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St. Leonard in Shoreditch

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. Leonard in Shoreditch, dedicated to St. Leonard Bishop of Limoges, born in France, in the Year 500, he died in 570, and his Festival is annually observed on the 6th of November. This Parish contains 2000 Dwelling Houses. Morning Pr. on Wednesdays, Fridays, Holy days, and State Days, at 11; Lect. on the Annunciation and Nativity of the Virgin Mary, in the Forenoon; S. upon the Days of St. John Baptist, St. Michael, St. Stephen, and Purification of the blessed Virgin, Jan. 30. May 29. and the Powderplot Day.