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1167; St. Martin’s, 1199; St. Mary of the Catal, 12033 
St. Andrew's, 1284; St. Peter’s Port, 1312. Thefe 
churches are of granite, and from the hardnefs of the ma- 
terial, what ornaments they poffefs, muft have been the ef- 
fe&t of much labour and perfeverance. y are - 
being covered generally with a very highly pointed 
and cieidicieet vault, ftrengthened in parts by munnions, over 
which are laid the roof ‘od 
that is interetting ; the windows having been ftript of their 
munnions, befides being unfightly, from the cuftom of painting 
the joints of the mafonry, and ufing the means to gi 
an exterior nce e archite€ture of thefe edifice 
. 
is in other refpects Gothic, except a few inftances. There is 
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a groiwned vault in the chancel of the Vale church, 
about which are Norman zigzags. The churches of St. 
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Peter au bois, and St. Sauveur, = fomewhat handfome ftruc- 
tures, and do not appear in a ftyle quite fo suiy the large 
to them above; and it is remarka 
an ornament from 
able for the depth ould i 
porch of St. Martin’s for the fculptured foliage with which 
it is decorated. ood moder. 
fhops, 
ho 
which are numerous and well-fupplied before the fmuggli 
y a late act of i ich ws 
t the 
and the always 
o' 
concern of the place): 
public buildings worth atten- 
tion in this town. The court-houfe is a neat granite 
fitted with fuitable offices, where the records are 
kept, but except a few detached parchments and Elizabeth’s 
i of little more i 
for *btor ave fery. 
ed as a model, and which, much to the credit of the prefent 
leading men, has the great advantages of air, fpace, and con- 
covering. Within they have little T. 
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feldom divulged. In palling through the ftreets of the town, 
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be perceived with their ftories 
b 
Edward VI. At the back of the fame ftreet are the keys 
includes afpace of feveral acres. The walls forming this inclo- 
the advantage of parapets, forma 
bufinefs, politicians, and loungers. 
ond is the harbour and road, which is expofed towards 
the S.E., but an open fpace or carfour at the end of the 
i ferving the purpofe of an exchange, an acy 
commodation, it is a matter of furprize, a trading commu- 
nity fhould be fuffered to want. In this ftreet is kept the 
market for fith; but for meat and vegetables, a large building 
has been ereéted in an open fquare. Commodities are here 
weighed at the king’s feales, 
are alfo frequent vifits made by the roper office 
for the ufe of the hofpi 4 
are held monthly 
befides a play-houfe, and once, in two or 
: . 
works, and concerts. From the level of the market, one 
hundred fteps leads up the fide of the ravine to the new 
ftreets, befides 
Near 
re are m any 
open 
confifting of feveral elegant honfes. 
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ment which took place in fome of the French aggrelflions, 
who w 
about this fpot feveral French coins have been found. 
roads, and every means purfued by which the charge com- 
itted Jy tlie and defended 
Guernsey Lily. 
GUESCAR? in 
GUESCLIN, Bertaanp DU, in onitabst 
of France, im the 14th century, was born in uianoet 
131%, 
See AMARYLLIS. 
Hvegsear. 
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