Excerpt from The Annals of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, London During the twenty-seven years of my connection with the parish of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, first as the incumbent of that parish, and now as Vicar in charge, since its union by her Majesty's Order in Council, May 5th, 1873, with the adjacent parish of St. Martin Outwich, it has been a desire on my part to give to the world an account of the considerable historical interest with which its ancient Church and surroundings must ever be associated. The difficulties of ...
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Excerpt from The Annals of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, London During the twenty-seven years of my connection with the parish of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, first as the incumbent of that parish, and now as Vicar in charge, since its union by her Majesty's Order in Council, May 5th, 1873, with the adjacent parish of St. Martin Outwich, it has been a desire on my part to give to the world an account of the considerable historical interest with which its ancient Church and surroundings must ever be associated. The difficulties of fulfilling that desire had, however, been found to be insuperable until the Merchant Taylors' Company - now the patrons of the United Parish, as they have been from time immemorial 'of St. Martin Outwich - encouraged me to undertake the task, which I was well aware would be one of difficulty, but of the full amount of which I had formed but a very inadequate idea previously to my attempt to overcome it 5 and but that the researches of the late Mr. William Meade Williams, a former parishioner well known for his antiquarian and archaeological attainments, were most liberally and considerately placed at my disposal by his son, I have no hesitation in saying that I must have withdrawn from the task on its imme diate commencement, in despair of ever being able to accomplish it. Mr. William Meade Williams' s researches - the result. Of a long and well-spent life - are incorporated in two thick quarto volumes, each of which has been elaborately illustrated by an im mense collection of engravings, obtained after much trouble and at considerable outlay. Inasmuch, however, as the literary matter in those volumes was not intended, or prepared, with a view to publication, although brimful of information, its numerous details. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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