St. George-in-the-East (Church

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Name (Latin)
St. George-in-the-East (Church : London, England)
Other forms of name
St. George in the East (Parish : London, England)
St. George's Church (Shadwell, London, England)
Church of St. George-in-the-East (London, England)
Saint George-in-the-East (Church : London, England)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 158650091
Wikidata: Q7593238
Library of congress: no2007043717
HAI10: 000477236
Sources of Information
  • A Church Near You website, viewed 2 Jan. 2026(St George-in-the-East; church in the parish of St. George-in-the-East with St. Paul (legal name), in the Church of England Diocese of London)
  • British Library general catalogue of printed books to 1975, 1979-1987(heading: Saint George-in-the-East, Parish of; heading: George, Saint and Martyr, Church of, in Stepney)
  • Its former, now History, website, viewed 2 Jan. 2026(St George-in-the-East Church; consecrated on 19 July 1729; in the 'county of Middlesex' to 1889, then in the 'county of London'; in 1971 St George's took on responsibility for St Paul Dock Street (St Paul's Church for Seamen, Dock Street 1847-1971); in 1990 the parish name changed from 'St George-in-the-East with Christ Church and St John' to 'St George-in-the-East with St Paul')
  • Its website, viewed 2 Jan. 2026(St George-in-the East; church in Shadwell; 14 Cannon Street Road, Shadwell, London E1 0BH)
  • Ten years in S. George's Mission, 1867:p.5 (a preaching mission was welcomed by the rector of S. George's-in-the-East)
  • Wikipedia, viewed 2 Jan. 2026(St George in the East (parish); the area was split off from Stepney parish as a separate combined secular and ecclesiastical parish in 1729; suffix "in the East" reflected that the parish was then an eastern suburb of London; in early decades, the parish was also referred to as St George Middlesex; abolished as a civil parish in 1927 and the area was taken over by Stepney Borough, then by Tower Hamlets Borough in 1965; there remains a smaller ecclesiastical parish)
  • Wikipedia, viewed 2 Jan. 2026(St George in the East; St George-in-the-East; Anglican Church in the East End of London; one of six Hawksmoor churches in London, England; churchmanship: Anglo-Catholic)
  • The story of St. George-in-the-East, 1964:t.p. (St. George-in-the-East) p. 19 (Church of St. George-in-the-East)