/CTC1/223 Banns book 1945 Jun - Includes an entry for May 1985 written on scrap 1984 Sept paper pinned into the volume. 1 volume
P93/CTC1/224 Banns certificate stubs 1974 Jul - 1 booklet 1984 Feb
P93/CTC1/225 Confirmation candidates 1910 Mar - Front cover missing and some damage to the 1964 Jul first few pages, leading to loss of some information. 1 booklet Church Buildings and Churchyard
P93/CTC1/056 Bargain and sale and copy of site of church and 6 Nov 1713 yard From Mrs Anne Heath and others to Commissioners, with plan LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 11 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/057 Bargain and sale and copy of site of church and 6 Nov 1713 yard From Mrs Anne Heath and others to Commissioners, with plan
P93/CTC1/058 Bargain and sale and copy of site of church and 6 Nov 1713 yard From Mrs Anne Heath and others to Commissioners, with plan
P93/CTC1/059 Assignment of part of churchyard site 6 Nov 1713 From Williams Gwavas, Charles Wood and Simon Michell to Commissioners. Recites deeds from 1701 onwards
P93/CTC1/060 Deed Poll (and copy) 8 Jan 1724/5 By Commissioners for building churches declaring Spitalfields Church a Parish Church, and defining boundaries. Plan included
P93/CTC1/061 Deed Poll (and copy) 8 Jan 1724/5 By Commissioners for building churches declaring Spitalfields Church a Parish Church, and defining boundaries. Plan included
P93/CTC1/062 Certified copy (1753) of Deed Poll 8 Jan 1724/5
P93/CTC1/063 Plan of plot of paving ground at corner of Red n.d. (18th c.) Lion Street and Church Street With note that 'north' and 'south' transposed
P93/CTC1/064 Lease for 60 years of ground fronting houses in 8 May 1764 Church Street From Churchwardens to Sarah Cooper, Hackney, widow; abstract prepared for MLR enclosed
P93/CTC1/065 Hand-in-Hand Insurance Policy on house on 20 Oct 1761 west side of Crispin Street
P93/CTC1/066 Insurance policies on 3 Wood Street May 1892-Sep Occupied by Church Army as Labour Home, 1892 and on No 4 Wiles Street; schedules of fittings, etc. LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 12 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/067 Insurance policies on 3 Wood Street May 1892-Sep Occupied by Church Army as Labour Home, 1892 and on No 4 Wiles Street; schedules of fittings, etc.
P93/CTC1/068 Counterpart lease for 21 years of French 11 Sep 1777 Chapel and Vestry Room, Browns Lane Richard Michell, St George of Hanover Square, Esq, to John Le Souef, Weaver, James Guillet, Peruke maker (both of Christchurch), Peter Merzeau, Throwster, Whitechapel, John Baptist Herbert, Old Artillery ground, Weaver, and Abraham Ogier, Hackney, gent.
P93/CTC1/069 Lease for 14 years and 9 months of former 1 Mar 1787 French church called La Patente, now German chapel, Browns Lane With schedule and inventory
P93/CTC1/070 Lease and release of German chapel 29 Dec 1790 -30 Dec 1790
P93/CTC1/071 Copy act of naturalisation of John Christian 2 Jul 1801 Ubele
P93/CTC1/072 Lease and release of German chapel 25 Sep 1801 To JC Ubele and George Gottlob Adolff -26 Sep 1801
P93/CTC1/073 Conveyance in Trust Of former German chapel, 16 Nov 1846 now Baptist chapel Michael Nash and Catherine, his wife (nee Ubele) to Thomas Rider Rawlings
P93/CTC1/074 Documents relating to Chancery suit, Rawlings Sep 1857-Dec v Nash 1857
P93/CTC1/075 Conveyance and copy of chapel from TR 31 Dec 1857 Rawlings to James Edwards and John Wells
P93/CTC1/076 Conveyance of 1/3 share in chapel, from James 15 Apr 1858 Edwards to William Stubbins
P93/CTC1/077 Conveyance of 1/3 share in chapel, from James 15 Apr 1858 Edwards to John Wells LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 13 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/078 Conveyance of Brown's Lane Chapel on trust 21 Jun 1862 for United Methodist Free Churches James Edwards to Chapel Trustees
P93/CTC1/079 Mortgage of chapel 24 Jun 1862 Trustees to Mrs Elizabeth Jones. Endorsements 1865 and 1881
P93/CTC1/080 Certificate of United Methodist Free Church, Jan 1885 Hanbury Street (formerly Brown's Lane) as place of worship
P93/CTC1/081 Copy trust deed of Hanbury Street chapel 7 Nov 1887 Conveyed by Methodists to Preb. RC Billing, rector of Christ Church, 22 Jan 1881
P93/CTC1/082 Copy memorandum n.d. (post 1905 Lodged with Charity Commissioners about ) raising money for premises in Hanbury Street
P93/CTC1/083 Lease for 63 years of ground in Thomas Street, 27 Mar 1747 Mile End New Town, St Dunstan's Stepney Earl of Halifax to John Radburne, St Botolph Aldgate, Sailcloth maker. With plan
P93/CTC1/084 Lease for 60 years of three adjacent plots of 11 Oct 1749 land in Stepney Lord Castlemaine to John Radburne, Minories, Sailcloth maker. With plan
P93/CTC1/085 Copy will and probate of Ann Radburne, widow Dec 1752-Jun Beneficiaries include mother Katherine, and 1753 brother's daughter, Jane Saunders, spinster. Property in Coverless Fields, Stepney, Rotherhithe, Vine Street, City of London, Arthur Street; and reference to Hall Close, Cricklade, Wilts
P93/CTC1/086 Lease for 50 years of ground and premises in 25 Jan 1754 Thomas Street, Stepney Executors of Ann Radburne, widow of John Radburne, to Trustees for building workhouse for Christ Church parish. With plan. Endorsed with deed poll of conveyance by Jane Saunders, 23 Dec 1755 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 14 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/087 Copy will and probate of Jane Saunders, Aug 1759-Sep spinster 1759 Estate in Coverless Fields, Middx, and Windmill King, Cricklade
P93/CTC1/088 Mortgage of property in Thomas Street 29 Jun 1778 Mary Saunders, widow, and daughters Sarah and Catherine, spinsters, to Thomas Barnes New Castle Street, Whitechapel, bricklayer
P93/CTC1/089 Assignment of property 26 Mar 1783 Sarah and Catherine Saunders and Thomas Barnes to John Griffiths, Brick Lane, apothecary
P93/CTC1/090 Agreement by John Griffiths to sell to 30 Mar 1798 churchwardens
P93/CTC1/091 Assignment in trust of property 1 Nov 1798 John Griffiths to churchwardens of Christ Church, Spitalfields
P93/CTC1/099 Plan of church, churchyard and rectory n.d. (19th c.)
