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Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to Religions |
Local
- Saltash Baptist Church: minutes; burial ground records; accounts; photographs; newsletters; weekly emails and leadership weeklies,; Saltash Churches Together newsletters and leaflets rel to Bridging the gap: mission; property; membership; Sunday School and youth 1794-2017 (X1502)
- Emmanuel Celebration Centre, Slough: Discover our Culture and Tradition Heritage Project interviews, with consent forms 2022-2023 (D/EX2964acc11121)
- Windsor Baptist Church: records 1838-1999 (D/N64acc11224)
- Birmingham Diocesan Office: papers of The Rt. Revd David Urquhart, Bishop of Birmingham rel to social inclusion and anti-racism 2008-2016 (BDR/A/10/10 (2023/014))
- John Bishop Estlin (1785-1855) & Mary Estlin: records collected by John Bishop Estlin and Mary Estlin, mostly corresp, incl anti slavery movement, medical issues, family and religious matters, transferred from Bristol Reference Library c1800-1880 (46947)
- Owen Street City Mission Hall, Bristol City Mission: Sunday School minutes and reports, bible class minutes and register, Young Person's Society of Christian Endeavours attendance book, membership lists and cash book, minutes of choir meetings, service diaries 1893-2017 (46890)
- David Thomas (1868-1892) of the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen: The Unitarian Pocket Almanac and Diary for 1888 1888 (ADX/1897)
- British Bible Society and Christian Literature Society: minutes, list of members of Whitehaven Council of Churches and promotional material 1961-1987 (YDFCCL 1)
- Church of Christ / Scotch Baptist Society, Whitehaven: title deeds for land and chapel on Scotch Street, Whitehaven 1836-1843 (YDFCCC 1)
- Whitehaven Congregational Church: pocket plan of pews and illustrated address presented to the Reverend Alexander Nairn on his retirement 1881-1896 (YDFCCL 1)
- Welsh language bible collection 1567-2004 (BIB)
- Alfred Millington Auden, (1866-1944), (1865-1944), Anglican clergyman, schoolmaster: diaries (1904, 1906-1907, 1909-1917 & 1919-1933) 1904-1933 (D854)
- Church Recording Group of the Arts Society Dove Valley, Church Recording Society: record of Church Furnishings St Peter, Snelston 2022 (D6748)
- Wessington parish: tithe award schedule 1849 (D2364)
- Longham United Reform Church: minutes. registers and leaflet on the opening of the Congregational Church, c. 1865 c1865-2023 (NP-52)
- Hill Street Baptist Church, Poole: accounts, deeds, minutes, plans and other records 1882-2019 (NB-13)
- Christ Church United Reformed Church (formerly Headgate Congregational Church), Colchester: records 1845-2023 (A16191)
- South Wales Baptist Association: Chapel histories; trustees' reports and financial statements 1977-2012 (D1689)
- Goleulong / Lightship 2000 project: leaflets, chaplaincy profiles, project constitution, postcards, photographs, meeting agendas, minutes, reports, ship records, Companies House record, correspondence, café menu, orders of service 1993-2013 (D1993)
- Leominster Baptsit Church: records 1660-2010 (DH46)
- Gaelic Bible presented to the Free Gaelic Church, Glencoe, August 1854 1826 (L/D260)
- Northwood United Reformed Church: records of Northwood Hills Congregational Church and St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Eastcote and Northwood Hills 20th cent (2023.46)
- Geoffrey K Brandwood, (c1970-1989), historian: research notes on Leicestershire And Rutland Churches including files containing survey form, correspondence, photographs, cuttings, etc c1970-1989 (DE10544 & DE10589)
- United Reformed Church [Lincolnshire]: church, deacon's and elder's minute books (1957-1990) and marriage registers (1979-2011) 1957-2011 (5-URC/1)
- Unnamed photographer: photographs of all Lincolnshire Anglican churches, crosses and oddities 1991-1998 (MISC DON 2146)
- South Carlton Church of England School: log book (1974-1984) and admissions registers (1921-1984) 1921-1984 (SR 979)
- St George's Presbyterian Church, Southport: baptism and marriage registers 1871-2019 (Acc 7716)
- Providence Chapel, Tamworth Road, West Croydon: archive 1848-2020 (AR1185A1185)
- Norfolk Baptist Association: minute books of the Norfolk Baptist Association midwest district 1948-2002 (ACC 2023/82)
- Lister Metcalfe, (fl 1773-1797), minister and schoolmaster of Muker: sermons and photographs of family portraits 1773-1797 (Z.1781)
- Cooper Family of Nottingham: religious transcripts of 16th and 17th century documents 18th cent (10429)
