The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . rishunder authority of two acts of parliament which enabledthe parishioners to raise money by way of annuities. The right of presentation to the church was formerlyvested in the dean of St. Martins le Grand. It afterwardsbelonged to the abbot and convent of Westminster, andwas ultimately given by Queen Mary to the bishop ofLondon and his successors for ever. The present rector,the Rev. Thomas Home, brother of Sir William Home,the late solicitor general, succeeded the Rev. TownsendAndrews, in 18
The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . rishunder authority of two acts of parliament which enabledthe parishioners to raise money by way of annuities. The right of presentation to the church was formerlyvested in the dean of St. Martins le Grand. It afterwardsbelonged to the abbot and convent of Westminster, andwas ultimately given by Queen Mary to the bishop ofLondon and his successors for ever. The present rector,the Rev. Thomas Home, brother of Sir William Home,the late solicitor general, succeeded the Rev. TownsendAndrews, in The fabric as it now stands, and which is representedby the following engraving, is quite undeserving of illus-tration, except as serving as an evidence of the improve-ment which has taken place in public taste. It may beconfidently stated that no parish in the metropolis wrouldnow allow such a piece of ugliness to be erected. It isbuilt of brick, and has rusticated dressings of stone aroundthe windows and doors. 1 Mr. Townsend left £ 100 to the poor of the parish. ST. CATHERINES, The interior presents merely a plain room with a flatceiling coved at the sides, ornamented by one large ovalpanel with a flower in the centre. The altar-piece standswithin a circular-headed recess at the east end, and isquite plain. Amongst various monumental tablets, is one to Rivington, late vestry-clerk of the parish, and bro-ther of the well known publisher of that name. He diedJune the 9th, 1829. Beneath the church there are large and commodiousvaults, (approached by a door at the west end of the building)wherein a peculiarity is practised, namely, that instead ofdepositing coffins in the vaults themselves, graves of ordi-nary depth are there dug, wherein they are buried. ST. ANNE AND AGNES, ALDERSGATE STREET. This church was formerly called St. Anne in the Willows,but from what circumstance it took this name, Stow pro-fesses not to know, unless, he adds, it was as some
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