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Chapter 16: Non-Anglican Religious Bodies

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The records of a wide range of non-anglican religious bodies are included in this section. See Family History Information Sheet 3: Non-Conformist Registers and Family History Information Sheet 2: Roman Catholic Registers for more information on our holdings. Please note that the registers for a large number of Non-Conformist churches within the Westminster area are held at the National Archives, Kew.

Abbey Road Baptist Church: Minutes, accounts, communicant lists, plans, magazines, programmes, newspaper cuttings and photographs, 1862-1994, Acc 2029

Aenon Baptist Chapel, Church Street, St Marylebone: Registers - Marriages, 1927-1940

Blandford Street, Protestant Dissenting House: Register of births, 1782-1820 Transcript. Pamphlet 929.3

Brunswick Methodist Chapel, Balcombe Street, St Marylebone: Registers - Baptisms, 1844-1906; other papers, Acc 1265

Buddhist Society: Photographs of events, royal visits and premises, 1960s. Acc 2005

Cambridge Road Methodist Church, Paddington: Registers - Baptisms, 1876-1922; other papers, Acc 556

Le Carré Church, Soho Square and Berwick Street (Huguenot): Registers - Baptisms, 1690-1788, printed transcript; Marriages, 1690-1788, printed transcript.

Chelsea Methodist Church Sloane Terrace and King's Road Church and circuit records (now part of Victoria and Chelsea Circuit). Includes accounts trusts, schedules, correspondence, 1812-1963, Acc 915 Minutes, accounts, publications, 1898. 1952-1986, Acc 1532, Acc 1791 Nellie Muriel Alexander Fund minutes, accounts, papers, 1936-1946, Acc 915 (see also Victoria Methodist Church)

Chiltern Street Welsh Methodist Church: Registers - Marriages, 1956-1999

Congregational Church, Harrow Road, Kensal Town: Registers - Marriages, 1903-1972

Crown Court Scotch Church, Little Russell Street, Covent Garden. Registers - Baptisms, 1831-1835

Fernhead Road Methodist Church, Paddington: Registers -  Baptisms 1885-1949; other papers including those of the Sunday School, 1886-1934; the Paddington Circuit; the North West London Mission and the South Kilburn Mission. M:Acc 556

French Chapel, Little George Street. (Roman Catholic): Registers - Marriages, 1846-1910, facsimilie

French Chapel Royal, Carton Street: Correspondence, photographs and pamphlets, 1923, 1957-1966, Acc 1823

French Protestant Church, Soho Square. Registers - Marriages, 1992-1996

Glasshouse Street and Leicester Fields Church (Huguenot): Registers - Baptisms, 1688-1783, printed transcript ; Marriages, 1688-1783, printed transcript

Hinde Street Methodist Church: Registers - Baptisms, 1837; Marriages, 1864-1963; other papers including those of the Sunday School, 1816-1909, the Day School, 1843-1862, the Hinde Street Circuit, the Kingsway Hall Trust and the West London Mission. Acc 594, Acc 1265 West London Mission Circuit Committee minutes, 1979-1988; Circuit papers, 1979-1989; Committee reports and correspondence, 1975-1988; and invoices, 1978-1982, Acc 2094. Minutes, accounts, property records, church history, 1901-2003, Acc 2348

Horseferry Road, Wesleyan Chapel: Registers - Baptisms, 1887-1928; Marriages, 1874-1926

Hungerford Market Church (Huguenot): Registers - Baptisms, 1688-1754, printed transcript; Marriages, 1688-1754, printed transcript

Imperial Legation of Austria, Charles Street, St James. (Roman Catholic): Registers - Baptisms, 1764-1820, facsimilie and transcription; Marriages, 1766-1780, 1795-1805, facsimilie and transcription; Burials, 1794-1807, facsimilie and transcription

Kensal Rise Methodist Church: Trustees' minutes, 1906-1919, Acc 556

King's Weigh House Chapel, Duke Street, Grosvenor Square: Registers - Marriages, 1950-1965

Lewisham Street United Methodist Free Church: Registers of Members, 1862-1922, 1924-1926

Marylebone Presbyterian Church, Upper George Street: Registers - Marriages, 1900-1958; Minutes, accounts, scrapbook and other records, 1847-1962, Acc 461

Methodist Central Hall: Registers - Marriages, 1913-1953;  Minutes of local preachers' meetings, 1903-1928, Acc 1604

