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near Shrub Hill railway station, was erected by Mr. Hopkins in 1863, and the Dean and Chapter presented to it the fine old roof (fourteenth century) of the Guesten Hall of Worcester Monastery, recently destroyed. The church has 850 sittings; population, 2,300; value of living, £50; Rev. T. L. Wheeler, jun., perpetual curate; patron, the Bishop. St. Michael's: a small parish, which includes the Cathedral, its precincts, and ancient sanctuary, the Bishop's Palace (now the Deanery), Edgar Tower, &e. The register of the parish is the oldest in the city, going back to 1546, and it records the birth of the great Lord Somers, who first saw the light in one of the cottages which then blocked up the northern facade of the Cathedral. Church built in 1840, on the side of the road opposite to where the old one stood; has ] 50 sittings; population, 570; value of living, £90; Rev. R. H. Blair, rector; patrons, Dean and Chapter.

St. Nicholas : this is the central parish in the city, including the Cross, which is adorned by the Anglo-Italian Church, whose tower, cupola, or campanile, forms a somewhat pleasing feature in the views usually taken of "the faithful city." Hard by is the splendid new edifice of the City and County Bank, and the shops and private residences hereabout are fully deserving of the position they occupy. The church was built in 1730-2, by White, a pupil of Sir C. Wren; will accommodate 760; population nearly 2,000; value of living, £260; rector. Rev. C. Bullock; patron, the Bishop.

St. Peter's is the southern parish of the city, and includes extensive suburbs and the chapelry of Whittington, two miles from the city; population, nearly 6,000. The church is a miserable abortion, put up in 1838 at a cost of £4,000, but required repair within twenty years of its building, to prevent the roof falling in! Will accommodate 900 within its brick walls and barn-like proportions. Value of living, £233; vicar, Rev. W. Wright; patrons, Dean and Chapter. In the chapelry of Whittington is Crookbarrow Hill, one of the largest tumuli (supposed) in England.