Wednesday, 17 January 2007
Contacting us
To make an appointment or for further information, please contact Fr Nicholas Schofield (Archivist) or Miss Tamara Thornhill (Project Archivist) on 0207 938 3580 or archivist@rcdow.org.uk.
Where we are
The Diocsean Archives are situated at 16a Abingdon Road, just off Kensington High Street.
Go through the archway next to 16 Abingdon Rd and ring the bell to the left of the garage door!Parking is limited and so researchers are advised to use public transport.
The nearest stations are High Street Kensington (District and Circle Lines and Kensington Olympia (District Line and Silverlink). Many buses pass down Kensington High Street.
Go through the archway next to 16 Abingdon Rd and ring the bell to the left of the garage door!Parking is limited and so researchers are advised to use public transport.
The nearest stations are High Street Kensington (District and Circle Lines and Kensington Olympia (District Line and Silverlink). Many buses pass down Kensington High Street.
Access
If you wish to consult the Archives, you must make an appointment with the Archivist. A letter of recommendation is normally required, for example from an academic supervisor. Since the Archivist is a priest with parish duties, the collection is normally only accessible two days a week (presently Mondays and Wednesdays). It is also closed for a month in the summer and during Holy week, the Christmas and Easter Octaves and other holydays.The collection is the private archive of the Archbishop of Westminster and certain other Catholic institutions. Therefore no 'right' to access exists. As with other archives, material from the last 30 years or containing sensitive information is not available for consultation.
Who we are...
Welcome to the Archives blog for the Archdiocese of Westminster!
The Westminster Diocesan Archives contain material relating not only to the history of the Diocese but also the history of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. The nucleus of the collection are the papers of the Cardinal Archbishops of Westminster and, before 1850, the Vicars Apostolic of the London District. There is a particularly rich collection of papers dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Archives also hold the archives of other important Catholic bodies (including the 'Old Brotherhood' and St Edmund's, Ware), as well as a small number of sacramental registers, mainly dating from the nineteenth century. Please note, however, that the majority of sacramental registers are still kept by individual parishes.
The Westminster Diocesan Archives contain material relating not only to the history of the Diocese but also the history of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. The nucleus of the collection are the papers of the Cardinal Archbishops of Westminster and, before 1850, the Vicars Apostolic of the London District. There is a particularly rich collection of papers dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Archives also hold the archives of other important Catholic bodies (including the 'Old Brotherhood' and St Edmund's, Ware), as well as a small number of sacramental registers, mainly dating from the nineteenth century. Please note, however, that the majority of sacramental registers are still kept by individual parishes.
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