P93/CTC1/100 Bills and vouchers for restoration works in 1822-1823 church
P93/CTC1/101 Draft printed appeal after disastrous fire in (1836) church With list of subscribers and names of special committee
P93/CTC1/102 Printed statement of receipts and expenditure (1836) for repair of church after fire
P93/CTC1/103 Printed circulars 1865 Relating to plans for repairing, cleansing and altering church by Ewan Christian
P93/CTC1/104 Estimates, vouchers and sketches for various Dec 1865-Sep works to be carried out in church 1866
P93/CTC1/105 Faculty for repewing and altering church 23 May 1866 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 15 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/106 Faculty licensing Infant School Room in Booth 8 Jun 1866 Street, Spitalfields, as temporary church during closure of Christ Church
P93/CTC1/107 Order in Council authorising filling in of 'coffins 2 Feb 1867 now unenclosed beneath the parish church of Spitalfields'
P93/CTC1/108 Faculty for removal of body of Elizabeth Ann 14 May 1867 Tyler to North London Cemetery
P93/CTC1/109 Agreement to keep church clock in repair 20 Aug 1867 Benjamin Richard Moore and Josiah Moore, Clerkenwell Close, clockmakers
P93/CTC1/110 Inventory of church plate given at beginning of 1895 19th c. to replace stolen original collection
P93/CTC1/111 Draft deed of covenant and agreement 1858-1859 Between proprietors of the Seven Stars Public House, Brick Lane, and rector and churchwardens about windows overlooking churchyard
P93/CTC1/112 Faculty for converting burial ground into open 18 Jun 1859 space
P93/CTC1/113 Copy case and opinion about churchyard 1873
P93/CTC1/114 Notices about opening tenders, contract and bill 1873 for new gates, railways, etc., around churchyard Contractor Walter Poole, 28-30 Booth Street, Spitalfields
P93/CTC1/115 Specifications of works by F Le Rossignol, Nov 1879 architect and surveyor, 1 Gresham Buildings, Basinghall Street, for repaying part of churchyard
P93/CTC1/116 Correspondence about Metropolitan Public 1891 Gardens Association's proposal to lay out former churchyard as public garden LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 16 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/117 Agreement between rector and Earl of Meath 20 Oct 1891 on proposal to lay out former churchyard as -21 Oct 1891 public garden
P93/CTC1/226 Repairs to Christ Church 1946 - 1954 Including correspondence, estimates for war damage repair, and report on structural condition. 1 file
P93/CTC1/227 Restoration of Christ Church 1955 - 1983 Including correspondence, reports, circulars, and papers relating to temporary church accommodation at Hanbury Street. 1 file
P93/CTC1/228 Faculties 1965 - 1989 Including faculties for repairs to stonework and roof, 1965; provision of ramp, 1979; redevelopment of the Crypt, 1983, including removal of human remains; new railings and pavements, 1989; and repairs to clock and clock tower, 1989. Also correspondence relating to faculties. 1 file
P93/CTC1/229 Restoration of Christ Church 1958 - 1959; File of Reverend E Stride's correspondence 1976 - 1979 relating to the restoration work, including fundraising. Includes some correspondence, 1958-59, relating to the closure of the church and the removal to another location. 1 file
P93/CTC1/230 Report on the nave furnishings and fittings, and 1983 Nov the floor in the nave and north and south aisles Prepared by architects Whitfield Partners of Cromwell Place, SW7. Considers the Victorian pew platforms in the nave and aisles and the floors beneath them, and the possibility of restoring the eighteenth century pew platforms. Includes plans and historical research. 1 booklet (spiral bound, A4) LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 17 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/231 Report on the memorial inscriptions in Christ 1983 Nov Church Prepared by architects Whitfield Partners of Cromwell Place, SW7. Transcribes the inscriptions on the monuments and memorial tablets in the church and crypt, and describes the memorials in the church. 1 booklet (spiral bound, A4)
P93/CTC1/232 Installation of disabled persons' lift 1987 - 1988 Includes fundraising, correspondence regarding planning permission, and plans. 1 booklet (spiral bound, A4)
P93/CTC1/233 Use of church as an emergency evacuation 1993 - 1994 point by nearby offices 1 file
P93/CTC1/234 Secondary uses of Christ Church 1992 - 1995 Correspondence and arrangements with organisations wishing to use the church for filming, as a photographic backdrop, and for concerts and festivals. Includes the Spitalfields Festival and the film "Mary Reilly". 1 file
P93/CTC1/235 Faculty for work to the south side steps 1997 - 2000 Including correspondence. 1 file
P93/CTC1/236 Faculty for work to the galleries 1998 - 1999 Including correspondence. 1 file
P93/CTC1/237 Faculty for external stonework repairs 1999 - 2000 1 file
P93/CTC1/238 Secondary uses of Christ Church 2000 Notes on the wish to promote secondary uses of the Church - for filming, arts, charity launches - and the difficulties of promoting the building while it is still being restored. 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 18 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/239 Photographs of church furnishings and fittings [1995 - 2000] Undated colour photographs of wooden furniture including predieu, tables, lectern, altar, organ case, bookcases and chair. Also some pictures of displays inside the church and scaffolding. 1 envelope
P93/CTC1/240 Chamber Organ 1990 - 2002 Correspondence relating to the maintenance and use of the chamber organ (made by William Sprague, c. 1830). 1 file
P93/CTC1/241 Title deeds for 22 Hanbury Street 1881 - 1887 22 Hanbury Street was initially known as the Hanbury Street Chapel. The documents comprise conveyance of chapel and premises, March 1881; conveyance, January 1887; conveyance, January 1887 and trust deed, November 1887. 1 file
P93/CTC1/242 Maintenance and redevelopment of 22 Hanbury 1958 - 1987 Street (church hall) Includes papers relating to the use of the hall as a temporary church during the closure of Christ Church, and conversion to a community centre after the reopening of the Church. Also some research notes about the early use of the church hall, particularly as a venue attended by Charles Dickens. 1 file
P93/CTC1/243 Proposals to redevelop 22 Hanbury Street 1974 - 1978 (church hall) Proposals to redevelop the hall as offices, in order to fund restoration work at Christ Church. 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 19 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/244 Maintenance and redevelopment of 22 Hanbury 1986 - 1989 Street (church hall) Includes repairs to chimney stacks, and proposals for redevelopment as a community centre, with plan. Also sketch plan of the interior of the hall when it was used as the Brown's Lane United Methodist Free Church, drawn by someone who attended the church from 1860 (Brown's Lane was renamed Hanbury Street). 1 file
P93/CTC1/245 Paintings illustrating Dickens, from 22 Hanbury 1975 - 1977 Street (church hall) The Hanbury Street Church Hall was used as a venue for readings by Charles Dickens. Paintings illustrating his works were glued to the window shutters in the hall. In 1975-77 these were removed, restored and exhibited. File includes research into the paintings and the Dickens connection, and photographs of some of the paintings. 1 file
P93/CTC1/246 Maintenance of The Rectory, 2 Fournier Street 1957 - 1984 Includes plans and a photograph of the staircase. 1 file
P93/CTC1/247 Correspondence with the Borough of Tower 1972 - 1985 Hamlets Relating to tree preservation, damage caused by tree felling, damage caused by a falling lamp -post, and direction signs. 1 file
P93/CTC1/248 Erection of public lavatories in Christ Church 1951 - 1958 gardens Correspondence and plans. 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 20 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/249 Papers relating to the churchyard 1970, 1998 Deed with the Borough of Tower Hamlets -1999, 2002 confirming the boundary of the churchyard, 1970; papers relating to the maintenance of the churchyard and the use of part of it as a playground, 1998-99; and papers relating to First World War memorial in the churchyard, 2002, including plan. 1 file
P93/CTC1/433 Development of 22 Hanbury Street and the 1956 - 1978 church hall on Buxton Street Correspondence and reports. 1 file
