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but the site is now devoted to ragged andindustrial schools; and an iron church for watermen. A new church for the parish - a brick and compo imitation of the Norman style - was erected on the west side of the river in 1823, at a cost of nearly £5,000! Sittings, 800; population, 2,434; value of living, £170; rector, Kev. F. G. Lugard; patrons, Dean and Chapter.

St. Helen's: a populous and crowded inner parish, having nearly 1,500 inhabitants, and church accommodation for 760. The church is a poor structure, mainly Perpendicular, with some remains of thirteenth century work. Has a good octave of bells, cast in 1706 in honour of Queen Anne and her generals' victories over the French, as shown by inscriptions on them. Curfew occasionally rung here. Value of living, £115; patron, the Bishop; rector, Rev. D. H. Cotes.

St. John's has a population of nearly 3,000, divided from the main portion of the city by the river. Here the Priory of Worcester had a manor-house (Hardwick). A bull-ring in the village still attests the barbarous propensities of our forefathers; and the township or "pendicle" has for ages past elected their own Mayor and Corporation, whose functions, however, are confined to convivial objects. The parish church was originally at Wick, a mile distant, the present church being then only a chapel, till 1371, when the former building was destroyed. There is Norman and Perpendicular work in the existing structure, with recent enlargement, also rood-loft stairs and "squint." Sittings, about 1,000; value of living, £625; Canon Wood vicar; Dean and Chapter patrons.

St. Martin's: a large county and city parish, contained the ancient Corn Market, removed a few years ago to Angel Street. Date of church, 1768-72; material, brick; style, Anglo-Ionic; will accommodate 560, out of a population of 4,000; value of living, £326; patrons, Dean and Chapter; rector, Rev. T. L. Wheeler. A splendid new church (Holy Trinity) to accommodate portions of St. Martin's and Claines, and especially the large manufactories at and