St George the Martyr Southwark

51.501255 - 0.092582Koordinaten: 51 ° 30 ' 4.5 "N, 0 ° 5' 33.3 " W

The Anglican Church of St George the Martyr is located in the historic district of Borough, south London, in present-day London Borough of Southwark at the Borough High Street at the junction with Long Lane, the Marshalsea Road and Tabard Street.

History

The first record of the named after the Saint George Church, the annals of Bermondsey Abbey, according to the Church of Thomas de Ardern and his son Thomas in 1122 was donated. The date corresponds to the siege of Acre, in the English Crusaders St George adopted as the patron, the dedication of the church probably goes back to the involvement of Arderns the crusade. The Foundation includes charges of tithe of their goods in Horndon in Essex, as well as a "land of London Bridge returning five SoliDos " one. Moreover, according to the records is in this church to the first and oldest dedicated to Saint George's Church on the territory of modern London, the. Adopting the saints by Edward III as patron of the Garter significantly above goes over 200 years later. In addition, it is the oldest reference to areas of London Bridge.

On his return from the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the aldermen of London Henry V. were called on the church steps welcome. As part of the celebrations of the "Song of Agincourt " ( Agincourt Carol ) was commissioned. Only in this battle, the red cross of St. George was used as standard for the first time. In the same year St. George was named as the patron saint of England.

Location

The west tower dominates the view of Borough High Street along both the north and south, as the road runs at this point in a curve and hits the Great Dover Street. Originally, much closer Church Street south of the church in Kent Street (which now bears the name Tabard Street), which was the old way to Dover. Due to the large volume of traffic was parallel the Great Dover Street The Tabard Street was parallel to the Kent Street along with the extensions of the new Westminster Bridge and London Bridge in 1750. Subsequently continued through the churchyard to the north side of the church so that the church came in an island setting.

Reconstructions

It is believed that the present church is the third church on this site. Originally there was a Norman church of unknown appearance. It was replaced at the end of the fourteenth century by a church with a bell tower, which for the first time Wyngaerde the city of London appears in the plan of Anton van which includes a drawing of the church, which is not quite in the correct position. The church is also found in the engraving by William Hogarth's Southwark Fair of 1733, a year before it was destroyed. The church was rebuilt in 1734-1736 in the classic style after the design John Prices, partially funded with £ 6,000 from the Commission for Building Fifty New Churches. The reconstruction was supported by the City Livery Companies and the Bridge House Estates, their coat of arms adorn the ceiling of the nave and the church windows.

The structure of the church, red brick and Portland stone has until today to significant subsidence damage, in 2000, the nave of the church was declared unsafe, which is why only the other parts of the church could be used. In September 2005, the church was St. George the Martyr funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund for repairs and renovations that included the complete stabilization of the building as well as the lowering of the ground level in the crypt, which created additional space. A large number of coffins Georgian been removed from the crypt for the work. Archaeological investigations of the ground under the church led more medieval and Roman structures evident. The destruction of some archaeological finds before complete excavation led to much controversy.

Between September 2005 and March 2007, the church was completely closed for renovations. During this time the services were continued in the nearby chapel of Guy 's Hospital. The new ' crypt ', actually a hall that was created by the stabilization work, resulted in a major new conference room for the central London.

The services in St. Georges began again on Palm Sunday, April 1, 2007, the parish priest is now responsible Rev Ray Andrews.

Equipment

The organ was built in 1958. In 1964 the organ building firm Hill, Norman & Beard by a comprehensive Neuintonation. 2010, the instrument was the organ builder BC Shepherd & Sons ( Edgware ) revised in technical terms. The organ has 26 stops on two manuals and pedal. The tracker action is electro-pneumatic.

Trivia

Charles Dickens ' father was imprisoned in the Marshalsea debtor's prison, the remaining wall is found on the north side of the churchyard. Dickens himself lived in the immediate neighborhood in Lant Street in a house that belonged to the Vestry Clerk of St. George. These were the darkest period of his life, in which he as a teenager, while in custody of his father, working in the ' blacking factory' had. Later he had several scenes of the novel Little Dorrit play in and around the St. George's Church. A brief description of Little Dorrit is found in the east window of the church.

Today the Church is a recognized church in the City of London Company of Parish Clerks and a Guild Church of the Guild Able Manor. Since 2008, the annual Quit Rents ceremony in front of the Queen's Remembrancer takes place here.