• • WILTSHIRE. (KELLY'S

lancet in north transept to the late Mr. Middleton, by his depot for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and widow. for the National Society is also completed: and the interior The monuments in the cathedral include those of the also includes a large room for meetings of different societies,

following bishops :-Osmund, 1099 ; , II391 and a committee room, general and ladies' waiting rooms, porter's Joscelyne, n84, both with effigies in bas relief; Richard lodge &c. Poore, 1237, altar tomb and effigy of Purbeclt marble; Besides the cathedral Salisbury contains three parbb Robert 13ingham, 1246, canopied arch with C'adaver, William churches. of York; 1256, with canopied arch; Giles de Bridport, St. Martin's was thoroughly restored in 1886 at a cost of 1263, tomb with effigy and small chantry, enriched with £3,000 ; it is situated iu the highest part of the town, on its biographical sculptures ; Waiter De la Wyle, 1274 ; Roger south-eastern confines, and considered the most ancient de Mortival, 1329, slab with floriated cross; Robert Wyville, in the city; it is a stone edifice in the Perpendicular style : 1375, with incised brass of the bishop's champion before it has an Early English chancel, nave of 5 bays and aisles,

Sherborne Castle; Richard Metford, 14071 effigy under with square tower containing 8 bells, surmounted by a spire; canopy; Richard Beauchamp, 1482, altar tomb; Lionel the entrance is through the base of the tower: the east win­ Woodville, 1484, and John Blythe, 15001 both altar tombs; dow is stained in vivid mosaic ; there are six other stamed , 1524, chantry;. John Salcot or Capon, windows in the chancel, and one in the south aisle: on the 1555, altar tomb; ), 1571; , 1641, north side of the chancel is a handsome monument of the mural monument; Seth Ward, 1689, tomb with bust; and Swayne family, and a brass dated 1632: the church was ·waiter Kerr Hamilton, 1869, tomb with effigy. The slab of repaired and re-seated with open benches in 185o: there are the tomb of St. Osmund de Seez, founder of the Cathedral 500 sittings, all free. The register dates from 1559, and is of , and compiler of the ~' Sarum Use," was in written in Latin up to 162o. The living is a rectory, net 1885 fixed in the south aisle of the Lady chapel. The yearly value£ 188, in the gift of the , an(l other principal monuments are :-,Villiam Longespee, first held since 1879 by the Rev. Calcraft Neeld Wyld, of th~ Earl of Salisbury and son of Fair Rosamond, 1226, altar Theological College, Salisbury, Part of the parish of St. tomb with effigy ; William Longespet>, second earl, killed Martin's, designated Milford, is in the charge of the Rev. near Cairo, 1250, and buried at Acre, effigy; Sir John de Sydney Dugdale M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford, and th~ Montacute, 1389, altar tomb with effigy ; Robert, Lord Rev. C. F. Benthall M.A. Pembroke College, Cambridge : Hungerford, 1459, altar tomb with effigy ; William Wilton, services are conducted for the present in a temporary iron Chancellor of Sarum, 15o6, altar tomb; Sir John Cheney, church: commodious schools are now (188g) being built standard bearer of Henry of Richmond ~t Bosworth, 1509, and when completed will hold 450 children. effigy; Sir T. Gorges, 1635. effigy ; Lord Stourton, 1556, St. Edmund's church stands on the north-east extremity altar tomb : Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, 1621, and of the city, in an extensive churchyard planted with lime Lady Katherine his wife, 1563, effigies; Sir Robert Hyde, trees, and is a handsome edifice of stone of the 15th century: Chief Justice of the King's Bench, x665, mural tablet, with it has chancel, nave of five bays, aisles and two chapels, with bust; Sir Richard Mompesson, 1627, and wife, effigies ; square embattled tower, recently (1889) restored, h:wing Edward Thomas, Lord Wyndham of Finglass, Chancellor pinnacles at each corner, and containing a c:ock and 8 bells: and Lord Justice of Ireland, 1745, tomb with marble statue the church was restored from designs by the late Sir G. of" Hibernia;" James Harris, author of "Hermes," 1780, Gilbert Scott R.A. at a cost of more than £7,ooo: the monument by Bacon; James Harris, first Earl of Malmesbury chancel, which is raised above the level of the church, has 182o, by Chantrey ; and to Sir Richard Colt Hoare hart. been rebuilt, and the aisles lengthened: the east and several the antiquary, 1838, by Lucas. The monument of Bishop other windows are stained : there are 8oo sittings, all free Moberly, designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield, consists of an and unappropriated. The register dates from the year 1538. arched recess, with gabled and traceried panels, 1885. The The living is a rectory, gross yearly value £3oo, with resi­ episcopal effigies include a diminutive one in has-relief of the dence, in the gift of the bishop, and held since 1883 by the 13th century, found in 168o near the pulpit ; it has no in­ Rev. Waiter James Tait M.A. late fellow and tutor of Wor­ scription, but has been conjectured to represent a " Boy­ cester College, Oxford. Bishop" of the choristers, whose office lasted