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An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town of Lancaster
An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Town of Lancaster Author:C. Clark Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: . ;.. Places 0 Public Worship. St. MARY'S CHURCH, Which is the parish Church, is a large Go- thic structure. There are but few remains of antiquity now... more » to be seen, and no painted glass: the grotesque figures of the turn-up seats, and the carving in front of the chancel and vestry, are worthy of observation; they are executed in the style of the times in which this Church belonged to the abbey of St. Martin de Sagio in Normandy. The Church has a good organ. The steeple is a square tower which contains eight bells, it was rebuilt A. D. 1759, in the same style as the Church. MINISTERS, Revd. John Manby, M. A. Vicar, Revd. James Thomas, 1 , T . , Curates. Kevd. Joseph Rowley, J Monuments, Inscriptions, 8$£. In St. Mary's Church. Of these ve only insert the most remarkable, which are the following, viz. On the north side, A beautiful monument in white and dark- coloured marble, to the memory of Sibyll Elizabeth Wilson, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Wilson of the first regiment of Foot Guards, and Anne Sybill his wife. The design—The parents weeping over the corpse of their only child; above the inscription is a cherub descending with a wreath. Fishers, York, inv. et sail. A monument of excellent workmanship ta the memory of William Stratford, L. L. D. Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond, in white marble; over which, also cut in marble, are his arms. The design—Charity succouring the aged and the orphan. L. F. Roubiliac inv. et scul. The following Epitaph is copied from his monument. Near this place are deposited The remains of WILLIAM STRATFORD, Commissary of the Archdeaconry of Richmond, Who departed this life September 7th, 1752, in the 75th year of his age. He was eminent for knowledge in his pr...« less