Neopolitan Legation (Roman Catholic): Registers - Baptisms, 1764-1855, facsimilie and transcription

North West London Mission See Fernhead Road Methodist Church

Orange Street Chapel (Congregationalist): Registers - Marriages, 1974-1983

Oxendon Street Tabernacle (St Martin-in-the-Fields): Churchwardens Accounts, 1678-1696, Acc 419

Paddington Chapel, Marylebone Road: Registers - Marriages, 1963-1970

La Patente, Berwick Street, (Huguenot): Registers - Baptisms, 1689-1782, printed transcript; Marriages, 1689-1782, printed transcript

Percy Road Methodist Church, Paddington: Registers - Baptisms, 1876-1936

Peter Street Methodist Chapel, Soho: Registers - Baptisms, 1841-1851

St James, Spanish Place (Roman Catholic): Registers - Marriages, 1732-1834, transcription

St John's Wood English Presbyterian Church, Marlborough Place: Registers - Marriages, 1914-1975

St Mary's Lutheran Church, Sandwich Street, St Pancras, (formerly Lutheran Church of the Savoy): Registers - Baptisms, 1694-1877; Marriages, 1694-1771, 1839-1907; Burials, 1694-1855, 1942-1965; Papers, 1694-1935; Chronicle of communicants, 1811-1817; Vestry minutes and accounts, 1694-1882; Church fabric records, 1726-1828; Charity School of the German Lutheran Church, 1831-1908; Fechting's Charity records, 1757-1829, Acc 90; Articles of agreement for making an organ, 1701-1702, Acc 300; Minutes, accounts, deeds, correspondence, 1877-1964 (gaps), Acc 1975; Treasurers' files concerning Church Council 1957-1995; church building projects 1966-1987; tricentenary celebrations 1994-1995; Five United German and Dutch Churches Clergymen's Widows and Childrens Fund 1952-1995, Acc 2267; Treasurer's file concerning Church Council "Kirchenvorstand", (from 1998 St Mary's and St George's German Lutheran Church), 1996-2005, Acc 2467

St Patrick, Soho Square (Roman Catholic): Registers - Baptisms, 1790-1851, facsimilie; Index to baptisms, 1790-1938; Marriages, 1809-1856, facsimilie and transcription

St Vincent De Paul, Bayswater (Roman Catholic). Pauper admissions, 1858-1872, facsimilie

Salisbury Street Wesleyan Chapel, St Marylebone: Registers - Baptisms, 1828-1837, transcript, (pamphlet 929.3); Baptisms, 1838-1853

Savoy Church, Spring Gardens (Huguenot): Registers - Baptisms, 1680-1900, printed transcript; Marriages, 1680-1753, printed transcript

South Kilburn Mission See Fernhead Road Methodist Church

South-West London Methodist District Youth Council: Minutes, 1960-1973, Acc 1046. Swallow Street Church (Huguenot) Registers - Baptisms, 1680-1709, printed transcript; Marriages - 1680-1709, printed transcript

Swallow Street Scotch Church, St James: Registers - Baptisms, 1821-1837

[Note:  this register is missing.  It is a copy of the original register held at the National Archives at Kew.]

Trinity Baptist Chapel, Crawford Place: Registers - Marriages, 1932-1934

Venetian Chapel, Suffolk Street (Roman Catholic) Registers - Baptisms, 1796-1844, facsimilie and transcription; Marriages, 1744-1754, 1772-1788, facsimilie

Victoria Methodist Church, Westmoreland Terrace (formerly Ebury Bridge Methodist Church), incorporating The Old Westminster Methodist Church Trust, Pimlico Chapel Westmoreland Terrace and Victoria Methodist Church, Willow Place: Annual reports, minutes, accounts, correspondence, plans and newspaper cuttings, 1856-1996, Acc 2339 (see also Chelsea Methodist Church)

Wells Street Scotch Church, St Marylebone: Registers - Baptisms, 1753-1875

Westbourne Grove Baptist Chapel, Paddington: Registers - Marriages, 1907-1974, 1982-1990; Communion book, 1885-1894; pew rents, 1876-1910; Church Meetings minutes, 1895-1979; Deacons' minutes, 1900-1982; accounts, 1887-1984; Church magazine, 1961-1965; and Sunday School papers, 1915-1980, Acc 2264

Westbourne Park Baptist Chapel, Paddington: Registers - Marriages, 1917-1940

Westminster Baptist Church, Horseferry Road: Registers - Marriages, 1970-1983

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