List of places of worship in London, 1738
A list of places of worship in London was compiled for William Maitland 's 1739 History of London . It is thought to be the first such list published that goes beyond Church of England churches and chapels, to include the full variety of religions practised formally in London. The list then appeared in other publications, for two decades at least, without regard to updating.
By denominations, it divides as below.
Church of England
Listed 76 churches, 68 chapels.
Allhallows, Barking [ 4] William Geekie (1733–1767)[ 5] [ 6] Allhallows, Bread Street [ 7] Allhallows the Great [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] Allhallows, Lombard Street Allhallows, London Wall Allhallows Staining St Alphage, Aldermanbury St Andrew Holborn St Andrew Undershaft St Andrew Undershaft With St Mary Axe, Location 11558; Berriman, William (1712 - 1762), inc. 26/04/1722 - 15/05/1762 ) ID 7677St Andrew Wardrobe St Anne Aldersgate St Antholin Budge Row St Augustin Watling Street St Bartholomew Exchange St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield Richard Thomas Bateman[ 11] St Bartholomew the Less Smithfield St Benedict Fink St Bennet Gracechurch St Bennet Paul's Wharf St Botolph Aldersgate St Botolph Aldgate St Botolph Bishopsgate St Bride Fleet Street Christ Church Newgate Street St Christopher Threadneedle Street St Clement Eastcheap St Dionis Backchurch St Dunstan in the East St Dunstan in the West St Edmund Lombard Street St Ethelburg Bishopgate Street St George Botolph Lane St Giles Cripplegate St Helen Bishopgate Street St James, Duke's Place St James Garlick Hill St Katherine Coleman Fenchurch Street St Katherine Cree St Katherine near the Tower St Lawrence Jewry St Magnus London Bridge St Margaret Lothbury St Margaret Pattens St Martin Ludgate St Martin Outwitch St Mary Abchurch St Mary Aldermanbury St Mary Aldermary St Mary le Bow St Mary at Hill St Mary Magdalen, Old Fish Street St Mary Somerset St Mary Woolnoth St Matthew Friday Street St Michael Bassishaw St Michael Cornhill St Michael Crooked Lane St Michael Queenhithe St Michael Royal St Michael Wood Street St Mildred Bread Street St Mildred Poultry St Nicholas Cole Abbey St Olave Hart Street St Olave Jewry St Peter ad Vincula St Peter Cornhill St Peter Le Poor St Sepulchre Snow Hill St Stephen Coleman Street St Stephen Walbrook St Swithin Walbrook Temple Church Trinity Minories St Vedast Foster Lane St Anne Dean Street St Clement Dane St George Hanover Square St James Piccadilly St John Baptist, the Savoy St John the Evangelist Horseferry St Margaret, Westminster St Martin, St Martin's Lane St Mary le Strand St Paul Covent Garden Christ Church, Spitalfields St Anne Limehouse St Dunstan, Stepney St George Bloomsbury St George Queen Square St George, Middlesex St Giles in the Field St James Clerkenwell St John Hackney St John Wapping St Leonard Shoreditch St Luke Old Street St Mary Islington St Mary Whitechapel St Paul Shadwell (St Catherine's by the Tower
Presbyterians
Listed 28 meeting houses.
Bethnal Green meeting: (de facto Independent) William Chapman, moved here from Lower Rotherhithe in 1704, to 1738; and William Sheffield from 1739.[ 12] ejected minister of 1662 who later conformed.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Book House meeting, Clapton
Church Street meeting, Hoxton
Crosby Square meeting, Bishopsgate Street
Crown Court meeting, Russell Street
Founders Hall meeting, Lothbury
Gravel Lane meeting, Houndsditch; Gravel Pit Chapel , George Smith
Great St Thomas Apostles meeting
Hanover Street meeting, Longacre
King's Weigh-house meeting, Little Eastcheap
Leather Lane meeting, Holborn; Joshua Bayes from 1723 (ODNb)
Little Carter Lane meeting, Samuel Wright at Carter Lane (ODNB)
Little St. Helens meeting, Bishopgate Street
Maiden Lane meeting, Deadman's Place
Middlesex Court meeting, Bartholomew Close
Mourning Lane meeting, Hackney
New Broad Street meeting, London Wall
Old Bailey meeting
Old Jewry meeting, Poultry; Old Jewry Meeting-house , Samuel Chandler
Parish Street meeting, Horsleydown
Poor Jewry Lane meeting, near Aldgate; William Harris , replaced 1740 by George Benson (ODNB)
Rampant Lion Yard meeting, Nightingale Lane
Salters Hall meeting, Swithin's Lane
Shakespear's Walk meeting, Upper Shadwell
Silver Street meeting, Wood Street
Swallow Street meeting, Piccadilly; James Anderson 1734 to Lisle Street chapel, Leicester Fields
Windsor Court meeting, Monkwell Street
Independents
Listed 26 meeting houses.
Boar's Head Yard meeting, Petticoat Lane
Brickhill Lane meeting, Thames Street
Broad Street meeting, near Old Gravel Lane
Court Yard meeting, Barnaby Street
Deadman's Place meeting, Southwark
Hare Court meeting, Aldersgate Street
Jewin Street meeting, Aldersgate Street
Mare Street meeting, Hackney
Nevil's Alley meeting, Fetter Lane
New Broad Street meeting, Moorfields
New Court meeting, Cary Street; Thomas Bradbury from 1728 (ODNB)
Orchard meeting, Wapping
Paved Alley meeting, Lime Street
Pavement Row meeting, Moorfields
Pinner Hall meeting, Broad Street
Queen Street meeting, Ratcliff
Queen Street meeting, Rotherhithe
Red Cross Street meeting, Fore Street; Samuel Stockell 1728 to 1750[ 17]
Ropemaker's Alley meeting, Little Moorfields
St Michael's Lane meeting, Cannon Street
St Saviour's Dockhead meeting, Southwark
Staining Lane meeting, Maiden Lane
Stepney meeting, Stepney Fields
Turners Hall meeting, Philpot Lane
White Horse Yard meeting, Duke's Place
Zoar Street meeting, Southwark
Baptists
Listed 33 meeting houses.
St John's Court Street meeting, Little Hart Street; Hart Street closed around 1738[ 18]
John Gill at Horselydown, Southwark, from 1720 (ODNB)
Quakers
Listed 12 meeting houses.
Bull and Mouth meeting, St Martin's Le Grand
Ewer Street meeting, Southwark
Fair Street meeting, Horsleydown
Little Almonry meeting, Westminster
Peel meeting, St John's Lane
Quaker Street meeting, Spitalfields
Sandy's Court meeting, Houndsditch
School House Lane meeting, Ratcliff
Savoy meeting, The Strand
Wapping meeting, Wapping
White Hart Yard meeting, Gracechurch Street
Workhouse meeting, Clerkenwell
Scottish Presbyterians
Listed three meeting houses.
Chapels of Embassies
Listed six Catholic chapels.
Other denominations
Chapels: one Catholic, three non-juror, two Muggletonian, two Camisard, meeting of Orator Henley .
Stranger churches
Listed 21 Huguenot chapels, two Dutch churches, three Lutheran churches. Plus Danish, Swedish and Russian churches.
Synagogues
Listed three synagogues
See also
Notes
References
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