[Bell Historians] St James, Pretan Square.

[Richard Smith richard@ex-parrot.com [bellhistorians]]

Ted Steele bells at tedsteele.plus.com [bellhistorians] wrote:

>       I suspect the practice would have been held on the old 6 at St
>       James, Prebend (not Pretan) Street, Islington.
> 
> I had the same suspicion, but it would require a double error in the name;
> Pretan for Prebend and Square for Street.

No, just the one error.  Although the church is on Prebend 
Street, it was formerly called St James, Prebend Square. 
See for example Bell News, 17 Feb 1906, p 593.  I can't see 
a Prebend Square in that area on any late 19th or early 20th 
century Ordnance Survey maps, but maybe it was a local name 
for the open area at the junction of Prebend Street and 
Popham Road?

RAS


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Posted by: Richard Smith <richard at ex-parrot.com>
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