P93/CTC1/434 Appeal against removal of coffee stall from 1977 - 1984 outside the church 1 file Civil Functions: Overseers of the Poor
P93/CTC1/092 Act 26 George II c. 98, for erection of n.d. workhouse
P93/CTC1/093 Act 18 George III c. 74, amending Act 26 n.d. George II c. 98, for erection of workhouse
P93/CTC1/094 Act 24 George III c. 60, regulating raising of n.d. money for poor relief
P93/CTC1/095 Act 37 George III c. 79, amending items 92 and 6 Jun 1797 93
P93/CTC1/096 General order from Poor Law Board re. 16 Mar 1854 collecting and accounting for rates
P93/CTC1/097 Order to Whitechapel Union from Poor Law 13 Sep 1856 Board rescinding earlier order about appointment of collectors
P93/CTC1/098 Correspondence with Poor Law Board and 1857-1861 Solicitors, and memoranda Over actions Brushfield v Baynton (a collector) and Hyman v Imray Church Personnel LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 21 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/118 List of afternoon Lecturers, 1729-1856 n.d. (c. 1885)
P93/CTC1/119 Copy of Archdeacon's deed of institution of Rev 15 Feb 1856 John Patteson as rector
P93/CTC1/120 Copy of Archdeacon's deed of institution of Rev 26 Jul 1857 Samuel Bardsley
P93/CTC1/121 Certificate of Rev CH Chard having made 26 Jul 1911 declarations etc., before Bishop
P93/CTC1/122 Copy stipendiary curate's licence, Rev FP 29 Sep 1940 Sprackling
P93/CTC1/123 Table of fees due to rector, wardens, parish 24 Jul 1729 clerk and sexton
P93/CTC1/124 Bond not to serve as parish clerk 15 Mar 1787
P93/CTC1/125 Bond not to serve as parish clerk 16 Oct 1812
P93/CTC1/126 Bond not to serve as parish clerk 1 Nov 1822
P93/CTC1/127 Bond not to serve as parish clerk 24 Feb 1843
P93/CTC1/128 Printed notice of duties of vestry clerk 1853-1854
P93/CTC1/129 Newspapers advertising vacancy for vestry Mar 1859 clerk
P93/CTC1/130 Copies of vestry resolutions 1848-1858 Correspondence and bond relating to Mr Thomas Brushfield's appointment as Vestry Treasurer and Poor Rate Collector
P93/CTC1/131 Printed list of parish officers 1840
P93/CTC1/132 Printed list of parish officers and charities 1858 With two amended copies
P93/CTC1/133 Printed list of vestrymen and overseers of poor 1857 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 22 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/134 Correspondence, bond, drafts and sundry 1848-1858 papers Relating to Chancery action involving James Baynton, poor rate collector
P93/CTC1/250 Copy of licence for Colin Scott Jee to serve as 1957 curate One document
P93/CTC1/251 Appointment of lay church worker 1959 Agreement to employ Miss P M Harrison. One document
P93/CTC1/252 Correspondence regarding staff matters 1980 - 1987 Not available for general access Including employment of woman lay worker to work amongst the Bengali community. One file
P93/CTC1/253 Staff review and job descriptions 2001 Not available for general access One file Parish Organisations: Schools
P93/CTC1/159 Table of dates and events affecting schools and n.d. (c. 1880) Churchyard, 1787-1871
P93/CTC1/160 Rector's consent to parishioners' application for n.d. (1782) charity school
P93/CTC1/161 Faculty for building schools on south-west 4 May 1782 corner of churchyard
P93/CTC1/162 Lease and copy for 99 years of ground in Angel 13 Apr 1908 Court, Red Lion Street, with part of Charity School thereon Robert Ladbroke, Pall Mall, Esq., to Rector and Schools Trustees
P93/CTC1/163 Lease for 61 years of National Schools and 27 May 1819 premises in Quaker Street Granville Hastings Wheler, Otterden Place, Kent, and the surviving executors of will of Rev John Tattersall, to rector of Christ Church, etc.
P93/CTC1/164 Copy deed poll relating to school site 1914 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 23 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/165 Questionnaire containing summary of 1895 particulars relating to Parochial and National Schools
P93/CTC1/166 Copy application to Board of Education under 1903 Sec. II of Education Act Contains information about schools
P93/CTC1/167 List of Committee managing Parochial Schools 1869
P93/CTC1/168 Schedule or deeds relating to schools 1908
P93/CTC1/169 Faculty for erection of schools at east end of 7 Jul 1869 churchyard
P93/CTC1/170 Contract and specification of works by Tolley 20 Jun 1873 and Dale, architects, 13 Angel Court, Bank
P93/CTC1/171 Vouchers for work carried out 1873-1874
P93/CTC1/172 Vouchers for work carried out 1875-1877
P93/CTC1/173 Builders and Architect's accounts for repairs Aug 1930-Nov carried out 1930 Geo. Leonard Russell, architect, 16 Basinghall Street, EC2
P93/CTC1/174 Schools correspondence 1870-1911
P93/CTC1/176 Case for counsel's opinion giving relevant dates 1849 in schools' history, post 1713
P93/CTC1/176A-B Application and copy to Charity Commission for 1868-1869 advice on scheme
P93/CTC1/177 Documents relating to Chancery case: Recital 1851-1853 of records post 1708
P93/CTC1/178 Documents relating to Chancery case: Balance 1868-1872 sheets of Parochial and National schools Includes 1865866, statement on amalgamation of schools, rules and regulations and some copies of earlier Chancery proceedings LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 24 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/179 Draft instructions on foundation of scholarship 1875
P93/CTC1/180 Copy order in Chancery respecting funds in 27 Sep 1923 Court
P93/CTC1/181 Statement of Parish Solicitor's cost 1858-1859
P93/CTC1/182 Correspondence, bills and receipts relating to 1870-1875 funds
P93/CTC1/183 Particulars of Trust Funds and Charities 1873-1877 benefiting schools
P93/CTC1/184 Extracts from wills containing bequests to 1775-1816 schools
P93/CTC1/185 Education Department's acceptance of Eliza 1 Dec 1870 Smith as pupil teacher With summary of Inspector's Report on school
P93/CTC1/186 Summary of Inspector's Report on school 27 Oct 1871
P93/CTC1/187 Lease for 7 years of Wentworth Street School 31 May 1879 rooms John and Lewis Levy, Rochester and Thomas Troughton, Gravesend, to rector
P93/CTC1/188 Copy conveyance of ground in Wheeler Street 26 May 1871 as site for St Stephen's schools Great Eastern Railway Company to Vicar and wardens of St Stephen's Spitalfields
P93/CTC1/189 Fourth annual Report of Whitechapel District 1859-1860 Board of Works
P93/CTC1/190 Bill before Parliament for better protection of 1903 vagrant children
P93/CTC1/191 Charity Commissioners' scheme 1880 For better administration of Turner's Free School, Primrose Street, St Botolph, Bishopsgate LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 25 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/254 Attendance register 1954 Not available for general access 1 volume
P93/CTC1/255 Extension or redevelopment of school 1968 - 1969 1 file
P93/CTC1/256 Head teachers' reports 1979 - 1987 With some correspondence and minutes of meetings of the heads and governors of church schools in the Stepney area, including debate regarding non-Christian and immigrant pupils. 1 file
P93/CTC1/257 Building works to extend the school 1983 - 1989 1 file
P93/CTC1/258 Building works to extend the school : plans 1983 - 1984 Prepared by Charles Pike and Partners. 1 file
P93/CTC1/259 Correspondence 1984 - 1987 Including items relating to the school extension building works, planning permission, and the needs of Muslim pupils attending church schools. 1 file
P93/CTC1/260 Correspondence 1985 - 1989 Including items relating to the school extension building works, and photographs of celebrations for the 1989 anniversary of the founding of the school. 1 file Church Services/Work of Clergy
P93/CTC1/193 Preacher's book Apr 1890-Dec 1898
P93/CTC1/194 Preacher's book Jan 1899-Dec 1902
P93/CTC1/195 Preacher's book Jan 1903-Aug 1906 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 26 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/196 Preacher's book Aug 1906-May 1910
P93/CTC1/197 Preacher's book May 1910-Apr 1914
P93/CTC1/198 Preacher's book Apr 1914-May 1917
P93/CTC1/199 Preacher's book May 1917-Dec 1920
P93/CTC1/200 Preacher's book Dec 1920-Jan 1925
P93/CTC1/201 Preacher's book Jan 1925-Dec 1937
P93/CTC1/201/A Register of Services Apr 1984-Feb 1 volume 1998
P93/CTC1/261 Preacher's book 1871 - 1876 1 volume
P93/CTC1/262 Register of services 1938 - 1965 1 volume
P93/CTC1/263 Register of services 1966 - 1976 1 volume
P93/CTC1/264 Register of services 1976 - 1984 1 volume
P93/CTC1/265 Papers of the Incumbent for sharing with the 1953 - 1958 PCC 1 file
