“The new church of St. Giles’s, says the author of _The Review of the Public Buildings_, is one of the most simple and elegant of the modern structures: it is raised at a very little expence, has very few ornaments, and little beside the propriety of its parts, and the harmony of the whole, to excite attention, and challenge applause: yet still it pleases, and justly too; the east end is both plain and majestic, and there is nothing in the west to object to, but the smallness of the doors, and the poverty of appearance that must necessarily follow. The steeple is light, airy, and genteel, argues a good deal of genius in the architect, and looks very well both in comparison with the body of the church, and when ’tis considered as a building by itself, in a distant prospect. Yet after all I have confessed in favour of this edifice, I can’t help arraigning the superstition of situating churches due east and west; for in complaisance to this custom, the building before us has lost a great advantage it might have otherwise enjoyed; I mean, the making the east end the front, and placing it in such a manner as to have ended the vista of what is called Broad St. Giles’s; whereas now it is no where to be seen with ease to the eye, or so as justly to comprehend the symmetry and connection of the whole.” There is a marble monument on the outside of the north isle to the memory of Hugh Merchant, Gent. who died on the 17th of January, 1714, with this inscription: When, by inclemency of air, These golden letters disappear, And Time’s old cankered teeth have shown Their malice on this marble stone, Virtue and Art shall write his name In annals, and consign his fame To monuments more lasting far, Than marble stones, or golden letters are. The expence of erecting this church amounted to 10,026_l._ 15_s._ 9_d._ It is a rectory in the gift of the Crown. GILHAM’S _court_, Rotherhith Wall.† GILHAM’S _rents_, the Folly, Dock head.† GILTSPUR _street_, without Newgate.* GINGERBREAD _alley_, 1. Holiwell lane. 2. Old Change, Cheapside. GINGERBREAD _court_, 1. Lamb alley, Bishopsgate street. 2. Old Change. GIRDLERS, a company incorporated by letters patent granted by Henry VI. in the year 1449, and confirmed by Queen Elizabeth in 1568, when the Pinners and Wiredrawers were incorporated with them. This fraternity consists of a Master, three Wardens, twenty-four Assistants, and seventy-seven Liverymen, who upon their admission pay a fine of 10_l._ They have a convenient hall in Basinghall street. GLASSENBURY _court_, Rose street, Covent Garden. GLASSHOUSE _alley_, White Friars.☐ GLASSHOUSE _fields_, Cock hill, Ratcliff.☐ GLASSHOUSE _hill_, Well street.☐