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The Churches of Devizes. 



to any hitherto neglected documents, which may tend to their 

 further illustration. 



The property belonging to the Churches was reported (circa 1833) 

 by the Charity Commissioners, as follows : — 



St. John's [held in trust for the reparations of the Church, and 

 the maintenance of the poor] consisted of sixteen Leases, of Houses 

 and portions of ground built on ; of which the annual value, of 

 buildings if in hand, was calculated at £278 ; this was let on long 

 terms, at quit-rents amounting to £8 12s. 7d., including about four 

 acres of garden ground at Marlborough. 



St. Mary's consisted of forty-two Dwelling Houses, and two other 

 buildings, all let for long terms, in thirty-one Leases, at quit-rents 

 amounting to £26 10s. 6d. Computed value of Houses £750 per 

 annum. Also — 



A. E. P. 



Isabel's Mead 11 0 0 



Spital Croft 11 0 0 



Fillis'sLand 8 2 0 



Inner and Outer Raymead 6 3 3 



36 5 3 



producing an annual rent of £186: total £212 10s. 6d. The value 

 of fines, and timber cut, being added, makes the average rental 

 about £307 per annum. 



The Church of St. John Baptist. 



This has been justly pronounced to be "one of the most interesting 

 Parochial Churches in Great Britain* to the Architectural Anti- 

 quary." 1 



Its Ground Plan (which is shown in the annexed drawing) 

 consists of Chancel, A., with Chapels, B. C, on its North and South 

 sides; Central Tower, D. ; North and South Transepts, E. F.; 

 Nave, G. ; North and South Nave Aisles, H. I.; and North and 

 South Porches, K. L. 



From the different styles of architecture which these several 



1 Britton's "Architectural Antiquities," ii., 3. 



