Part 2 — 56. UNDER GEORGE II. PART II.
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56. UNDER GEORGE II. PART II.
Predecessors: those that went before them.
cruciform: in the form of a cross. The ground plan of many churches is shaped like a cross.
St. Stephen's, Walbrook, stands behind the Mansion House, where the Walbrook used to flow.
lectureship: the office of a lecturer, one who gives lectures, discourses, or (as in this case) sermons. Money was left to pay for these sermons, that is, the lectureships were endowed.
harbouring: sheltering.
organisers: those who get up and arrange anything.
Haymarket (obviously once a hay market) is near Trafalgar Square, and Coventry Street near Leicester Square.
innovations: novelties, new things.