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.
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: 28 December, 2024 (By permission of the British Library.)
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| 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.