P93/CTC1/266 Correspondence of Reverend B W M Berdoe 1953 - 1954 Including evangelical and social welfare work within the parish. 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 27 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/267 Correspondence of Reverend B W M Berdoe 1952 - 1959 Including social welfare work within the parish, donations from other parishes, and evangelical work. 1 file
P93/CTC1/268 Correspondence of Reverend B W M Berdoe 1957 Not available for general access Relating to finding new housing for a family living in sub-standard accommodation. 1 file
P93/CTC1/269 Annual report by Reverend B W M Berdoe 1958 Not available for general access Includes manuscript draft and correspondence with PCC. 1 file
P93/CTC1/270 Billy Graham Evangelical Crusade inquirers 1955 Not available for general access information cards Cards containing name and address details of people inspired to affirm their faith during a Billy Graham Crusade meeting. The cards were sent to the parish priest for follow-up. 1 file
P93/CTC1/271 Correspondence of Reverend E Stride 1979, 1987 - Including repair of clock, installation of lift for 1989 disabled access, use of the church by film production companies and theatre groups, and general parish administration. 1 file
P93/CTC1/272 Correspondence of Reverend E Stride 1988 - 1989 Including use of the church by film production companies and theatre groups, and general parish administration. 1 file
P93/CTC1/273 Correspondence of Reverend E Stride 1970 - 1982 Relating to the removal of defunct bells from the tower at Christ Church and installation of bells from the church of St Stephen Clapham Park, under the supervision of members of the Royal Society of Cumberland Youths. 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 28 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/274 Correspondence of Reverend P Bowtell 1991 - 1996 With Christ Church, Ware, which was linked to Christ Church, Spitalfields and gave financial support. 1 file
P93/CTC1/275 Correspondence of Reverend P Bowtell 1991 - 1999 With various churches linked to Christ Church and supporting them through financial gifts, preaching and visits. Includes Christ Church, Ware; All Saints, Laleham; the parishes of Cudham and Downe, Kent and the parish of Ashtead, Surrey. 1 file
P93/CTC1/276 Orders of service 1982 - 2001 Comprising carol services, confirmation service, and Easter services. 1 file Parish Administration
P93/CTC1/202 Vestry and Parochial Church Council minute Apr 1901-Mar book 1923
P93/CTC1/277 Parochial Church Council minute book 1947 May - Including Easter Vestry meeting. 1954 Apr 1 volume
P93/CTC1/278 Parochial Church Council minute book 1954 Apr - Including Easter Vestry meeting. 1971 Jul 1 volume
P93/CTC1/279 Parochial Church Council minute book 1971 Oct - Including Easter Vestry minutes. 1983 Mar 1 volume
P93/CTC1/280 Parochial Church Council minute book 1983 Jun - Including Easter Vestry minutes. 1991 Jun 1 volume
P93/CTC1/281 Parochial Church Council minutes 1991 Jan - These seem to be the vicar's copies. 1999 Mar 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 29 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/282 Parochial Church Council minutes 1998 Aug - 1 file 2002 Sep
P93/CTC1/283 Parish Electoral Rolls 1987 - 2001 1 file
P93/CTC1/284 Minutes, reports and agendas for the Easter 1987, 1991 - Vestry (Annual General Meeting) 1992 1 file
P93/CTC1/285 Minutes, reports and agendas for the Easter 1993 - 1997 Vestry (Annual General Meeting) 1 file
P93/CTC1/286 Minutes, correspondence, reports and agendas 1963 - 1979 for Parochial Church Council meetings Annual reports of the vicar, 1963-1970, and various reports and minutes from the 1970s. 1 file
P93/CTC1/287 Minutes and correspondence for Parochial 1983 - 1988 Church Council meetings 1 file
P93/CTC1/288 Minutes, agendas, reports and correspondence 1991 - 1999 for Parochial Church Council meetings Including minutes of the PCC Standing Committee for 1998, financial statements and issues relating to the church building restoration. 1 file
P93/CTC1/289 Minutes, agendas, reports and correspondence 2000 for Parochial Church Council meetings 1 file
P93/CTC1/290 Minutes, agendas, reports and correspondence 2001 for Parochial Church Council meetings 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 30 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/291 Development of a management plan 2000 - 2001 The management plan aimed to balance the needs of the parish and the cost of maintaining a significant heritage building. Includes a review of use of the Hanbury Street buildings to optimise their service to the local community. 1 file
P93/CTC1/292 Development of a management, marketing and 2002 development plan Proposals focused on developing a business plan to ensure the sustainability of the church building after the completion of the restoration project. 1 file
P93/CTC1/435 Parochial Church Council discussions 1985 - 1989 Notes and correspondence relating to PCC discussions on the ordination of women and the ARCIC report [Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission]. 1 file Parish Finance
P93/CTC1/203 Account book Jun 1878-Oct Includes Church and voluntary church rates 1946 and various subscriptions
P93/CTC1/204 Account book Christ Church 1838-1842
P93/CTC1/293 Account book 1949 - 1953 1 volume
P93/CTC1/294 Account book 1954 - 1961 1 volume
P93/CTC1/295 Account book 1962 - 1968 1 volume
P93/CTC1/296 Account book 1981 - 1983 1 volume
P93/CTC1/297 Gifts book 1909 - 1958 1 volume LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 31 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/298 Income and expenditure summaries 1987 - 2002 1 file
P93/CTC1/299 Christ Church Spitalfields Trust 1978 - 1982 Correspondence relating to investments. 1 file Parish Charities
P93/CTC1/055 Minutes of committee of Society for Supplying Jan 1801-Mar Unfit Poor with meat soup 1817 Not available for general access Instituted in Spitalfields 1797. Bye-laws of Society 1800-1 at front. System of dating '1 month', etc., indicates Quakes or French Republican influence
P93/CTC1/135 Act 43 George III c. 127, for easier recovery of 12 Jul 1813 church rates and tithes
P93/CTC1/136 Copy extracts from Chancery proceedings (1839-1843) Vaughan v Marquis of Headfort, re. Spitalfields Charitable Legacy
P93/CTC1/137 Deed appointing Trustees of Assistant Clergy 1 Mar 1921 Fund
P93/CTC1/138 Application forms and prospectus relating to (1892) Butcher's Charity
P93/CTC1/139 Letters from Charity Commissioners re. 30 Oct 1891 dividends from several parochial charities
P93/CTC1/140 Disclaimer and appointment of trustee of will of 3 Mar 1879-4 William Middleton Gibson Mar 1879
P93/CTC1/141 Deed of gift for poor relief 26 Nov 1900 From Frederick Robinson, Eastbourne, MD. Enclosures, 1914 and 1951
P93/CTC1/142 Receipted bills for work carried out at Fullers Sep 1877-Oct Almshouses, Temple Street, Leyton 1877 LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 32 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/300 Booklet "Christ Church Spitalfields: Particulars 1894 of parish charities" Written by Edwin Ellis, Vestry Clerk, listing charities administered by the parish. 1 booklet
P93/CTC1/301 Administration of parish charities 1959 - 2002 Papers relating to charities administered by the parish, including Miss Vaughan's Charity, Robert Savage's Charity, May Anne Meakin's Charity, Elizabeth Russell's Charity, Elizabeth Day's Charity, Mary Bowry's Charity, John Baker's Charity, John Baker the Younger's Charity, Helen Lucas Relief for the Aged, John George Fabry's Charity, Day and Fournier Charities, Prisca Coburn's Charity, Digby Charity, Maydwells and Cobbs Charities, Alexander Truss's Charity and Harriet Bredell's Charity. 1 file
P93/CTC1/302 Administration of parish charities 1997 - 2001 Papers relating to charities administered by the parish, mostly correspondence of Eric Elstob, honorary treasurer. 1 file
P93/CTC1/303 Vaughan's Charity: account of expenditure 1912 - 1957 Detailing amounts spent on charitable works, including provision of free food and lodging, and assistance with medical expenses. 1 notebook
P93/CTC1/304 George Fournier Charity: sample application 1974 form 1 file
P93/CTC1/305 London Dispensary Fund: minute book 1923 - 1982 The LDF provided local people with assistance for medical expenses. 1 volume
