CITY OF LONDONDERRY. 
“ But it is thought proper to inscribe his last Act upon this Stone, to prevent, if possible for 
Ages to come, any abuse of so excellent a charity. He bequeathed all his Houses in 
Heruy, with their Acres and Perches, to the amount of forty-two Pounds Yearly Profit 
Bent to the Dean and Curates of Derry [for the time being], and his Executors Ald 
George Orookshank and William Kennedy, in trust, to be distributed to thirty poor 
inhabitants of the City and Liberties on the Derry side of the River. Pie also, be¬ 
queathed twenty Barrels of Shelling, (each Barrel to weigh eighteen Score,) to he dis¬ 
tributed annually in the Month of May, by the Curate and Church-wardens of the 
parish ol Glandermot, to forty poor Inhabitants of that Parish. 
Though these frail Monuments may fail to preserve an adequate Memory of his pious 
Acts ; ^yet the 6 Righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance.’ ” 
The Free Church, situated without the city, on the N., was built in 1830, by Bishop 
Knox, at an expense of £760. It was intended for the lower classes alone, but the congre¬ 
gation is no longer confined to them. In 1832, a gallery was erected by subscription, the 
expense of building which, and a vestry-room, with that of introducing gas, amounted to 
f'. f.’ . be P 10 . °* luting seats m the gallery belongs to the officiating minister. During 
olv A™ 6 !!- blsbop defrayed all the expenses of repairing, &c., and since his death the 
oabbath collections have been applied to these purposes. The church, including the o-allerv 
has accommodation for 370 persons. J 9 
The Presbyterian Meeting-House, situated in Meetinghouse-row, is supposed to have 
ieen built about 1750, at an expense of nearly £4,000, but all the documents relating to its 
earlier history have been destroyed by fire or otherwise. It was repaired in 1828, at an 
expense of £700, and now presents a chaste and handsome front, of which the pediment and 
cornices are of Dugiven sandstone. It contains accommodation for 2000 persons. 
The Seceding Meeting-House, situated without the walls, in Fountain-street, was built 
in 1783, at an expense of £450. It is a very plain building, has a good gallery, and is well 
provided with seats. The approach is a narrow passage between two houses, and it cannot be 
seen from the street. It contains accommodation for 500 persons. 
The Covenanting Meeting-House, situated without the wall, in Fountain-street, was 
built in 1810, at an expense of £450. It has no gallery, but resembles the Seceding Meeting¬ 
house m size and style of building, and, like it, has a very indifferent approach. It contains 
seats for only 300 persons. 
The Independent Meeting-House, situated in Bridge-street, was built in 1824, at an 
expense of £500. It is provided with a gallery, and contains accommodation for 200 persons. 
, The Primitive JFesleyan JiLethodist Chapel, situated in Meeting-House Row was 
originally a store, hut was used by Wesley as a place of worship in 1763, when he visited 
this city. In 1783 his congregation built the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, hut, on a schism 
breaking out, the Primitive Wesleyans separated from their brethren, and returned to their 
former place of worship. It was then refitted, and made capable of accommodating 200 
persons. A part of the building is still let for a store, at a rent of £10 a year. The chapel 
is used as a Sunday school in the interval between morning and evening service, and for this 
a rent of £20 a year is paid by the dean. 
The Wjsleyan Methodist Chapel, situated in Linen-Hall-street, is on a very bad site, 
adjoining the Shambles and Fish-Market. It was built, as already stated, in 1783, and is to 
be vacated on the opening of the new chapel. It can accommodate about 130 persons. 
The Mem Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, situated at the junction of Linen-Hall-street 
and the Walls, on the E., is not yet finished. The expense will be £1100, raised by a sub¬ 
scription, to which the Irish Society contributed £100. It will accommodate 650 persons. 
The lower story is to be used as a vestry-room, and as a school-room for 300 children. 
The Roman Catholic Chapel stands without the Walls, on the site of the old monastery 
of St. Columb in the street called the Long Tomer. The singular appellation of this street 
is derived from the lofty round tower, which formed the belfry of the original church_ 
the Duv-Regles, erected by St. Columb. [See History .] The building °was begun in 
1784, and finished in 1786. In the June of the former year the Rev. Dr. Lynch, the R. 
C. Clergyman of Temflemore, first applied for subscriptions to erect a place of worship, 
and collected 500 guineas within a few hours. Of these 200 were contributed by the Earl of 
Bristol, Bishop of Derry, and 50 by the corporation. Between 1810 and 1812 a new aisle 
was added, and galleries, which, with the original building, cost £2,700. The ground floor 
not being furnished with seats, the Chapel can with ease accommodate 2000 persons. It pos¬ 
sesses a good organ. 
The ancient cemetery of the Duv-Regles and Templemore is connected with this Chapel, 
but it contains no monumental inscriptions anterior to the plantation. The following is the 
oldest discovered:— 
“ Here lye buried the bodies of Robert Rigat and John Rigat, Sons to Thomas Rigat of this 
citie, Burgess, both which dyed in the month of May anno Domini 1618.” 
