CHAP. I. 



purpose ; ;md a brother stood at the door to receive the 

 offerings of the passers-by towards the repairs of the 

 bridge and the support of the services in the chantry. 

 Nearly all these old bridge-chapels have perished, but a 

 beautiful specimen has happily been preserved in the 

 chantry on \Vakefield Bridge, of which the following is 

 a representation. 





WAKEFIELD BRIDGE AND CHANTKY. 

 [By E. M. Wimperis. after an original Drawing by T. Sutcliffe, New Water Colour Society ] 



This bridge is supposed to have been built by Edward 

 Duke of York, afterwards Edward IV., in memory of 

 his father and followers who fell at the battle of Wake- 

 lirld, in the wars of the Roses; and it is said to have 

 heen richly endowed, that prayers might be offered up 

 t hei v ft >r the souls of the slain, and especially of poor little 

 Rutland. However this may be, the bridge chantry at 

 WakeiieM. which has recently been renovated in excel- 

 lent taste, is one of the most beautiful and interesting 

 <f these ancient structures. The entrance to the chapel 

 is directly from the roadway, and it stands upon an elon- 

 gated pier obviousK erected for the purpose, and forming 



