Catalogue description SAINT MICHAEL, HIGHGATE, SOUTH GROVE, CAMDEN

This record is held by The London Archives: City of London

Details of P90/MIC1
Reference: P90/MIC1
Title: SAINT MICHAEL, HIGHGATE, SOUTH GROVE, CAMDEN
Description:

Summary of Registers at GLRO

 

Composite registers 1634-1812

 

Baptisms 1813-1952

 

Marriages 1832-1949

 

Burials 1813-1903

 

Later registers are in the custody of the incumbent
Date: 1633-1984
Held by: The London Archives: City of London, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Church of England, St Michael's Parish, Camden
Physical description: 191 Files
Access conditions:

Files P90/MIC1/001 - 026 are not available for consultation, please use microfilms

 

Files P90/MIC1/052, 057, 061, 064A, 065, 071; 123 are not fit for production
Accruals:

P90/MIC1/157-190 - Additional records deposited at the Greater London Record Office, June 1995
Administrative / biographical background:

Key Dates

 

Fourteenth century: Existence of hermit's chapel at Highgate.

 

1565: Chapel assigned to Sir Roger Cholmeley's Free Grammar School (founded 1562)

 

1637: Preacher appointed to assist master of school in chapel; chapel used as parish church by Highgate inhabitants

 

1832: Closure of chapel, consecration of Saint Michael's Church on new site

 

1834: Parish of Saint Michael Highgate created

 

1851: Abolition of select vestry

 

1852: Highgate National Schools established

 

1856: Parsonage built on Southwood Lane

 

1867: New Grammar School chapel consecrated on former site

 

1880-1881: Renovation and extension of Saint Michael's Church

 

1917: Formation of voluntary church council

 

1936: Parsonage transferred to 68 Southwood Lane

 

1944: Church damaged by flying bomb

 

1946-1954: Restoration of church

 

1972: Parsonage transferred to 10 The Grove
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