- Norwell Church of England Primary School (formerly Norwell National School): log books (1871-1905, 1980-2006), pupils' special expenses book (1950-1977), photographs, other documents [RESTRICTED ACCESS] 1871-2006 (10471)
- New Jerusalem Church, Heywood: minute and order books 1847-1962 (R/New Jerusalem/HEY/1)
- Mid-Somerset Area Quaker Meeting: Society of Friends: minutes, accounts, newsletters and charity papers for the Mid-Somerset area 1903-2020 (DD/SFR.m)
- Longport Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Clarence Street, Burslem; Scott Lidgett Road United Methodist Chapel, Longport, Burslem; Townsend Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bucknall, later Bucknall Methodist Church; Milton Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, later Milton Methodist Church; St. John's Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Norton in the Moors; Victoria Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Smallthorne, Norton in the Moors; Salem Methodist New Connexion Chapel, later Salem Methodist Church, Smallthorne, Norton in the Moors; King Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Tunstall; Fegg Hayes Wesleyan Methodist Chapel; Baddeley Edge Methodist Church, Norton in the Moors; Ball Green Methodist Church: Methodist marriage and baptism registers for Baddeley Edge, Ball Green, Bucknall, Fegg Hayes, Longport, Milton, Norton (St John's), Smallthorne (Salem), Smallthorne (Victoria), Tunstall 1881-2020 (SD 2012)
- Ipswich Unitarian Meeting House: deeds, leases, and minutes and accounts book for St Nicholas Street Unitarian Meeting House 1650-1873 (HD4335)
- Mile End Road Presbyterian Church, South Shields: communicants rolls, minutes, and accounts 1856-1939 (6076)
- Presbyterian Dissenting Congregation, Low Meeting House, South Shields: birth and baptism register 1758-1835 (6076)
- Capel Gorphwysfa, Skewen: minutes, accounts, membership records, baptism and marriage registers, annual reports, pictures, cradle rolls and roll of honour 1850-2013 (D/D CM 19/1/1-19/10/1)
- Calfaria Welsh Baptist Church, Skewen; Adulam Welsh Baptist Church, Bonymaen; Soar Welsh Independent Church, Loughor: Chapel records, incl accounts, membership lists, minutes, photographs 19th-21st cent (D/D W/Bap 29/2/1-29/9/4; 46/1/1-46/4/2)
- Heaton Baptist Church: records incl grave registers, burial costs for internments, minutes of burial ground committee, corresp and papers rel to the Imperial War Graves commission, graveyard plans with photocopies and Sunday School attendance registers 1866-2013 (WYB868)
- Swillington Mother's Union: records rel to members and branch leaders, events, photo albums, visits abroad and minutes 1885-2022 (WYL2070)
- Crawford family: vols (2) from Bibliotheca Lindesiana, compiled by the Crawford family containing religious and musical mss from the middle ages. Compiled 19th cent 1890 (Acc. 2023/43)
- Salisbury Diocese: additional diocesan records 19thcent -20th cent (D)
- Warminster Methodist Chapel, George Street, Warminster: additional records 1787-2000 (3939)
- All Saints and St Laurence, Evesham: parish registers and condolence books for the death of Queen Elizabeth II 1538-2022 (16826)
- Richard Baxter United Reformed Church: papers incl financial records, registers, church manuals, minutes and wedding and baptism records c1727-2000 (16958)
National
- Plymouth Brethren, St Peter Port: records incl burial register, cemetery registers and plan of the cemetery at Les Camps Collettes c1845-2007 (2023-045)
- Defence Sikh Network: Nitnem Gutka, the Sikh daily prayer book, published as part of a project to re-introduce a Nitnem Gutka to MOD practice to give to personnel; printed in UK by CPI printing Croydon, user supervision of Sikh Sevadars, 1st edition, printed February 2022; also includes a photobook recording the process of creating the Nitnem Gutka 2022 (NAM. 2023-03-1)
- Spiritual Commonplace Book compiled by a Scottish Congregationalist 1812-1815 (Acc.14503)
- Rev. John Stewart, missionary in Manchuria: papers including letters to his daughter, Alison 1907-1957 (Acc.14536)
- John Fairley (1766-1837), minister in the Reformed Presbyterian Church: commonplace book c1837 (Acc.14554)
- Reverend Francis Taynton (1799-1869/70): manuscript pocket book, compiled and inscribed whilst he was incumbent of the parishes of Ystradowen and Talygarn, Vale of Glamorgan, and later a resident of Cowbridge; further records rel to his horse dealings, dates and locations of his tours, operas, concerts and plays attended and watched 1811-1870 (NLW MS 24205)