P93/CTC1/306 London Dispensary Fund: minutes 2000 - 2001 Also some papers relating to the charity of Dame Mary Baker. 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 33 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/307 Whitechapel Pensions Charity: minute book 1959 - 1962 Only one page of minutes, for 9 July 1959. A subsequent note states that the charity was merged with Megg's Almshouses in 1962. Most of the book is blank. 1 volume
P93/CTC1/308 Meggs Almshouses: conditions of residence 195- - 197- Meggs Almshouses were built in Stepney in 1658, but rebuilt in Forest Gate in 1893. 1 file
P93/CTC1/309 Meggs Almshouses: financial papers 1970 - 1973 1 file
P93/CTC1/310 Meggs Almshouses: papers relating to 1970 - 1971 improvement works 1 file
P93/CTC1/311 Ashroy Trust: minutes 1979 - 1993 The Ashroy Trust was established to support missionary work amongst the Asian community in Tower Hamlets. They established a hostel for Bengali men at 29 Fournier Street. 1 file
P93/CTC1/312 Pennefather Christian Medical Community 1991 - 2001 Trust: papers Originated as the League of Friends of Mildmay Mission Hospital, but changed to a broader remit when the hospital became focused on the treatment of AIDS. Papers include minutes and reports. 1 file
P93/CTC1/313 Christchurch Gardens Youth and Community 1971 - 1986 Centre: papers The community centre began as the Christchurch Adventure Playground. Papers include minutes of the Christchurch Adventure Playground Association, and correspondence. 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 34 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/314 Christchurch Gardens Youth and Community 1973 - 1987 Centre: papers The community centre began as the Christchurch Adventure Playground. Papers include minutes of the Executive Committee, annual reports, papers relating to the problem of truancy, and correspondence. 1 file
P93/CTC1/315 Christchurch Gardens Youth and Community 1989 - 1994 Centre: papers The community centre began as the Christchurch Adventure Playground. Papers include minutes of the Executive Committee and correspondence. 1 file
P93/CTC1/316 Christchurch Gardens Youth and Community 1997 - 1999 Centre: papers The community centre began as the Christchurch Adventure Playground but changed the name to Christchurch Gardens Youth and Community Centre in 1999. Papers include minutes of the Management Committee and annual report for 1997. 1 file
P93/CTC1/317 Christchurch Gardens Youth and Community 1999 - 2002 Centre: papers The community centre began as the Christchurch Adventure Playground but changed the name to Christchurch Gardens Youth and Community Centre in 1999. Papers include minutes of the Management Committee and annual report for 2000. 1 file
P93/CTC1/318 Inner City Renewal Trust including Hanbury 1989 Community Project: report Proposal by the Inner City Renewal Trust to establish a community centre for educational and employability training. This proposal led to the founding of the Hanbury Community Project. 1 booklet LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 35 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/319 Inner City Renewal Trust including Hanbury 1991 - 1993 Community Project: notes Notes on development of an outreach team within the parish, with a particular mission to the Bengali community. 1 file
P93/CTC1/320 Inner City Renewal Trust including Hanbury 1992 - 1993 Community Project: minutes Hanbury College: minutes of governors with papers including outline of courses and proposals to develop and extend the project to include a Christian counselling service. 1 file
P93/CTC1/321 Inner City Renewal Trust including Hanbury 1990 - 1993 Community Project: minutes Inner City Renewal Trust: minutes of Trustees, including a draft constitution for Hanbury College. 1 file
P93/CTC1/322 Inner City Renewal Trust including Hanbury 1994 - 1996 Community Project: papers Papers relating to building works at 22a Hanbury Street, the offices of the Hanbury Community Project and other parish charities such as the Ashroy Trust. Includes plans and correspondence. Also Hanbury Community Project annual report 1995-96. 1 file
P93/CTC1/323 Inner City Renewal Trust including Hanbury 1998 - 1999 Community Project: minutes Inner City Renewal Trust Standing Committee minutes. Also minutes of the Pennefather Christian Medical Community Trust, 1998. The Trust supported some of the work of the Hanbury Community Project. 1 file
P93/CTC1/324 Inner City Renewal Trust including Hanbury 2001 - 2002 Community Project: papers Hanbury Community Project annual report, review of activities and development plan, correspondence and annual report of the Whole -Person Health Care Clinic. Also Inner City Renewal Trust Board minutes. 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 36 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/325 Norton Folgate Almshouses: title deeds 1702 - 1941 Deeds for the Norton Folgate Almshouses (92, 94 and 96 Commercial Street, Spitalfields) and Twogoods Farm, Tillingham, Essex. Including will, admissions, leases, conveyance, mortgage and agreements. 1 bundle
P93/CTC1/326 Norton Folgate Almshouses: legal proceedings 1851 - 1859 Papers relating to "the matter of the Trustees Act 1850 and the Almshouses of the Liberty of Norton Folgate', and the "matter of the Alms Houses for Poor Inhabitants of the Liberty of Norton Folgate and an Act to enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Woods to construct a New Street from Spitalfields to Shoreditch". 1 file
P93/CTC1/327 Norton Folgate Almshouses: Charity 1863 - 1979 Commission Including permission of Charity Commissioners to raise money using the security of real estate, 1863; order from the Charity Commissioners changing the Trustees of the charity, 1871; Charity Commission Order, 1900; permission to redeem land tax, 1912 (copy); authority for borrowing, 1979 (copy), and correspondence, 1976-1978. 1 file
P93/CTC1/328 Norton Folgate Almshouses: Trustees minutes 1979 - 1987 Including presented papers such as accounts and reports. 1 file
P93/CTC1/329 Norton Folgate Almshouses: Trustees minutes 1991 - 1992 Including presented papers such as accounts and reports. Also some correspondence. 1 file
P93/CTC1/330 Norton Folgate Almshouses: Trustees minutes 1993 - 1994 Including presented papers such as accounts and reports. 1 file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 37 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/331 Norton Folgate Almshouses: Trustees papers 1997 - 1998 Including booklet 'Survey and Planned Maintenance Programme for 1-8 Norton Folgate House and 94-96 Commercial Street', copy Charity Commission orders dated 1982 and 1989, and financial information. 1 file
P93/CTC1/332 Norton Folgate Almshouses: Trustees minutes 2001 Including presented papers such as accounts and reports. 1 file
P93/CTC1/333 Norton Folgate Almshouses: correspondence 1979 - 1982 Correspondence of Reverend E Stride in his capacity as Trustee of the Almshouses. 1 file Benefice
P93/CTC1/143 Letter and memorandum relating to Chancery Jun 1863 suit, Attorney General v. Friend
P93/CTC1/144 Notes on benefice income 1896
P93/CTC1/145 Parish Magazine reporting change in patronage Oct 1907
P93/CTC1/146 Memoranda and correspondence about parish 1860 fire engine and station
P93/CTC1/147 Acts 9 Anne c. 22, 10 Anne c. 11 and 5 George n.d. I (about building new churches); 2 George II c. 10 (making Spitalfields new parish); 40 and 41 Victoria c. 35, 44; and 45 Victoria c. 34 and 50 and 51 Victoria c. 32 (about open spaces)
P93/CTC1/148 Act 18 George II c. 80 (about widening and 1777 improving Dirty and Brick Lanes, Spitalfields and Whitechapel)
P93/CTC1/149 Volume containing acts of Parliament re. Public 1855-1889 Libraries Programme of opening of Whitechapel Free Library and Museum, 1892, at front LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 38 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/150 Act 15 and 16 Victoria c. 62 (re. revenues of 1852 HM Commissioners of Woods, Forests and Lands)
P93/CTC1/151 Metropolis Local Management Act, 18 and 19 1855 Victoria c. 120
P93/CTC1/152 Act 9 and 10 Victoria c. 34 (enabling 1846 Commissioners of HM Woods to build new street from Spitalfields to Shoreditch) H.M. Commissioners of Woods, etc. were responsible for constructing Commercial Street, which necessitated the demolition of the 18th -century schools at the S.W. corner of the churchyard. The Chancery suits were mainly concerned with the payment of money from the Commissioners to the parish.
