An East - End Chronicle : St. George's - in - the - East Parish and Parish Church.
Compiled by the Rev. R. H. Haddon, M.A. (Hatchards.) —St. George's-in-the-East presents little opportunity for antiquarian research. As a parish, it dates from 1729, when it was cut off from the ancient parish of Stepney. In the same year the church was onsecrated by Bishop Gibson, and a week after the bonseera- tion the first rector was inducted. The appointment of "a lecturer, a parish clerk, a sexton, and pew-openers," made the ecclesiastical establishment complete, according to eighteenth-century ideas. For some time, the parish records are full and interesting, it can bout of having produced more than one eminent and philanthropic citizen. Towards the end of the last century it was the scene of a terrible fire, and early in this it gained a sinister notoriety from the famous "Williams' murders," immortalised by De Quineey. Mr. Haddon has written a very interesting book, and his example might be generally followed with advantage.
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