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is a monument to Butler (whose body, however, lies in St. Paul's, Covent Garden), and some brasses, &c., to the Russell family, one of which mementoes was removed by a late rector to make way for an inscription pf his own!

Suckley.

FORMERLY belonged to the manor of Bromggrove, and was held by the Crown; is situate on the western limit of the county, near Herefordshire, to which county it is said to have once belonged; includes the chapelries of Alfrick and Lulsley, having altogether 5,640 acres, and a united population of some 1,200. Agriculture and gloving are the chief employments, and the products of the soil are hops and the usual cereals and roots. The patronage of the living is in the Crown; value, about £700; sittings in the church and two chapels, 550; nearly two-thirds free; Rev. J. Pearson rector.

The mother church contains Norman remains, as also fourteenth and fifteenth century work; Norman font; sixteenth century oak open seats; a virgin peal of bells; a black-letter copy of the Homilies, 1578 ; and curious epitaphs. In the parish register is the following whimsical verse, which must be read up and down alternately:

There and I'm one and he

Is one the but only only

But only only love one the

One and she that you are

There are also some points of interest in Alfrick and Lulsley chapels.

The parish can boast of rich scenery, and presents points of interest to the geologist. Between Ankerdine Hill and