The growing popularity of hymns inspired the publication of more than 100 hymnals during the period 1810–1850. The sheer number of these collections prevented any one of them from being successful. A beginning of what would become the "Hymns Ancient and Modern" was made with the "Hymns and Introits" (1852), edited by George Cosby White. The idea for the hymn-book arose in 1858 when two clergymen, both part of the Oxford Movement, met on a train: William Denton of St Bartholomew, Cripplegate, co-editor of the "Church Hymnal" (1853) and Francis Henry Murray, editor of the "Hymnal for Use in the English Church" Denton suggested that the 1852 "Hymnal for use in the English Church" by Francis Murray and the "Hymns and Introits" by George Cosby White should be amalgamated to satisfy the need for standardisation of the hymn books in use throughout England.