Collection GB 0074 ACC/3248 - SAINT GEORGE IN THE EAST, STEPNEY

0.01 linear metres

GB 0074 ACC/3248 1829-1836 Collection 0.01 linear metres Parish of St George in the East, Stepney , Church of England

The church of Saint George in the East, Stepney, was one of three Stepney churches built under the 1711 "Act for the building of Fifty New Churches in the Cities of London and Westminster or the Suburbs thereof" to be paid for by a tax levied on coal entering the City of London. The church was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor to serve the residents of Upper Wapping, however it was not consecrated until 1729 because of financial difficulties. It has a 160 foot tower. The east window was designed by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

The church was the centre of a controversy in the 1850s when the Presbyterian Bishop of London A C Tait replaced the high church rector with a low church preacher, causing demonstrations and unrest and the eventual temporary closure of the church.

The interior of the church was gutted during World War II, but the exterior was left intact. After the bombing, services continued in a shed at the rear. In 1963 a new church, by Arthur Baily, was built within the Hawksmoor shell. The original apse with its plasterwork and the font at the west end have been retained. There was space for an inner courtyard between the original west front and the new, which was built entirely of glass. On either side of the courtyard, the former galleries incorporate four flats which were given the Civic Trust Award in 1967.

Deposited in July 1993.

Records of the church of Saint George in the East, Stepney, comprising churchwarden's accounts and vouchers.

One bundle catalogued as ACC/3248/001.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

English

Fit.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For more records of St George in the East see O/497.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Deposited in July 1993.

Records of the church of Saint George in the East, Stepney, comprising churchwarden's accounts and vouchers.

One bundle catalogued as ACC/3248/001.

Available for general access.

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

• English

• Latin

English

For more records of St George in the East see O/497.

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English