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St. Mary at Rotherhith

SOURCE: REMARKS ON LONDON, being an Exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark... By W. Stow., London, 1722.

A List of all the Cathedrals, Churches, and Chapels of Ease within the Bill of Mortality, withal shewing therein the sett Times of publick Prayers, receiving the Sacrament, and hearing Sermons both Ordinary and Extraordinary.

Note, Pr. signifies Prayers, Sac. Sacrament;
S. Sermon; and Lect. Lecturer.

St. Mary at Rotherhith, or Hive, and commonly called Redriff, that is, Red Rose Haven, in Surry; and seated so near the Thames, that the Tide came into it on a Saturday in 1705, which so sunk the Floor, that it was new levell'd and pav'd soon afterwards. Morning Pr. on Wednesdays, Fridays, Holy days, and Saturday before the Sacrament at 11; Sac. on the second Sunday of the Month; a Preparation S. for the Sacrament every Thursday before the second Sunday of the Month