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. James in Jermyn Street, was by Act of Parliament taken out of the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields, in the first Year of King James the Second, 1685. This Parish contains about 3,000 Dwelling Houses. Morning Pr. at 6 in Summer, and 7 in the Winter, and again at 11, and Evening Pr. at 3 and 6, excepting Saturday Nights, on SundayMorning at 6 in the Summer, and 7 in the Winter, but at Night only at 5. Sac. administered every second Sunday from Palm Sunday to Trinity Sunday, and on New Years Day at 12, on Christmas Day, Palm Sunday, Easter Day, an Whitsunday, at 7 and 12. Lect. extraordinary on Christmas Day, New Years Day, Jan. 30. Mar. 8. Ash Wednesday. and every Thursday from thence to Passion Week, Good Friday, Nov. 5. and on all publick Solemnities appointed by the Government.