Background
He was born in Wapping, Middlesex, England.
He was born in Wapping, Middlesex, England.
He served as the church warden at Saint Barnabas in Homerton, Middlesex, and was a strong supporter of and frequent visitor to the London Orphan Asylum. Edmeston is said to have written 2000 hymns, one every Sunday. He died in Homerton in 1867.