Record

LevelSub-series
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CEZ/F/PY/GB
TitleGreat Britain
Extent4 files
Date1888-1964
DescriptionRecords of CEZMS headquarters. Records survive only for the Highbury Estate and Cromwell House.
Access ConditionsFor preservation reasons, microfilm or digital copies are made available in place of the original documents. Details are given in the catalogue at file level.
Access StatusOpen, but subject to some access restrictions
Administrative HistoryThe Society moved its offices and residences several times. In Highbury the Manor House Estate comprised Manor House, Leigh Road and South House, Leigh Road, including Manor Side, Manor Cottage, Central Post Office, Sorting Office Hamilton Road, Christchurch Parish room. Candidates stayed at Manor House on first coming to London, so too did missionaries returning to England; the house was available for deputations, interviews, monthly prayer meetings, social gatherings and Secretaries' conferences; it was also used to house material loaned for exhibitions. (Source: Annual Reports).
Related MaterialCromwell House papers are held in the Church Mission Society Archive (CMS).

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