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worked the musical portion of the service there, as Linley and 
his family did at St Margaret’s chapel. As remarks are often 
made about this chapel being called St Margaret’s, accom- 
panied usually by some errors as to its origin, a few notes 
here may be excused. On the 12th Sept 1768 subscriptions were 
invited, and by advertisement made public in the Bath Chronicle 
6 Oct 1768*, for fifty subscribers of £100 each, for building a 
chapel in St. Margaret’s Court in Brock St. Following this, on 
the 26 Nov 1772 the Chroniclet announced that for seats in St 
Margaret’s chapel now ready, application should be made to Mr 
Wm Linley, clerk of the works at the chapel or at his house in 
the market place. Cruttwell’s Guide, undated but ? 1774, for the 
first time adds to its pages that, St Margaret’s chapel situated 
in the court which bears its name in Brock St near the Crescent 
was built at the expence of the rev. Mr Martyn, the late Cornelius 
Norton esq, and Mr. Linley organist, under the direction of Mr. 
William Linley builder. ‘The dated issue of the Guide for 1777 
repeats this. The account is right enough save that it may be 
read to imply that the court bore the name of the chapel instead 
of the chapel that of the court. In 181g was printed,—a selection 
of psalms and anthems sung at St Margaret’s chapel, Bath. As 
this was,—published and sold by W Barrett clerk of the chapel,— 
it may be presumed that he knew the prevailing name of that 
time. Sermons too have sometimes the St, and Wm Linley the 
last of the family bequeathed in 1835 his share or interest in St 
Margaret’s chapel. So with some that name continued and was used 
to the last. But there is another side. In 1782 a dated issue 
of Cruttwell’s Guide shows a difference. Now the account reads, 
—Margaret chapel is situated in Margaret buildings in Brock St 
near the Crescent, &c. The issue of 1784 repeats this, both 
issues showing a change of name, the court gone, and the saint 
and the possessive comma and final s. The name is now 
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