St Dunstan's, Stepney
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St Dunstan's, Stepney, is an Anglican church located in Stepney High Street, Stepney, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The church is believed to have been founded, or re-founded, in AD 952 by S
Northwest View of the Church of St Dunstan, Stepney
Oranges and Lemons
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"Oranges and Lemons" is a traditional English nursery rhyme, folksong, and singing game which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the City of London. It is listed in the Ro
St Dunstan's, Stepney
…The heaviest bell weighs 28¾ hundredweight. Three were recast in 1952 when repairs were made to the tower. The bells are mentioned in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons: "When will that be, say the bells of Stepney." This is a reference to the cries of sailors and dockworkers for their wage. Their employers often cheated…
1902 machine print
Panorama of London in 1543 from a 19th-century engraving by Nathaniel Whittock from a drawing by Antony van den Wyngaerde (c. 1543–50), showing the towers and spires of many of the churches mentioned in the rhyme
Playing Oranges and Lemons. Picture by Agnes Rose Bouvier Nicholl, 1874
Statue of the game in Surrey, England