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The church, which according to Lc- 

 land, was formerly collegiate is a moft 

 elegant ftruclure. The infide is fpaci- 

 ous, having over the pillars much gro- 

 tefque carving, and over the arches the 

 arms of many of the Britifh and Saxon 

 Princes. It is not however loaded with 

 carving as many of the gothic churches 

 are ; but is plain, and kept extremely 

 neat. 



Here are two monuments the work of 

 Roubiliac, the one in memory of Mary, 

 the daughter of Sir Richard Middleton, 

 who died in 1747, is particularly fine. 

 She is reprefented burfting from the 

 tomb, and with a countenance fo truly 

 angelic, where the mixture of furprize 

 and admiration is fo firmly and ftrongly 



* goodly chirch collegiate ; there longith no Prebendes to 

 *' it, though it be collegiated. There be fum Merchauntes 

 ' and good Bokeler" (that is Buckler, or Shield) ' Ma- 

 ' kers," Itjn, V. 32, 



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