Henry Croswell et al. in Devonshire Square Chapel, Stoke Newington Road, Whitechapel, East End of London - 13 March, 1881, 07:00 PM

from Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell, page 245:

I was only there twenty minutes.

[…]

O[rgan]. – Ordinary.

H[ymns]. – From the Baptist Collection.

C[hoir]. – In the West Gallery.

[The congregation numbered] 100 – A miserable poor congrgation [sic]. 

[…] 

M[iscellaneous]. –  I only went there because I couldn't go anywhere else.

 

cite as

Henry Croswell, Transcript of the diaries of Henry Croswell. In British Library, number 000826807, C.194.c.113 , p. 245. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1551273599842 accessed: 29 March, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)

location of experience: Devonshire Square Chapel, Stoke Newington Road, Whitechapel, East End of London

Listeners

Henry Croswell
assurance clerk, Sunday School teacher
1840-1893

Listening to

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hymns from a Baptist hymnal performed by the choir and organist of Devonshire Square Chapel

Experience Information

Date/Time 13 March, 1881, 07:00 PM
Duration 20 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. Devonshire Square Chapel was a Particular Baptist church.


Originally submitted by lcc5 on Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:20:00 +0000
Approved on Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:08:39 +0100