RECORDS OF THE UNITED CHURCH (UNITED REFORMED AND METHODIST), HIGH STREET, SNODLAND

N/URC/342

1836-1977

fonds

4 boxes

Records of The United Church (United Reformed and Methodist), (Medway District, United Reformed Church), High Street, Snodland 1976-1982, formerly The Congregational Church and previously The Independent Church (Congregational or Independent Dissenters), comprising: * The Congregational Church minute and memorandum book of the Independents 1836-1920 (1 vol) * Minute books 1920-1948, 1948-1959, 1959-1968 and 1968-1970 (4 vols); * Duplicate baptisms 1883-1907 (1 vol); * Women’s Adult School minute book 1907-1911 (1 vol); * Deacons’ minute books 1894-1911, 1934-1945 and 1950-1966; * Roll of church members 1949-1982 (1 vol); * Account books 1906-1925, 1926-1934 and 1966-1973 (3 vols); * Annual statement of accounts 1935-1952 (1 vol); * Loose accounts comprising vouchers, bills and receipts 1947-1952 and 1952-1956 (2 folders); * Secretary and treasurer’s correspondence file, pertaining mainly to trusteeship matters, with Nativity Play script, 1936-1948 (1 folder); * Secretary and treasurer’s correspondence file, pertaining to repair of fabric, finances, ministry or pastorate and War Damage, 1947-1949 (1 folder); * Secretary and treasurer’s correspondence file, pertaining to reconstruction, the manse, outings and finances 1949-1951 (1 folder); * Secretary and treasurer’s correspondence file, pertaining to systematic prayer, the manse and pastoral matters 1951-1953 (1 folder); * Secretary and treasurer’s correspondence file, pertaining to Civil Defence, lay preachers, service arrangements and pastoral matters 1953-1956 (1 folder); * Secretary and treasurer’s correspondence file, pertaining to lay preachers’ plans, finances and fund raising, hymn choosing and pastoral matters 1955-1957 (1 folder); * Secretary and treasurer’s correspondence file, pertaining to insurance, fund raising, pastoral matters and lay preachers, including printed booklet order of service for thanksgiving for commemorating the tercentenary of the Great Ejection from the Church of England 1662-1962, Winter Gardens, Margate (1 folder); * Facsimile and original architects’ drawings and associated correspondence pertaining to rebuilding work 1964-1978 with other papers pertaining to sharing agreement between Congregational and Methodist churches locally 1977 (1 folder); * Minutes of joint meetings of deacons of Snodland, Rainham and Hempstead Congregational churches (1953-1954), notes of marriages performed at Snodland (1921-1925), loose accounts, account books, insurances and extracts from the trust deed, c. 1900-c. 1960 (1 folder); * Papers pertaining to the reinstatement of War Damage sustained by the church and manse including estimates and schedules, the welcoming home of demobilised service personnel, letting of the manse, and question sheets and checkpoint list for motor car treasure hunt around Kent, taking in Goudhurst, Tovil and the A229 area (c. 1963), c. 1938-c. 1963 (1 folder); * Blank membership, Sunday School and attendance cards with printed booklets and pamphlets pertaining to church membership and Kent Congregational Association and the Congregational churches of England and Wales policies and activities c. 1931-c. 1966 (1 folder); * Minutes and agenda papers of combined or United Congregational and Methodist clergy and members, correspondence and draft constitution pertaining to amalgamation of Snodland Congregational and Methodist churches 1967-1977 (1 folder).

Uncatalogued

Uncatalogued. Refer to Archivist.

N/URC/342