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Parish Church Stone laid and royal progresses noted
Narrow Gazette column recounts the laying of the foundation stone for St Olave's Parish Church in Southwark in 1738 at parish expense, plus royal confirm at St James's, forthcoming communion, and a chain of aristocratic landings, marriages, matches, and public notices from London society. It covers awards, naval and colonial movements, and various deaths.
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St. Olave’s
Southwark
Duke of Cumberland
Princess Mary
Edmund Lord
London
St. James’s
Amelia
Caroline
George Boscawen
Lord Viscount Falmouth
Fuller
Regiment of Foot
Guards
Earl of Hallifax
Earl of Essex
Viscount Narcourt
Lord Gower
Lord Walpole
Lord Middleton
Mr. Greswood
Duke of Grafton
Duke of Devonshire
Sir Orlando Bridgman
Bart
Barbadoes
Duke of Marlborough
Murray
Deceas
Leeward Hlands
Oglethorpe
Georgia
Christ’s Hospital
Allhallows Church
Lombard-street
Peter Simons
Commonwealth
Creed Lane
Everal
Bridewell
Laft
Barking
Essex
Bannister
East India Company