Data Management Plan for the project "History of St Gabriel's Church"

<p dir="ltr">The project will explore three key research questions through a specific historical case study of St Gabriel's Church Cricklewood from its foundation in the 1890s to its centenary in 1997.</p><p dir="ltr">1. How historically have the institutional structures of the Church of England interacted with congregational and local communities?</p><p dir="ltr">2. What does a micro-study of a particular church reveal about wider patterns of religious decline and revival, especially in London?</p><p dir="ltr">3. How successfully, or otherwise, has the church adapted to the greatly increased ethnic and cultural diversity of London since WW2?</p><p dir="ltr">St Gabriels is currently a thriving suburban multi-ethnic church. It was founded in the 1890s and in its early decades was a major focus of a developing community of artisan and middle-class housing. After the Second World War it went into decline and was threatened with closure in the 1970s and 1980s. It has subsequently revived in both numbers and activity and transformed from a community characterised by a 'white British' ethos to one that strongly affirms ethnic diversity.</p><p dir="ltr">This data management plan relates to a small number of oral history interviews that will be conducted to gather evidence and insight relating to the latter part of the period to be examined.</p>