Henry Croswell et al. in Church of St George the Martyr, Holborn, London - 27 February, 1876, 07:00 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 60:

It is an Anglican service.

O[rgan]. – Good, large and well played.

C[hoir]. – Ten men and fifteen boys, well trained. 

[The congregation numbered] 600 – It was a respectable and large congregation.

[…]

M[iscellaneous]. – [...]  It is a very mild Anglican church.  The Rector is opposed to anything extreme.

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 60. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547036261981 accessed: 28 March, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: Church of St George the Martyr, Holborn, London

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Anglican church music performed by the choir and organist of the Church of St George the Martyr

Experience Information

Date/Time 27 February, 1876, 07:00 PM
Duration 1 hours 30 minutes
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Notes

Henry Croswell (1840–93) kept a record of his visits to churches in London over a period of more than twelve years (1872–85). He made methodical notes about the number of clergy, the churchmanship, the congregation, the sermon and the church architecture, as well as commenting on the music that he heard (the organ, the hymns and the choir). The above listening experience has been extracted from one of these records.


Originally submitted by lcc5 on Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:17:42 +0000
Approved on Sat, 27 Jun 2020 13:59:48 +0100