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Date(s)
- 1902-1971 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.01 cubic metres (1 box, 1 outsize volume)
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Name of creator
Administrative history
Delamere Presbyterian Church was one of the chapels of the Rev. Philip Oliver's Calvinistic Methodist Connection.
This Cheshire Methodist connection was founded by the Rev. Philip Oliver (1764-1800), an evangelical Anglican minister. He was a friend of the Rev. Thomas Charles of Bala, and he and other Welsh Calvinistic Methodist ministers who could preach in English assisted in the work. The connection was put on a formal footing shortly before Philip Oliver's death, when Thomas Charles and two others were given complete oversight and management. Until 1813 the connection's ministers and lay preachers continued to be supplied by the Welsh Methodists, with some from the Church of England and Lady Huntingdon's Connection, but for the next forty years they appointed their own ministers. In 1853 the connection and its six chapels, comprising Octagon (Chester), Ebenezer (Waverton, closed 1982), Tarvin (closed and sold pre-1892), Delamere, Saighton and Cotebrook, were received into the Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Connection.
Delamere Presbyterian Church closed in 1971.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Mrs Gwawr Booth, Wrexham, December 2002.; 0200301371
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds comprises records of Delamere Presbyterian Church, comprising a marriage register, 1902-1966, a minute book, 1934-1968, and four account books, 1932-1971. Most of the accounts are totalled or balanced at the end of the year, and signed off by the auditor or the presbytery visitors.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically at NLW in six files.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.
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Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
February 2003.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Stephen Benham.
Archivist's note
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Dean, Walter, Waverton Presbyterian Church: formed in the year 1849: history of the church given at the centenary commemoration meeting held on Wednesday, October 19th, 1949.