P93/CTC1/153 Papers relating to Chancery suit, Woods and 1846-1897 Forests etc. v Rector etc.
P93/CTC1/154 Agreement between Hamlet of Mile End Old 20 Aug 1822 Town and parish of Christ Church Spitalfields Exonerating parish from repairing road, Mile End Road: Stepney Church
P93/CTC1/155 Letter about bills before Parliament re. Mile End 3 May 1824 roads
P93/CTC1/156 Brief for petitioners and draft of affidavits in c. 1840-1850 Chancery suit over the Eastern Counties Railway formed by Act 6 and 7 William IV
P93/CTC1/157 Printed plan of Tenter Ground Estate, 1900 Spitalfields, between Whites Row and Tilly Street, and New Street and Bell Lane
P93/CTC1/158 Reports and correspondence on union of St. 1905-1910 Mary's Spital Square with Christ Church Spitalfields LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 39 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/334 Acts of Parliament relating to the Parish of 1826 Christ Church Middlesex Volume compiled after 1826. Acts included: 2 George II c.10 (1727, Act founding the parish); 26 George II c.98 (1753, Act allowing the parish to open a workhouse); 18 George III c.74 (1778, Act amending 26 George II); 24 George III c.60 (1784, Act raising money for repairing the workhouse); 37 George III c.79 (1797, Act amending 26 George II); 47 George III c.30 (1807, Act for the better relief of the poor in the parish). One volume Parish Boundaries
P93/CTC1/192 Printed recommendations 1890 Re. uniting parishes of St. Michael Wood Street with St Mary Staining, and St Alban Wood Street with St Olave Silver Street
P93/CTC1/335 Map of the parish of Christ Church, Spitalfields 1900? 1 file
P93/CTC1/336 Parish boundary changes 1951 - 1954 Including correspondence and notice of transfer of rights of patronage of benefice. 1 file Parish Societies/Clubs
P93/CTC1/337 Sunday School 1947 - 1956 Papers relating to the organisation of the annual Sunday School summer outing. One file Friends of Christ Church / Christ Church Spitalfields Foundation
P93/CTC1/338 Declaration of trust 2000 Of the Christ Church Spitalfields Foundation, with the objects of maintaining the upkeep and repair of Christ Church, Spitalfields. One file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 40 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/339 Papers of the Incumbent as Trustee of the 1978 - 1980 Friends Including copy of trust deed of Friends of Christ Church Spitalfields, 1978. Also minutes, correspondence and reports. One file
P93/CTC1/340 Papers of the Incumbent as Trustee of the 1981 - 1989 Friends Including minutes, correspondence and reports. One file
P93/CTC1/341 Papers of the Incumbent as Trustee of the 1990 - 1994 Friends Including minutes, correspondence and reports. One file
P93/CTC1/342 Papers of the Incumbent as Trustee of the 1995 Friends Including minutes, correspondence and reports, also "Restoration Master Plan, Spring 1995". One file
P93/CTC1/343 Papers of the Incumbent as Trustee of the 1996 - 1998 Friends Including minutes, correspondence and reports. One file
P93/CTC1/344 Papers of the Incumbent as Trustee of the 2000 Friends Including minutes, correspondence and reports. One file
P93/CTC1/345 Papers of the Incumbent as Trustee of the 2001 - 2002 Friends Including minutes, correspondence, reports and plans. One file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 41 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/346 Papers of the Incumbent as member of the 1973 - 1989 Management Committee Including minutes, correspondence, reports, minutes of the Crypt Committee, annual reports and annual general meetings. Also issue of journal 'Architectural Design', Vol 49, No 7, 1979, dedicated to examination of "Hawksmoor's Christ Church Spitalfields". One file
P93/CTC1/347 Papers of the Incumbent as member of the 1978 - 1985 Management Committee Mostly minutes with some correspondence and reports. One file
P93/CTC1/348 Papers of the Incumbent as member of the 1988 - 1990 Management Committee Mostly minutes with some correspondence, reports and plans. One file
P93/CTC1/349 Papers of the Incumbent as member of the 1990 - 1992 Management Committee Mostly minutes with some notes. One file
P93/CTC1/350 Papers of the Incumbent as member of the 1992 - 1994 Management Committee Mostly minutes with some notes and correspondence. One file
P93/CTC1/351 Operating Sub-committee 1998 - 1999 Minutes and circulated papers. Either the incumbent or a representative from the parish attended meetings. One file
P93/CTC1/352 Operating Sub-committee 1996 - 1999 Correspondence, invoices, minutes and circulated papers. Either the incumbent or a representative from the parish attended meetings. One file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 42 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/353 Users' Committee 1992 - 1998 Minutes and circulated papers. The Users' Committee brought together the different groups who used the church building, including the Festival, the Friends, Whitfields the architect, the Crypt Trust, the Youth and Community Centre, the Bellringers and the parish itself. One file
P93/CTC1/354 Papers of the Incumbent and PCC relating to 1978 - 1989 the restoration Mostly correspondence, with a plan relating to the clearance of the Crypt. One file
P93/CTC1/355 Papers of the Incumbent relating to the 1995 - 1998 restoration Including copy of the Society of Friends of Christ Church Spitalfields constitution, press cuttings, annual reports, trustee's papers including meeting minutes, papers relating to grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, copies of 'Column', the Friends' newsletter, and correspondence. One file
P93/CTC1/356 Restoration Master Plan 1995 One file
P93/CTC1/357 Project Execution Plan 2002 For the restoration of the interior of the church. Prepared by Malcolm Reading and Associates Ltd. One file
P93/CTC1/358 Correspondence of the Incumbent with 1957, 1974 - Whitfield Partners, architects 1985 Including report on a survey of the church made in 1957, the approach to William Whitfield to act as architect on the restoration project, outline proposals for the forecourt, and plans of the forecourt, churchyard, proposed railings, full size detail of balusters and plinth wall, layout at west end, and handrails to west steps. One file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 43 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/359 Correspondence of the Incumbent with 1979 - 1982 Whitfield Partners, architects With architect's instructions, architect's certificates, invoices and some plans. One file
P93/CTC1/360 Correspondence of the Incumbent with 1978 - 1988 Whitfield Partners, architects With some architect's certificates. One file
P93/CTC1/361 Correspondence of the Incumbent with 1983 - 1989 Whitfield Partners, architects Mostly architect's certificates. One file
P93/CTC1/362 Correspondence of the Incumbent with 1987 Whitfield Partners, architects Including architect's instructions, notes from meetings, plans, and reports. One file
P93/CTC1/363 Correspondence of the Incumbent with 1996 - 1999 Whitfield Partners, architects Mostly architect's instructions relating to stone repairs and external work. One file
P93/CTC1/364 Correspondence of the Incumbent with 1996 - 1999 Whitfield Partners, architects Including reports and notes on meetings. One file
P93/CTC1/365 Correspondence of the Incumbent with 1998 - 1999 Whitfield Partners, architects Including reports and notes on meetings. One file
P93/CTC1/366 Quinquennial report by Whitfield Partners 1988 Jan Includes draft building programme, January 1986 and report on the stability and safety of the tower and steeple, April 1987. One file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 44 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/367 Correspondence of the Honorary Surveyor 1979 - 1988 (Incumbent's copies) Includes correspondence of the Incumbent relating to the appointment of the Honorary Surveyor. One file
