London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous
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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 1 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800
ALLHALLOWS _Barking_ church, at the east end of Tower street, is so
denominated from its being dedicated to all the Saints, vulgarly
called Allhallows; and its anciently belonging to the Abbess and
Convent of Barking in Essex. It escaped the fire in 1666, and carries
about it the marks of that period when architecture was not well
understood in England. The church is of considerable extent, and the
steeple is a plain tower with its turret. It is a vicarage in the
patronage of the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Vicar, besides other
advantages, receives about 126_l._ a year in tithes.
ALLHALLOWS _Bread street_. The old church was destroyed by the dreadful
conflagration which laid most of the other churches in ruins; and the
present edifice was erected in 1684. It consists of a plain body, and
a square tower divided into four stages with arches near the top. It
is a rectory, and one of the thirteen peculiars in this city belonging
to the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The advowson of this church is in the Archbishop of Canterbury, and to
this parish that of St. John the Evangelist is united. The Vicar,
besides glebes, casualties, annual donations, and other advantages,
receives 1401. a year in lieu of tithes. _Maitland._
The following monumental inscripton in this church is worthy of a
place in this work. It is to the memory of Humfrey Levins, a citizen
and grocer of London, who died in 1682, in the fifty-third year of his
age, and his son Humfrey, a youth aged fourteen, who died in 1677, and
lies buried in the same grave.
Which shall we weep? both merit tears; yet sure
Tears are but vain, where bliss is so secure.
Which shall we praise? our eulogy can’t add
Unto the bless’d, who God’s kind euge had.
Our duty’s but to imitate and admire
This happy pair of the celestial choir.
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