Glamorgan Archives

Rumney English Baptist Church, Cardiff

Reference code(s): GB 0214 DBAP9

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Title: Rumney English Baptist Church, Cardiff

Short title: Rumney English Baptist Church, Cardiff

Dates of creation: 1927-1968

Level of description: Fonds

Extent and medium: 0.02 cubic metres (1 box)

Name of creator(s): Rumney English Baptist Church

CONTEXT

Administrative and biographical history: Rumney English Baptist Church was established in Tyr-y-sarn Road, Rumney, Cardiff, Glamorgan, in 1921. It was alternatively known in later years as the Alfred Tilly Memorial Chapel, named from the Rev. Alfred Tilly, minister of Bethany Church, St Mary Street, Cardiff, 1857-1861, and minister and founder of Tredegarville Baptist Church, The Parade, Cardiff, 1861-1893.

CONTENT

Scope and content: Records of the Rumney English Baptist Church, 1927-1968, including: minutes of church meetings and deacons meetings, 1937-1949; minutes of deacons meetings including minutes of new hall management committee, 1949-1961; minutes of deacons meetings, 1961-1968; and minutes of Sunday School business meetings, 1927-1945.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/script: English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements: Fair condition

System of arrangement: Arranged chronologically.

Conditions governing access: No restrictions

Conditions governing reproduction: Normal Glamorgan Record Office conditions apply.

Finding aids: A handlist is available at the Glamorgan Record Office.
Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records have been retained.

Accruals: Accruals are not expected.

Immediate source of acquisition: Transferred by the Rumney English Baptist Church on 30 May 1973.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds.

Archivist's note: Compiled by Hayden Burns for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Glamorgan Record Office, Catalogue of records for Rumney English Baptist Church; Riden, Philip, Records Sources for Local History, (London, 1987); Stephens, W. B., Sources for English Local History, (Cambridge, 1981); Breed, G.R., My Ancestors were Baptists, (London, 1995); Jenkins, J. Austin and Edwards, James, The History of Nonconformity in Cardiff, (Cardiff, 1901); Boyce, Ron, A Recollection of 100 Years of the Baptist Ministry in Rumney, Cardiff, (Cardiff, 1989).

Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH.

Date(s) of description: November 2003

INDEX ENTRIES

Subjects

Baptists | Wales | Cardiff

Religious institutions | Wales | Cardiff

Rumney English Baptist Church (Rumney, Wales) | Archives

Personal names

Corporate names

Rumney English Baptist Church (Rumney, Wales)

Places

Rumney