P93/CTC1/368 Correspondence of the Honorary Surveyor 1996 - 1998 (Incumbent's copies) Mostly copies of correspondence between the Surveyor and the architects. One file
P93/CTC1/369 Correspondence of the Cook and Butler 1996 - 1999 Partnership, quantity surveyors (Incumbent's copies) One file
P93/CTC1/370 Papers relating to obtaining faculties 1970 - 1999 Relating to the churchyard and playground, church noticeboards, excavations and other work in the crypt, and construction of new galleries. One file
P93/CTC1/371 Papers relating to obtaining faculties 1993 - 1998 Relating to works to forecourt, alterations to Vestry and west vestibule, restoration of railings, work on the electrical wiring, repairs to the tower and stonework, and work in the gardens and playground. One file
P93/CTC1/372 Nave floor 1982 - 1997 Correspondence, reports and plans relating to the restoration of the nave and aisle floors. Also report on furnishings and fittings in the church. One file
P93/CTC1/373 Noticeboards 1992 - 1998 Correspondence and plans relating to the erection of noticeboards, a letterbox, gates and railings. One file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 45 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/374 Christ Church Gardens 1995 - 1997 Correspondence and plans relating to improvements and landscaping of the church gardens. One file
P93/CTC1/375 Crypt 1992 - 2003 Correspondence, faculties and plans relating to the restoration of the crypt, including the removal of human remains and their storage at the Natural History Museum for study purposes. Also faculty relating to the erection of a monument to Sir James Stirling. One file
P93/CTC1/376 Organ 1990 - 1993 Correspondence relating to the repair of the Sprague organ. One file
P93/CTC1/377 Wall hangings 1983 - 1985 Correspondence relating to proposals for a series of wall hangings designed by artist Polly Hope. One file
P93/CTC1/378 Correspondence of the Incumbent regarding 1978 - 1987 the restoration Various correspondents including the City of London, the Archdeacon of Hackney, and the architects Whitfield Partners. Subjects include provision of a disabled lift, reinstatement of the gallery, the declaration of trust of Friends of Christchurch, the finances of the trust, and secondary uses of the church. One file
P93/CTC1/379 Correspondence of the Incumbent regarding 1986 - 1992 the restoration Subjects include re-erection of memorial tablets, secondary uses of the church, petitions for faculties, insurance and public conveniences outside the church. Also included are a draft building programme for 1986, press cuttings and promotional leaflets. One file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 46 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/380 Papers of the Incumbent regarding the 1993 - 1998 restoration Papers from a leverarch file marked 'General A -L'. Contents: Appeal Committee, CDM Regulations, Commercial Street railings, Church yard railings, Electricity Old Vestry, Electrical works, Flood lights, Eric [Elstob, Treasurer of the Friends] correspondence, Lighting, Forecourt gates, Insurance and Heating. One file
P93/CTC1/381 Papers of the Incumbent regarding the 1993 - 1997 restoration Papers from a leverarch file marked 'General M -Z'. Contents: Memorials, Organ Restoration, Organ, Parapets, Portico, Restoration electricity, South East Vestry, Vestibules, Vestibule Doors. One file
P93/CTC1/382 Papers of the Incumbent regarding the 1993 - 1998 restoration Subjects include south steps, tower survey and stone repairs. Includes plans. One file
P93/CTC1/383 Secondary uses of the church 1981 - 1989 Correspondence relating to exhibitions, musical and theatrical performances taking place at Christ Church. Includes some promotional flyers for events and press cuttings. One file
P93/CTC1/384 Fundraising 1978 - 1988 Correspondence, minutes of the Appeal Working Group and reports on fundraising strategy. One file
P93/CTC1/385 Fundraising 1995 - 1998 Mostly correspondence with English Heritage and the National Heritage Memorial Fund, including extracts from the NHMF application and the contract between the PCC and the NHMF agreeing the terms and conditions of the grant. One file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 47 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/386 Redevelopment of Spitalfields Market 1986 - 1988 Concern over the impact of the development on the church and local area, and offers of financial assistance towards the restoration of the church from the Spitalfields Development Group. One file
P93/CTC1/387 CrossRail 1991 - 1992 Concern over the impact of the CrossRail development on the church structure. One file
P93/CTC1/436 List of consultants and contractors 2002 - 2004 Also schedule of works carried out between December 2002 and August 2004, phase III design statement and plans showing fire escape routes. One file
P93/CTC1/437 Reports on condition of stained glass and wall 2003 paintings One file
P93/CTC1/438 Plans of whole church 2001 Mar Comprising plan at crypt level, upper vaults, ground floor plan, and sections. One file
P93/CTC1/439 Plans of scaffolding and demolition 2002 - 2003 Including demolition works to east end and to crypt vaulting. One file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 48 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/440 Plans of trusses, walls and floors 2002 - 2003 Including structural support for chandelier winch, ladders at high level on either side of the organ, platform for water tanks in south east vestibule, retaining wall at rear of church, crypt entrance retaining wall, nave roof loft staircase, aisle roof trusses, roof trusses showing existing and new steelwork, truss bays details of wall joints, removal of concrete slab edging and replacement brickwork, details of floor strengthening, timber floor in vestibules, cutting down of concrete plugs in the nave floor, replacement floor slabs, concrete slab reinforcing. One file
P93/CTC1/441 Mechanical services installation 2003 - 2004 Description of works and as installed drawings including heating, gas and water services, ventilation, flue system and drainage. One file
P93/CTC1/442 Stone restoration plans 2003 - 2004 Including repairs and replacements to pedestals, columns, floors, pilasters, staircases, plinths, arches, paving, elevations, and the reredos. One file
P93/CTC1/443 Electrical services and systems 2003 - 2004 Including crypt, church, vestry and gallery electrical services, security systems, audio loop system, electrical services distribution diagram, and electrical floor box details. One file
P93/CTC1/444 Joinery plans 2003 - 2004 Detailed plans of the joinery in the gallery, doors, cornices, brackets, door frames, newel posts, reredos columns, balustrades, fanlights, windows and stairs. One file
P93/CTC1/445 Joinery plans 2003 - 2004 Detailed plans of the joinery in the gallery, doors, cornices, brackets, door frames, newel posts, reredos columns, balustrades, fanlights, windows and stairs. One file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 49 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/446 Joinery plans 2003 - 2004 Detailed plans of the joinery in the gallery, doors, cornices, brackets, door frames, newel posts, reredos columns, balustrades, fanlights, windows and stairs. One file
P93/CTC1/447 Joinery plans 2003 - 2004 Detailed plans of the joinery in the gallery, doors, cornices, brackets, door frames, newel posts, reredos columns, balustrades, fanlights, windows and stairs. One file
P93/CTC1/448 Joinery plans 2003 - 2004 Detailed plans of the joinery in the gallery, doors, cornices, brackets, door frames, newel posts, reredos columns, balustrades, fanlights, windows and stairs. One file
