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St George the Martyr Holborn is an Anglican church located at the south end of Queen Square, Holborn, in the London Borough of Camden.It is dedicated to Saint George, and was originally so-called to distinguish it from the later nearby church of St. George's Bloomsbury, with which it shared a burial ground (now St George's Gardens). [1]
The ancient parish of St Andrew Holborn was partly within the City of London and partly in the county of Middlesex. When the Queen Square area, in the Middlesex section of the parish, was developed, a new chapel dedicated to St George was constructed between 1705 and 1706. In 1723 this area became the parish of St George the Martyr. [1]
Under an Act of Parliament passed in the reign of Queen Anne and [related proceedings] the parish of St. George the Martyr, Queen Square, which before had formed part of St. Andrew's, Holborn, was erected into a distinct parish for spiritual purposes, although still united with St. Andrew's as regards the poor, and other secular matters.
Queen Square in 1786, painted by Edward Dayes. The fields to the north reach as far as Hampstead. The church of St George the Martyr is in the left foreground. Also visible are the first few houses beyond the corner of Cosmo Place now containing the Queen's Larder. Queen Square was originally constructed between 1716 and 1725.
St George the Martyr, Holborn: Holborn: George [157] 1703–1706 Parish church 1723 St George, Bloomsbury: Bloomsbury: George [158] 1716–1731 St Pancras New Church: King's Cross: Pancras of Rome [159] 1819–1822 St John, Downshire Hill: Hampstead: John the Evangelist [160] 1823 Only remaining proprietary chapel in the Diocese of London St ...
[88] [89] George Burder was preaching here in 1809. [18] Long Acre Chapel Henry Foster, Edward Cuthbert [90] St Lawrence's Guildhall: Anglican Davies, Goode London-stone Church, Cannon Street (St Swithin, London Stone) Foster London Wall, Scots Church Henry Hunter: Hunter had died in 1802. [91] Robert Young was there in 1809. [18]
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