Year	What Was Happening ?
« 1900	At St John's	In & Around Stratford	In The Church	In The World
1901	Ralph Nicholson becomes vicar of St John's.	Population of Stratford: 52,974	Thomas Stevens, Archdeacon of Essex and Vicar of St John's, Stratford, is consecrated the first Suffragan Bishop of Barking and combines the spiritual oversight of the Archdeaconry (under the diocesan) with his archidiaconate. Responsibility is therefore divided from Colchester.	Queen Victoria dies. Edward VI accedes to the throne Critics rave at Picasso's first exhibition in Paris. Theodore Roosevelt is elected US president.
1902			John Wogan Festing, Bishop of Colchester, dies and it is said that the burden of 'London over the Border' killed him.	Arthur James Balfour becomes Prime Minister
1903		The Daily News organises a survey of church attendance in London, West Ham has 17,600 churchgoers. St John's reports an average of 701 attendees for Sunday services.	Edgar Jacob is translated from Newcastle to be Bishop of St Albans and becomes the true founder of the modern Diocese of Chelmsford.	Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France cycle race. George Orwell, author of 'Animal Farm' and '1984' is born in Bengal.
1904 »	Frederick John Key becomes vicar of St John's