Ralph Thoresby et al. in in a church, Arbury (?), Warwickshire - 26 October, 1719, at night
from The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, Author of the Topography of Leeds (1677-1724). now first published from the original manuscript by Rev. Joseph Hunter.Vol. II, page 268:
Diary entry 26 October 1719
Morning, read; then wrote to the Lord Wharton’s trustees, about the Bibles for poor orphans; rest of day proceeding in remarks upon Camden’s Britannia, for the Bishop of Lincoln, in order to a more correct edition, till evening prayers, when surprised with a voice (in the clerk’s absence) at the low end of the church, which I took for a distracted person, that sometimes gets in and makes disturbance, but after perceived it was a woman, (one Alice Milner) that led out a Psalm, which was followed by most of the congregation.
Ralph Thoresby, and Joseph Hunter (ed.), The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, Author of the Topography of Leeds (1677-1724). now first published from the original manuscript by Rev. Joseph Hunter.Vol. II (London, 1830), p. 268. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1726745377498 accessed: 3 January, 2025
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hide composers| psalm singing | performed by Alice Milner, The Congregation |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 26 October, 1719, at night |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |