...1704, when all the boys and girls maintained at these schools, in their habits, walked two-ancltwo, with their masters and mistresses, some from Westminster...and all meeting at St. Andrew's, Holborn, church.' From that time up to the present the anniversary meetings have continued to be held in one of the London...

...Church, Holborn. Strype, in his edition of Stow's " London," refers to this as follows : — It was a wondrous surprising, as well as pleasing sight,...sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Richard Willis [Dean of Lincoln, afterwards Bishop of Winchester] upon Genesis xviii. 19, I know him that he will...

...Anniversary service, says, " It was a wonderous, surprising, as well as pleasing sight, that happened June 8, 1704, when all the Boys and Girls, maintained at these...with many of the parish ministers going before them." Writing in 1784, Thornbury* speaks of the Anniversary of the Charity Children as " one of the most...

...occasions in London, Strypc, in his edition of Stow, says: "It was a wondrous surprising, as well as a pleasing sight, that happened June the 8th, 1704,...Parish ministers going before them; and all meeting at Saint Andrews', Holbum, Church, where a seasonable sermon was preached . . . upon Genesis xviii, 19,...

...pleasing sight", he wrote, "that happened on June 8, 1704, when all the boys and girls maintained at the schools in their habits walked two and two with their...from Westminster and some through London, with many parish ministers going before them and all meeting at St Andrew's Church where a seasonable sermon...