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Collapse 00151 - PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, MERIDEN - 1628-198000151 - PARISH OF ST LAURENCE, MERIDEN - 1628-1980
Expand 1 - Incumbent1 - Incumbent
Collapse 2 - Churchwardens2 - Churchwardens
Expand 2 - Accounts & financial records2 - Accounts & financial records
Expand 3 - Faculties3 - Faculties
Expand 4 - Terriers & inventories4 - Terriers & inventories
Expand 5 - Deeds & property records (including insurance)5 - Deeds & property records (including insurance)
Collapse 7 - Specifications, plans, tenders7 - Specifications, plans, tenders
1 - Ground plan showing the seats in the church - 1798
2 - Alterations to chancel: - 1900
3 - Revised plan with galleries: copy of correspondence from the Rev. W.S. Somerville to the Bishop re the revised plan, "upon considering the vast disproportion of subscriptions collected to the amount required", of erecting 2 new galleries (taking down the North and South walls and rebuilding them 6 ft. higher with enlarged windows) capable of holding 150 people, the appropriation of free sittings etc. - 26 Nov 1825
4 - Early estimates: - 1825, 1829
5 - Architect/contract builder: specifications, estimates, bills and receipts etc. from John Bradford of Coventry, builder, contracted to repair and new pew Meriden Church. - 1825-1827
6 - Church Restoration Appeal: - c.1880s
7 - Architect (plans): - c.1883
8 - Restoration of the Church Tower: - 1894-1895
9 - Heating Apparatus: correspondence and other papers from Musgrave & Co. Ltd. of Ann Street Ironworks, Dublin, re their tender (later accepted) for heating Meriden Church and re the purchase of a hot water heating apparatus from the same, including a detailed estimate and specification of the apparatus with a ground plan of the Church showing proposed heating plan. Coloured. Scale 8ft. = 1" - 1 Aug-28 Sep 1895
10 - Heating Apparatus: original bundle of bills from Musgrave etc - 1895-1896
11 - New heating chamber: plans etc. for the Diocesan Register by Guy Pemberton of Malvern, architect, of the new heating chamber comprising, ground plan of NW corner of Church showing N wall of tower and west end of N aisle and new heating chamber; sectional drawing and W elevation of the same. Coloured. Scale - 4ft. = 1" - Oct 1932
Expand 8 - Miscellaneous fabric & contents records, inc. photos8 - Miscellaneous fabric & contents records, inc. photos
Expand 9 - Sequestration papers9 - Sequestration papers
Expand 10 - Miscellaneous papers relating to the Churchwardens10 - Miscellaneous papers relating to the Churchwardens
Expand 3 - Vestry3 - Vestry
Expand 4 - Parochial Church Council4 - Parochial Church Council
Expand 6 - Constables6 - Constables
Expand 7 - Overseers of the Poor7 - Overseers of the Poor
Expand 8 - Highway Surveyors8 - Highway Surveyors
Expand 10 - Charities10 - Charities
Expand 11 - Schools11 - Schools
Expand 12 - Statutory Deposits12 - Statutory Deposits
Expand 14 - Printed14 - Printed
Expand 15 - Miscellaneous15 - Miscellaneous
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