Unless otherwise stated all photographs/scans etc have been undertaken by Barbara Chapman. Those photographs of HALS documents taken by Barbara are reproduced here with the kind permission and under licence from Hertfordhsire Archives & Local Studies.
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS
HOLY TRINITY’S ARCHIVE DOCUMENTS
When I was appointed archivist for Holy Trinity Church, Leverstock Green in 2005 (a non-stipendiary position), I was also given a very large box full of various documents to study, catalogue and keep safe. It turned out to be a veritable gold-mine of information about our church, as well as containing many documents which were quite beautiful in their own right. As well as documenting them, (see Archive catalogue below) I also scanned some where it was practical to do so, and published some on-line including the architects drawings and the centenary booklet, and I have lately completed work on the Banns Book. (See links to the left.)
Five years on (August 2010) and photo technology had advanced to such an extent that I can now take hand-held photographs of documents, which are sharp enough to blow up and read easily if scanning as a pdf file is not a suitable option. I therefore decided to photograph as many of the particularly interesting documents as possible and post the results on the web so that others may share this information before I pass them all to Dacorum Heritage Trust for safe storeage at the Museum Store. Where possible I shall list the names of those persons mentioned in the documents, to aid family historians.
Other relevant documents, in particular the completed registers of Baptism, Burial and Marriages have long since resided at County Hall at HALS, and can be accessed there by family historians on microfilm.
I will initially post details and links to pages already published, concerning the principle major documents and plans, and will update the page from time to time as I complete further recordings etc.
Scroll down to view images from documents etc. (Titles in Lilac and Navy boxes on left hand side.)
Barbara Chapman, August 2010
Scroll down a little and see left hand side of page for navigation to other pages connected to Holy Trinity Church, and the Benefice of Langelei.
MORE DOCUMENTS AND IMAGES OF DOCUMENTS
TO BE PUBLISHED SHORTLY.
This page was last updated on: April 21, 2011
EARLY CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNT BOOK 1850 - 1890:
The details here add to the information to be found on the above page and in the newsletter item I wrote on the subject for DHT (see pdf file to right.) and include pdf files of the entire and wholy delightful leather bound volume.
A spreadsheet of the names mentioned in the book will also be published here shortly.
CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNT BOOK 1902-1935:
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH WARDENS
As listed in the accounts book 1850-1890
John Evans 1850-1857
1850-1857John Saunders 1850- 1856, 1857- 1859
1850- 1856, 1857- 1859John Childs 1856-1857
1856-1857John Edwin 1857-1859
1857-1859Joseph Bailey 1859- 1871 , 1879-1890
1859- 1871 , 1879-1890Joseph Smith 1859- 1860
1859- 1860John Child 1860- 1871 , 1875- 1890
1860- 1871 , 1875- 1890H. O. Kidman 1875- 1879
1875- 1879NB Not all years specified who were the churchwardens.
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH WARDENS
As listed in the accounts book 1906-1936
Arthur Seabrook1902- 1905
1902- 1905 William C. Child1902- 1905 , 1916- 1919
1902- 1905 , 1916- 1919Viscount Grimston 1916- 1923
Fred Dell (G F Dell) 1919-1923
NB Not all years specified who were the churchwardens.
SURNAMES GIVEN IN 1902-1936 CW ACCOUNT BOOK:
(Check out spreadsheet bottom left to give more detail.)
All Saints Convent, Alliance , Bailey, Balderson, Barbour, Batchelor, Benskin Brothers, Binns,Bishop, Blacknel, Boots the Chemist, Boxmoor Trustees,
Bracey & Clark, Brackett, Bradshaw, Breed & sons, Breed & Webb, Brice, Bridges, Bright, Brocket(ts), Busby, Cannon, Child, Clarke, Collis, Courts, Cox,
Davis & Bailey, Day, Dell, Doggett, Doggett,Durrant, Durrant Wells, Edwards,
Ellam, Evans, Faith Brothers Ltd, Field, Flint, Ford, Ford, Gale, Gates, Gower,
Green, Grey, Grimston, Grimwood, Guardian, Hallett, Hancocks, Hartwright, Helm, Hills & Son, Hisatt, Horwood, Houston, How, Hunt, Kimich, Kirkland, Knight, Knox Hart, Kyrke Penson, Lanes, Lang, Leat, Lee, Lockhart, Long, Mark, Marks, Mears, Monbray, Mortimer, Newland, Newlands, Nunn, Oakley, Palmer, Perkins, Perry, Pollock, Powell Evans, Robinson, Seabrook, Sears, Secretan, Shapcock, Sheppards, Shoobred Ltd., Simon, Simons, Smith, SPCK books, Steers, Thorne, Tuck, Varney, Walters, Webster, White, Whyte, Wilson, Wright.
