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St George the Martyr is a church in the historic Borough district of south London. It lies within the modern-day London Borough of Southwark, on Borough High Street at the junction with Long Lane, Marshalsea Road, and Tabard Street. St George the Martyr is named after Saint George. The church is a Grade II* listed building. [2]
Southwark St George the Martyr was a civil parish in the metropolitan area of London, England and part of the ancient Borough of Southwark. In 1855 the parish vestry became a local authority within the area of responsibility of the Metropolitan Board of Works .
At the northwest end is the Southwark Bridge Road and at the southeast end is Borough High Street.Close by, just to the north in Borough High Street, is the historic St George the Martyr church, where the Charles Dickens character Little Dorrit was married in Dickens' book of the same name.
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St George the Martyr, Southwark; Southwark Cathedral; St Anthony's Church, Nunhead; St Philip's Church, Avondale Square; W. St Peter's Church, Walworth
In 1852 Cadman accepted the Rectory of St.George the Martyr, Southwark, [11] one of the largest parishes in London with a nominal congregation of 30,000. The church in 1852 was capable of holding 1,000 persons but on Cadman's arrival was almost empty with its days at the centre of the local community apparently past.
St George's was restored and redecorated by the Scottish ecclesiastical architect Frederick Walters between 1888 and 1905. [1] In October 1920 St George's was the site of the funeral Mass of Irish nationalist Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, who died on hunger strike in Brixton Prison.