- Rev. Canon Jennifer Wigley (fl1988-2017), Rector of Radyr: scrapbook, sermons and records rel to the campaign for the ordination of women in the Church in Wales 1988-2017
Special
- Richard Arthur Minter, (1907-1997), Anglican clergyman: correspondence and papers, mainly while Principal of Burgh College, Lincolnshire c1920-1952 (Acc.2023/01)
- 'Apologie des Protestants de France refugiez en Angleterre' 1681-1699 (MS 5214)
- Roscow George Shedden (1882-1956), bishop of Nassau: manuscript journal, incl information about his travels around the Bahamas on his schooner, Livonia, visits to the islands, his religious duties, confirmations and preaching 1919-1924 (MS 5215-5216)
- Rowan Douglas Williams (b1950), Baron Williams of Oystermouth, Archbishop of Canterbury: papers c2002-2012 (L-2023-8)
- British Chapel, Danzig [Gdansk]: records 1706-1935 (L-2023-63)
- Eva Sydney Hone (1894-1955), stained glass artist: handwritten letter to Miss Marjorie Seaver (later Hone) enclosing her detailed description of the symbolism in the rose window in St John’s Malone, Belfast and making comparisons between specific symbols as it appears on a tomb in St Canice’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, 23 July [1948?] 1948 (MS 1151)
- Canon Virginia (‘Ginnie’) Kennerley (b1935), Church of Ireland cleric: sermons preached throughout her clerical career in the Church of Ireland and following retirement 1984-2023 (MS 1147)
- Dean and Chapter of St George's Chapel, Windsor: Dean's papers concerning services held in St George's Chapel, including confirmations, weddings, funerals, memorials, anniversary celebrations, special services for religious holidays. 1977-2019 (DN)
- Warrington and District Christian Endeavour Union: records incl minute books, newsletters and annual reports 1895-1970 (WMS 3006)
University
- Episcopalian Church records rel to Aberdeenshire, transferred from Aberdeen City Archives c1706-2019 (MS 3320)
- The Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York: records 12th-21st cent (CMAY [2023/061])
- Alfred Gilbert Goddard Thurlow (1911-1991), clergyman and bell-ringer: Peal Book and other items relating to bell-ringing 1923-1988 (GBR/0012/MS Add.10461)
- Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847), Principal and Professor of Divinity at New College: signed autograph letters (15) from Chalmers, all but one are addressed to Miss Rebecca Bell of Woodhouse Lee, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire (the remaining letter to George Bell of Leith), discussing the state of the Church of Scotland during the campaign that culminated in the Disruption and the establishment of the Free Church of Scotland in 1843 1832-1842 (Coll-2083 (accession number: SC-Acc-2023-0031))
- Huddersfield Preparative Meeting, Society of Friends, Christian religious group: burial plan and register of graves 1860-1962 (MS/DEP/1979/1/HUD/1)
- John Wesley, (1703-1791), Evangelist and Leader of Methodism: letter from John Wesley to the Reverend Thomas Carlill 1784 (MA 2023/7)
- Colin Michael Killick, (1935-2017), chemistry student, University of Nottinghamshire: Super 8 film and digital copies filmed by Killick, of the Nottingham University Methodist Society, holidaying in the Lake District and a visit to the Norfolk Broads 1956-2021 (ALUM/MS 1054)
- Hucknall Torkard Church, Nottinghamshire: terrier of the glebe land belonging to the vicarage 1684 (MS 484/77)
- Baptist Missionary Society: India property correspondence and reports 1974-1983 (BMS Acc. 348)
- Baptist Union of Great Britain : Denominational Consultation, 1996, and responses; additional material rel to National Steering Group 1993-2001 (D/BUG 11, etc. [Acc. 512])
- Borstal Free Church (Baptist), Rochester: church minutes 1962–1967, 1994–2023, and deacons' minutes 1989–2023; photographs 1962-2023 (C/ROCHESTER addl [Acc. 517])
- Gahan family of Donegal: collection of papers rel to the death of nurse Edith Cavell, executed during the Second World War, and ministered to by Rev Stirling Gahan 1915-47 (IE TCD MS 11690)
- Patrick Delany (c1685-1768), dean of Down: late draft of a sermon (‘Go to the ant, thou’ sluggard...’) preached in St Ann’s, Dublin 1728 (IE TCD MS 11693)
- Alice Eckardt (1923-2020), professor of religious studies: papers rel to James Parkes 1950-2016 (MS425/15/A4386)
- Revd Dr James Parkes (1896-1981), clergyman and historian: corresp with Rabbi Eisendrath 1938-1939 (MS425/16/A4395)
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