St George in the East, Middlesex : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about St George in the East. You may be able to find further references to St George in the East in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
GEORGE (St.),-IN-THE-EAST, or St. George-Middlesex a parish and a district Imperial
St George in the East parish Bartholomew

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with St George in the East.

Place Type of entry Source
JOHN (ST.) a sub-district Imperial

Travel writing

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Aldgate 4 2
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Stepney 5 2
Spitalfields 13 5
Limehouse 10 2
Norton Folgate 0 2
Tower Hamlets 0 2
Billingsgate 3 0
Bishopsgate 3 1
Bethnal Green 6 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for St George in the East. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
GEORGE ST IN THE EAST OR ST GEORGE MIDDLESEX John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
ST GEORGE IN THE EAST John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

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