N.B. THESE PDF FILES ARE LARGE SO MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO DOWNLOAD. IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS PLEASE CONTACT ME.
Sadly the Churchwardens' Accounts between 1890 and 1902 seem to be missing, and the next set from 1902 is in a much larger, hardbacked book slightly larger than A5 sized. The book is far from being filled, stopping in 1936. Presumably after that date a different system of keeping the accounts was kept. A full list of Churchwardens and names is given above and below, and also a spreadsheet of the names with additional details below,
N.B. THESE PDF FILES ARE LARGE SO MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO DOWNLOAD. IF YOU EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS PLEASE CONTACT ME.
It is worth noting that the account summaries were printed from 1937, typed up from the 1950s and fully computerised from about 2000, and that a Treasurer appointed by the DCC handles these accounts. At the time of this publication (August 2010), my husband Martin Chapman is the current Treasurer. BC.
A GIFT OF HEATING & LIGHTING 1939
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Click on thumnails to view documents connected to the instalation of electic lighting, a gift from Arthur Brock, the firework manufacturer.
SURNAMES MENTIONED IN THE EARLY CHURCHWARDEN'S ACCOUNTS. 1850-1890
Bailey, Aldridge, Barker, Beckley, Bish, Bonham & Son, Bowra, Bradwin, Brownlees, Calverhouse, Chalk, Child(s), Cole, Cooper, Cranstone, Danes/Dines, Dell, Dickinson, Dolt, Earl of Verulam, Ebbern, Edison, Edwin, Edwin, Evans, Finch, Frampton, Gashwell, Grading, Hales, Hancock, Haydon, Haydon & Balderson, Headech, Heale, Helme, Jennings, Johnson, Jones & Son, Key, Kingham, Langley, Lewin, Longman, Manlove, Mason, Mead, Messenger, Nash, Norrys, Paston, Paxton, Payne, Payton, Peat, Pedley, Perry, Ratford, Richardson, Robins, Saunders, Sears & Son, Sharpe, Smith, Terry, Thorp, Ticklin, Tollit, Walker,
Watson & Weston, Wilson, Wingrave, Winguard, Woodman
(Check out spreadsheet to left to give more detail.)
Spreadsheet containing the names, roles if known and other relevant comments.
1974
125th Anniversary
1950
Churchyard Extension
ABOVE: part of the map showing the proposed new churchyard extension. To view the whole map, click on the thumnail below.
1949 - Centenary
1919 Parish Leaflet
BELOW: The graves of Arthur Brock & his wife (left) and two of his sons and their wives)
RIGHT: The grave of Benjemin Roland Brock
9th November 1939 - A Full Faculty was granted Holy Trinity Church to 1) install electric lighting in place of the existing oil lamps 2) to install low pressure hot water radiator system or heating in place of the existing coke stove 3) to remove the organ from the East end of the North Aisle of he West end of the North Aisle and to install an electric organ blower; to make new choir seats at the West end of the Nave and 4) to remove one seat at the front of the South side of the nave and two seats at the front of the North side of the Nave and to form new seat fronts AND GENERALLY to do and perform all such other acts matters and things as it may be necessary to perform …in accordance with the plans and specifications deposited…. The official copy of the above shows the estimated cost of the above to be £580 of which £300 had already been promised – the balance to come from private subscriptions. [HTLG 59]
Work on planning the installation of the heating and lighting system had been undertaken since approval was given by Arthur Brocks Co earlier in the summer. From the dates on the architects drawings it would seem that the work was perhaps not carried out until 1940 or even later. Various evidence is contradictory as to the exact date of installation, which can perhaps only be confirmed if the report which I understood to have been written in the Herts Advertiser & St. Albans Times can be ascertained. I was informed in c. 1996 by Beryl Carrington that she recalled attending the service which officially “opened” the lighting etc. with her Father who reported on it for the paper. Beryl herself later became a reported for the newspaper. Microfilm of the newspaper during the war years was not available, and I have as yet to research the hardcopies at the newspaper library at Colindale. If anyone has more information about the exact date of installation of the heating and lighting please contact me, but as far as I can judge it would seem work began at the end of 1939, and may not have been complete until the following summer of 1940.
Link to Parish Magazines and records kept within them,
coming soon.
