Henry Croswell et al. in St Katharine's Church, Coleman Street, Bunhill Row, London - 21 May, 1876, 07:00 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 72:

O[rgan]. – Harmonium played by an amateur.

C[hoir]. – Four young men but no boys.  They sung a Rogation Litany.

The church holds about fity [sic].  I saw present twenty "young ladies", three old women, six children and two young men.

[…]

B[uilding] – This is a Mission of S. Paul's, Bunhill Row and the Room is part of a Warehouse.

M[iscellaneous]. – I think this is a doubtful success in a very poor neighbourhood.

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 72. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1547120703982 accessed: 28 March, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: St Katharine's Church, Coleman Street, Bunhill Row, London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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Anglican church music performed by choir and organist of St Katharine's Church
a Rogation Litany performed by the choir and organist of St Katharine's Church

Experience Information

Date/Time 21 May, 1876, 07:00 PM
Duration 1 hours 45 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 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 11:45:04 +0000
Approved on Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:07:06 +0100