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St. Mary le Bow in Cheapside

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 le Bow in Cheapside, so called because it was the first that was built upon Arches or Bows of Stone, in the Reign of William the First. This Parish contains 162 Houses. Morning Pr. Daily at 8, Evening Pr. at 5. Lect. against Atheism on the first Monday of Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May, Sept. Octob. Nov. Sac. first Sunday of every Month at 12, and every Holy Day at 8, immediately after Morning Prayers; annual S. before the Society of Reformation of Manners, on the first Monday after Christmas at 11, and before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, on the third Friday of Feb. at 11.