Parish magazine : St. Leonard's Shoreditch
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Issue 9, September 1910. white paper, eight pages, black print. front cover is black and white photograph of St. Leonard's Church. 138 x 215mm
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3rd Memory’s Garden (V).
One of the saddest figures in English literature engages our attention
this month, in view of his brief connection with this parish, namely no less
a person than Thomas Chatterton,
“ . . . . the marvellous boy
The sleepless soul that, that perished in his pride.”
He was born at Bristol, 20th Nov. 1752. He seemed a dull, dreamy
child till his seventh year ; then having learned to read from a bible he devoured every book that came in his way. He wrote his first poem
when 10 years of age. In his eighteenth year he came to London with
many poems and little money, and took lodgings in the house of a Mrs.
Ballance, a relation, in Shoreditch. He used to sit up until three or four
o’clock in the morning, reading and writing, his fare being of the poorest
description. He next removed to Brooke St., Holborn, working restlessly
pouring forth poems, stories, essays. He obtained an interview with the
Lord Mayor, and in the first two months earned eleven guineas, sending
home glowing letters to his mother and sisters. Then came reverses
Unable to find further employment, desperate, penniless and starving, too
proud to accept the food offered by his landlady, the end came with tragic
suddenness. On August 24th, 1770, he locked himself in his room and
was found the next morning dead, poisoned with arsenic. He was buried
in a paupers grave in Shoe Lane Workhouse, on the site of which at
present, Farringdon Market stands. In one of his letters he says “The
greatest genius may starve “ —how grimly prophetic the words. Thus
perished, before he passed his eighteenth birthday, a poet who would have
left for himself a name high in literature had he but lived. And “we can
but grieve that such a treasure house of glorious possibilities should have
closed ere we had viewed a tithe of its contents.”
(To be continued.)
A.S.H.
______________________________________________________________
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, Ltd.
HOLBORN BARS, LONDON.
______________
Invested Capital - - £75,000,000
_______________________________________________________________
T. BARBER,
Respoke Paper Manufacturer,
Leather and Grindery Seller.
____________
BEST POLISHES, RUBBER HEELS, Etc.
34, HACKNEY ROAD.
___________________________________
E. GANDER
Late WOOD,
103, HACKNEY ROAD,
Newsagent Stationer and
Tobacconist.
_____
NEWSPAPERS DELIVERED. 201 ESTABLISHED 60 YEARS.
__________________________________________________________________
Mention this Magazine when dealing with Advertisers.
No. 9.
SEPTEMBER, 1910.
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St. Leonard's, Shoreditch,
MONTHLY PAPER.
_____________________
_____________________
Vicar - REV. E. R. FORD, M.A. (Surrogate and Rural Dean)
Assistant Clergy — Key. A. A. DUFFIELD HARDING, B.A.
Churchwardens—
Mr. W. FIELD, Mr. R. HOWARD HALL.
Deputy-Churchwarden—--
Mr. F. C. FORD.
Sidesmen—-
Mr. M. C. BOULTER.
Mr. A. S. HART.
Mr. C. J. KEDGE.
Mr. W. KEPPLER.
Mr. A. T. KEYNTON.
Mr. F. MARTIN.
Mr. E. PECK
Mr. N. SHIRLEY.
Mr. H. G. STONELEY.
Mr. S. H. TAYLOR.
Mr. C. R. WILLIAMS.
Mr. W. WHITE.
Organist—
Mr. W. WARREN, F.I.S.C.
Deputy-Clerk—Mr W. BRADLEY
Lady Workers—Mrs. PIERPOINT, Miss TRAVIS.
Miss NATTRASS, Miss WHITE
Parochial Nurse—Miss BALL.
(Application to be made at the Vierage, M, Houston Square)
Reader—Mr. W. T. LEE,
Services.
HOLY COMMUNICATION—Every Sunday
at 8 a.m. : also 1st Sunday and
Great Festivals 7 a.m.
Also 1st, 3rd (and 5th) Sundays,
‘Choral 11.45 a.m.
2nd and 4th Sundays, Plain,
12.25 p.m.
Every Thursday, 7.30 a.m.
Third Tuesday, 9.30 a.m.
Holy Days, 9.30 a.m., or as may
he announced.
SUNDAYS—Morning Prayer, 11 Evening Prayer 6.30. “People’s Service,” 8.15 p.m.
WEEKDAYS, Morning Prayer (with Litany on Wed. and Fri.) 9.30. Evening Payer, 8.
MEN’S SERVICE—Third Sunday, 3.30 to 4.15 p.m. First Sunday, Discussion in Church Room,
3.30 to 4.30.
YOUNG PEOPLE’S SERVICE-Last Sunday, 3 p.m
CHILDREN’S SERVICES - Every Sunday, 11 a.m. and 6.45 p.m. in Church Room. First Sunday,
3 p.m. in Church.
COMMUNICANTS’ PREPARATION SERVICE—Saturday before 1st Sunday in Month, 8.30 p.m.
HOLY BAPTISM AND CHURCHING—Sundays, at 4.15 p.m. : Fridays, at 7.15 p.m. Other times
by arrangement.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS—In Church Room (Boys and Girls) and Choir Vestry (Infants) 3 p.m.
In Curtain Road L.C.C. School 10.30 a.m.
