. A new display of the beauties of England; : or A description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, royal palaces, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, and other curiosities, natural or artificial .. . y mills. Here is a largeparochial church which was formerly collegiate, in the choirwhereof is an infeription relating to Prince Arthur, elder bro-ther to Henry VIII, who died here, and whofe bowels were heredepofited, though it is faid his heart was taken up fome time agoin a leaden box. In this choir is a, clofet commonly called theGodt-houfe, where the priefts ufed to keep their c
. A new display of the beauties of England; : or A description of the most elegant or magnificent public edifices, royal palaces, noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, and other curiosities, natural or artificial .. . y mills. Here is a largeparochial church which was formerly collegiate, in the choirwhereof is an infeription relating to Prince Arthur, elder bro-ther to Henry VIII, who died here, and whofe bowels were heredepofited, though it is faid his heart was taken up fome time agoin a leaden box. In this choir is a, clofet commonly called theGodt-houfe, where the priefts ufed to keep their confecreatedutenfils; and in the market-place is a conduit, with a long ftonecrofs on it, and a niche, wherein is the Image of St. Lawrence,to whom the church was dedicated. On \he north fide of thetown there was a priory, whereof there are few remains to befeen, except thofe of its church. Here are an almfhoufe for30 poor people, and two charity fchools. Provifions are verycheap here j and, at the annual horfe-race, there is the beft ofcompany. The country round is exceedingly pleafant, fruitful,and populous; efpecially that part called the Corvefdale, beingthe vale on the banks of the river Corve. Bridge-. THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND. 219 Bridgenorth is diftant from London 139 miles, and is avery antient town, having been built in 582, by the widow oEtheldred, king of the Mercians. It was afterwards fortified witha wall and cattle, both now in ruins : it had feveral great pri-vileges granted it by charters from Henry the Second, and kingJohn ; and it is governed under king Johns charter, by two bai-liffs, eleded yearly out of 24 aldermen, by a jury of 14 men,together with 84 common-council-men, a recorder, town-clerk,and other officers. It is a large and populous town, pleafantlyfituated in a healthy air ; the greateft part of it ftands upon arock, on the weftern bank of the Severn, and the reft on theloppofite fide of the river, which has here a very great fall. Thefetwo parts ar
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