P93/CTC1/449 Joinery plans 2003 - 2004 Detailed plans of the joinery in the gallery, doors, cornices, brackets, door frames, newel posts, reredos columns, balustrades, fanlights, windows and stairs. One file
P93/CTC1/450 Joinery plans 2003 - 2004 Detailed plans of the joinery in the gallery, doors, cornices, brackets, door frames, newel posts, reredos columns, balustrades, fanlights, windows and stairs. One file
P93/CTC1/451 Joinery plans 2003 - 2004 Detailed plans of the joinery in the gallery, doors, cornices, brackets, door frames, newel posts, reredos columns, balustrades, fanlights, windows and stairs. One file Spitalfields Crypt Trust LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 50 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/388 Formation of the Crypt Trust 1964 - 1970 Mostly concerning fundraising and financial arrangements. Also copy of the declaration of trust establishing the Spitalfields Crypt Trust, 1966. One file
P93/CTC1/389 Opening ceremony and dedication of the 1965 Spitalfields Crypt Shelter Including invitations, guest list, seating arrangements, and letters from well-wishers. The Crypt was opened by Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra. One file
P93/CTC1/390 Committee minutes 1982 - 1989 Minutes and circulated papers for Trustees meetings, Management Committee meetings and General Committee meetings. Incumbent's copies. One file
P93/CTC1/391 Trustees meetings minutes 1990 - 1992 Also circulated papers and correspondence. One file
P93/CTC1/392 Trustees meetings minutes 1991 - 1993 Also circulated papers, newsletters, reports and correspondence. One file
P93/CTC1/393 Trustees meetings minutes 1998 Also circulated papers, reports and correspondence, including job descriptions for a project manager and director, and report of inspection by Tower Hamlets Social Services. One file
P93/CTC1/394 Trustees meetings minutes 2001 Also circulated papers, reports and correspondence, including business plan and information brief on the development of a new site in Shoreditch [Acorn House]. One file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 51 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/395 Trustees meetings minutes 2001 - 2002 Also circulated papers, reports and correspondence. One file
P93/CTC1/396 Papers of the Incumbent relating to the Crypt 1991 - 1993 Trust Including financial arrangements, annual reports, reports on inspections by Tower Hamlets Social Services Strategy Group, collection of essays and information on alcoholism. One file
P93/CTC1/397 20th anniversary thanksgiving service 1985 Including invitations, letters of thanks, order of service, and press cuttings. One file
P93/CTC1/397A 20th anniversary thanksgiving service 1985 photographs Photographs showing Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra meeting Crypt staff. One file
P93/CTC1/398 Building work 1988 - 1991 Papers relating to building work, including plans and petition for faculty. One file
P93/CTC1/399 Donations 1979 - 1980 Donations made in honour of Sir John Hewitt (1910-1979) in lieu of flowers at his funeral. Hewitt was a supporter of the work of the Crypt Trust. One file
P93/CTC1/400 Copy memorandum and articles of association 1999 One file
P93/CTC1/401 Introductory booklets 1998? Explaining the work and regulations of the Crypt to new or potential residents and staff. One file LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 52 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/402 "An Introduction to the Work of the Spitalfields 1998? Crypt Trust" Glossy brochure providing overview of the work of the Crypt and the second stage projects (Bridge House and Downham Lodge), the charity shops and the future of the Crypt including the move to new premises [Acorn House]. One file
P93/CTC1/403 "Spitalfields Crypt: The First 25 Years 1965/66 - 1992 1990/91" History of the Trust written by Jack Ince, Chairman of the Trust. One file
P93/CTC1/404 "Downham Lodge: A Personal Account of a 1991 Developing Project" Report on the Downham Lodge project by David Hoskin, project worker. Written on the occasion of the closure of the Lodge due to funding cuts. The report examines the development of the project and describes the recovery programme in detail. One file
P93/CTC1/405 Newsletters 1967 - 1993 Comprises issues for Spring 1967; Summer 1968; Winter 1968; Summer 1969; Winter 1969; Summer 1972; Summer 1974; Winter 1974; Summer 1975; Winter 1975; Winter 1976; Winter 1978; Summer 1979; Summer 1980; Summer 1991; Summer 1992 and 1993. One file
P93/CTC1/406 Press cuttings [volume with Conservation for 1965 - 1967 packaging] Collection of press cuttings and journal offprints about the work of the Crypt Trust and about the problem of homeless alcoholics and meths drinkers in the East End of London. One file Printed Material LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 53 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/407 Pamphlets and articles relating to parish history 1897 - 1988 Including pamphlet 'Outlines of Confirmation Lectures at Christ Church Spitalfields', 1897; and off-print of article 'Excavations at Christ Church Spitalfields 1984-86' by Max Adams and Jez Reeve, from journal "Antiquity", Volume 61, Number 232, July 1987. Also various articles on the history of Spitalfields including silkweaving, the fruit market and the development of the area in the 1980s. One file
P93/CTC1/408 Parish magazines 1909 Fragile. One volume
P93/CTC1/409 Parish magazines 1914 Unfit Fragile. Not available for general access One volume
P93/CTC1/410 Parish magazines 1916 Unfit Fragile. Not available for general access One volume
P93/CTC1/411 Parish magazines 1919 One volume
P93/CTC1/412 Parish magazines 1920 Unfit Fragile. Not available for general access One volume
P93/CTC1/413 Parish magazines 1921 Fragile. One volume
P93/CTC1/414 Parish magazine 1935 Jan One pamphlet
P93/CTC1/415 Parish magazines 1956, 1959 August 1956 and June, July, August, September, October, November and December 1959 issues only. One envelope LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 54 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/416 Parish magazines 1960 January, February, March, April, June, July, September, October, November and December only. One bundle
P93/CTC1/417 Parish magazines 1961 Full set. One bundle
P93/CTC1/418 Parish magazines 1962 Full set. One bundle
P93/CTC1/419 Parish magazines 1963 December issue missing. One bundle
P93/CTC1/420 Parish magazines 1964 Full set. One bundle
P93/CTC1/421 Parish magazines 1965 Full set. One bundle
P93/CTC1/422 Parish magazines 1966 Full set. One bundle
P93/CTC1/423 Parish magazines 1967 Full set. One bundle
P93/CTC1/424 Parish magazines 1968 Full set. One bundle
P93/CTC1/425 Parish magazines 1969 Full set. One bundle
P93/CTC1/426 Parish magazines 1970 Full set. One bundle LONDON METROPOLITAN ARCHIVES Page 55 CHRIST CHURCH, SPITALFIELDS: COMMERCIAL STREET, TOWER HAMLETS
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P93/CTC1/427 Parish magazines 1971 Full set, although January and February issues are missing their front covers and first pages. One bundle
P93/CTC1/428 Parish magazines 1974 June, August, September and October issues only. One bundle
P93/CTC1/429 Parish magazines 1989 - 1990 Proof sheets of the magazines, assembled ready for photocopying. One folder
P93/CTC1/430 Parish magazines 1885 - 1890 Fragments of newsletters for All Saints Mile End, which merged with Christ Church in 1951. One folder
P93/CTC1/431 Report and statement of accounts 1915 Includes photographs of parish officers in First World War uniform. One pamphlet
P93/CTC1/432 Issue of London Link newspaper 1996 Including an article about Christ Church. One file