from the festi­ St. Thomas' of Canterbury, which was erected as a chapel val of St. Nicholas (the patron saint of boys), December 6, of ease to the cathedral in 12-I-O, is a large handsome stone until that of the Holy Innocents, December 28, or till structure, in the Perpendicular style, with square embattled Epiphany; another reputed memorial of this kind, bearing western tower having 8 bells and a set of chimes and clock ; a pastoral staff in relief, is preserved in the church of West it has a chancel and chancel aisles, nave of five bays and "\Vittering, Sussex. aisles: the roof is of oak, handsomely carved and panelled : The churchyard, or lawn of the Close, was a place of the entrance is through the base of the tower: the old organ burial till Bishop Barrington removed to the cloisters all the (the present of George III.) taken out of the cathedral has remains interred here. A broad gravelled and shaded mall, been placed here: the stained chancel window represents which forms the approach to the great western entrance of Our Saviour Blessing the Eleven Apostles, all full-length the cathedral, and crosses the Close from north to south, is the figures, and finely executed : in the south aisle are two favourite summer evening promenade. The Close has three singular monuments, each representing two kneeling figures, gates: that on the south side communicates with Harnham erected to the memory of Charles Eyre esq. founder of an and the contiguous country ; that on the north with High hospital in this city: under the tower entrance is a rough street and the body of the city; and that on the east with carving of oak, representing a series of subjects in the li\·es St. Ann street and the road to Southampton: adjoining the of the Patriarchs, inscribed with the artist's name, and the north gate is the Matrons' college, founded by Bishop Ward addition, " his own work," which has given rise to a pro­ for ten ladies, widows of clergymen of the diocese. The verbial joke in the mty of calling any performance at wllicl1 south quarter of the Close is occupied by the Bishop's palace its author is unreasonably elated, "Humphrey Beck ham's and gardens, dividing the city from the more ancient village own work: " the chancel of this church was restored under of Harnham. the direction of the late G. E. Street esq. R.A.: this church The Palace is an embattled structure of Early Perpendi­ is in a central position between the High street and the cular date, with a chapel and tower of that period, and a Market place, and adjoins a small square at the south-west hall dating from 1460 : in the palace is a series of portraits corner of the latter, used as a poultry market, and inclosing a of bishops from (x64x-65) to beautiful Gothic hexagonal stone cross of the age of Edward (I82S-37). Ill. which was thoroughly restored about 1854: the church has The undercroft, built by Bishop Poore, has been restored 1,200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1570. The by Bishop Wordsworth 1889. living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £3oo, in the gift of the The Church house for the diocese is a building of two storeys Dean and Chapter, and held since 1886 by the Rev. Herbert in the Late Perpendicula1' style of Domestic Gothic, known as Goodenough Rogers lll.A. of Trinity College, Oxford. Audley House. The structure was originally a monastic estab­ The handsome Catholic church, dedicated to St. Osmund, lishment, and was granted at the Dissolution to the Touchets, in Exeter street, was built in 1849, from a design by the Barons Audley: in 1631 it was forfeited to the Crown, and after­ late Mr. W elby Pugin, and consists of chancel, nave and wards granted in perpetuity-to the see, and was transferred south aisle, with western tower, containing one bell, through by one of the bishops to the Corporation, and lately used as the base of which is the entrance: the church has r,ooo sit­ a workhouse, and has been restored as a Church house tings : near the church are the schools, conducted by the under the direction of Messrs. Crickmay and Sons, architects, Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Gf Weymouth :it consists at present of two unequal blocks The Congregational church in Fisherton street was opened placed nearly at right angles to each other, and partially June u:, 1879, having been erected at a cost of upwards of inclosing a court-yard : the north front faces Crane street, £7,0CKJ: it is in the Early Decorated Gothic style, aud con­ and on the western side is a garden stretching to the river: sists of nave, aisles and apse (with organ chamber and ''estry the southern portion of the existing structure remains to be on either side of the apse), and tower and spire rising to a dealt with at some future time. The building fund is esti­ height of 132 feet: the church will seat 500 persons. mated at from £3,500 to £4,ooo, and the freehold has been There are two Baptist chapels, one in Brown street erected purchased at a cost of £I,6oo: the library, restored a.nd in 186o and having 500 sittings, and another in Harcourt fitted, at an expense of £soo, by Miss Chafyn Grave : a Bridge road erected in 1870, which has 250 seats.