Annals of St. Mary Overy

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Excerpt from Annals of St. Mary Overy: An Historical and Descriptive Account of St. Saviour's Church and Parish, With Numerous Illustrations In offering these Anuals to the Public, I feel that I shall have to draw largely on the good nature of the critical reader, being conscious of many defects, but trust that he will ingenuously place in the balance the few redeeming qualities the work may possess, no pains having been spared to render the narration as correct as possible, by recording, after a careful examination, every fact that appeared well attested. If I may lay claim to any merit it is on the score of perseverance, in overcoming the numerous difficulties with which such a work is beset, when undertaken in all its branches by one individual. The first idea of the following work originated in a desire to perpetuate, by graphic illustration, the remembrance of some of the interesting remains of antiquity in Southwark, ere the encroachments of time, and modern improvements, had swept them away for ever: this pursuit naturally led to another no less interesting, - the collection of an historical account of them, for though much had been done in this department, much unexplored ground remained to invite to industrious research, in the unpublished records, and interesting facts which yet lay scattered abroad. The perfecting of History is usually a work of time, and seldom accomplished by individual labour, but rather by the exertions of successive writers, each adding his share to the stock of information, so in the present instance, I have laboured to supply the omissions of former works, and doubtless much yet remains behind to give interest to future accounts. I have purposely omitted the description of the gifts and charities connected with the Church, on account of the locality of their interest, the details of such matters usually requiring a larger space to do justice to them, than can be spared in a work professing to trace the Antiquities of the Parish, and however interesting they may be to those locally connected, they are rarely of sufficient importance to excite the attention of general readers. I have been the more induced to pursue this course, from a knowledge that the parishioners are promised an authorized work, devoted expressly to the subject. I embrace the present opportunity of thanking the Subscribers to this work for their support, and particularly of acknowledging the kindness of the following Gentlemen: the Rev. S. Benson, Dr. Severn, G. Gwilt, Esq. F.S.A., T. Saunders, Esq. F.S.A., R. Wallace, Esq., and J. Caley, Esq. F.S.A. - if there be any others, whose attentions have not been acknowledged in the body of the work, I trust the omission of their names will not be deemed disrespectful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.