________________
________________
Notices of Weddings, etc., to be given to Mr. W. BRADLEY at the Clerk’s House within
the Church gates.
3rd Memory’s Garden (V).
One of the saddest figures in English literature engages our attention
this month, in view of his brief connection with this parish, namely no less
a person than Thomas Chatterton,
“ . . . . the marvellous boy
The sleepless soul that, that perished in his pride.”
He was born at Bristol, 20th Nov. 1752. He seemed a dull, dreamy
child till his seventh year ; then having learned to read from a bible he devoured every book that came in his way. He wrote his first poem
when 10 years of age. In his eighteenth year he came to London with
many poems and little money, and took lodgings in the house of a Mrs.
Ballance, a relation, in Shoreditch. He used to sit up until three or four
o’clock in the morning, reading and writing, his fare being of the poorest
description. He next removed to Brooke St., Holborn, working restlessly
pouring forth poems, stories, essays. He obtained an interview with the
Lord Mayor, and in the first two months earned eleven guineas, sending
home glowing letters to his mother and sisters. Then came reverses
Unable to find further employment, desperate, penniless and starving, too
proud to accept the food offered by his landlady, the end came with tragic
suddenness. On August 24th, 1770, he locked himself in his room and
was found the next morning dead, poisoned with arsenic. He was buried
in a paupers grave in Shoe Lane Workhouse, on the site of which at
present, Farringdon Market stands. In one of his letters he says “The
greatest genius may starve “ —how grimly prophetic the words. Thus
perished, before he passed his eighteenth birthday, a poet who would have
left for himself a name high in literature had he but lived. And “we can
but grieve that such a treasure house of glorious possibilities should have
closed ere we had viewed a tithe of its contents.”
(To be continued.)
A.S.H.
______________________________________________________________
PRUDENTIAL ASSURANCE COMPANY, Ltd.
HOLBORN BARS, LONDON.
______________
Invested Capital - - £75,000,000
_______________________________________________________________
T. BARBER,
Respoke Paper Manufacturer,
Leather and Grindery Seller.
____________
BEST POLISHES, RUBBER HEELS, Etc.
34, HACKNEY ROAD.
___________________________________
E. GANDER
Late WOOD,
103, HACKNEY ROAD,
Newsagent Stationer and
Tobacconist.
_____
NEWSPAPERS DELIVERED. 201 ESTABLISHED 60 YEARS.
__________________________________________________________________
Mention this Magazine when dealing with Advertisers.
No. 9.
SEPTEMBER, 1910.
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
St. Leonard's, Shoreditch,
MONTHLY PAPER.
_____________________
_____________________
Vicar - REV. E. R. FORD, M.A. (Surrogate and Rural Dean)
Assistant Clergy — Key. A. A. DUFFIELD HARDING, B.A.
Churchwardens—
Mr. W. FIELD, Mr. R. HOWARD HALL.
Deputy-Churchwarden—--
Mr. F. C. FORD.
Sidesmen—-
Mr. M. C. BOULTER.
Mr. A. S. HART.
Mr. C. J. KEDGE.
Mr. W. KEPPLER.
Mr. A. T. KEYNTON.
Mr. F. MARTIN.
Mr. E. PECK
Mr. N. SHIRLEY.
Mr. H. G. STONELEY.
Mr. S. H. TAYLOR.
Mr. C. R. WILLIAMS.
Mr. W. WHITE.
Organist—
Mr. W. WARREN, F.I.S.C.
Deputy-Clerk—Mr W. BRADLEY
Lady Workers—Mrs. PIERPOINT, Miss TRAVIS.
Miss NATTRASS, Miss WHITE
Parochial Nurse—Miss BALL.
(Application to be made at the Vierage, M, Houston Square)
Reader—Mr. W. T. LEE,
Services.
HOLY COMMUNICATION—Every Sunday
at 8 a.m. : also 1st Sunday and
Great Festivals 7 a.m.
Also 1st, 3rd (and 5th) Sundays,
‘Choral 11.45 a.m.
2nd and 4th Sundays, Plain,
12.25 p.m.
Every Thursday, 7.30 a.m.
Third Tuesday, 9.30 a.m.
Holy Days, 9.30 a.m., or as may
he announced.
SUNDAYS—Morning Prayer, 11 Evening Prayer 6.30. “People’s Service,” 8.15 p.m.
WEEKDAYS, Morning Prayer (with Litany on Wed. and Fri.) 9.30. Evening Payer, 8.
MEN’S SERVICE—Third Sunday, 3.30 to 4.15 p.m. First Sunday, Discussion in Church Room,
3.30 to 4.30.
YOUNG PEOPLE’S SERVICE-Last Sunday, 3 p.m
CHILDREN’S SERVICES - Every Sunday, 11 a.m. and 6.45 p.m. in Church Room. First Sunday,
3 p.m. in Church.
COMMUNICANTS’ PREPARATION SERVICE—Saturday before 1st Sunday in Month, 8.30 p.m.
HOLY BAPTISM AND CHURCHING—Sundays, at 4.15 p.m. : Fridays, at 7.15 p.m. Other times
by arrangement.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS—In Church Room (Boys and Girls) and Choir Vestry (Infants) 3 p.m.
In Curtain Road L.C.C. School 10.30 a.m.
________________
________________
Notices of Weddings, etc., to be given to Mr. W. BRADLEY at the Clerk’s House within
the Church gates.