Overseer of St Mary Whitechapel parish 1884.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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R. Ewan
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St. M.W. 27 feet north is the boundary of St. Mary Whitechapel. Churchwardens...
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