It is based on a list in A View of London, or, The Stranger's Guide through the British Metropolis (1804), headed "An Impartial List of the Principal Churches, Chapels, and Meeting-Houses".
The choice lay in fact among Protestant places of worship.
"Stranger churches", Roman Catholic chapels, and synagogues were listed in The Picture of London (1807).
[2] Terminology at the time was variable: "meeting-house" and "chapel" were interchangeable, as were "Independent" and "congregational".
The New Jerusalem Church (Swedenborgians) was not included in the selections by the View.