_Mount Mill, and the Fortifications of London_ (Vol. ix., p. 174.).--B. R. A. Y. will find that the name is still applied to an obscure locality in the parish of St. Luke, situated close to the west end of Seward Street on the north side. The parliamentary fortifications of London are described in Maitland's _Hist._, and Mount Mill is noticed in Cromwell's _Clerkenwell_, pp. 33. 396. This writer supposes that the _Mount_ (long since levelled) originated in the interment of a great number of persons during the plague of 1665; but {257} this, I think, is a mistake, for the Mount is mentioned in a printed broadside which, if I remember rightly, bears an earlier date. I cannot furnish its title, but it will be found in the British Museum, with the press-mark 669. f. 8/22. A plan of the city and suburbs, as fortified by order of the parliament in 1642 and 1643, was engraved by George Vertue, 1738; and a small plan of the same works appeared in the _Gentleman's Magazine_ a few years afterwards (1749?). W.P. STORER. Olney, Bucks. _Standing while the Lord's Prayer is read_ (Vol. ix., p. 127.).--A custom noted to prevail at Bristol: in connexion with it, it would be interesting to ascertain in what churches there still remain _any_ usages of by-gone days, but which have generally got into desuetude. It is probable that in some one or other church there may still exist a usage handed down by tradition, which is not generally recognised nor authorised in the present day. Perhaps by means of our widely spread "N. & Q.," and the notes of its able contributors, this may be ascertained. By way of example, and as a beginning, I would mention the following:-- At St. Sampson's, Cricklade (it was so before 1820), the people say, "Thanks be to Thee, O God!" after the reading of the Gospel; a usage said to be as old as St. Chrysostom. At Talaton, Devon, where the congregation turn towards the singing gallery at the west end, during the singing of the "Magnificat" and other psalms, at the "Gloria" they all turn round to the _east_. At Bitton, Gloucestershire, two parishioners, natives of Lincolnshire, always gave me notice before they came to Holy Communion, as it was their _custom_ always to do. When a boy, I remember an old gentleman, who came from one of the Midland Counties, always stood up at the "Glory" in the Litany. In many country churches, the old women make a courtesy. In many country churches, the old men bow and smooth down their hair when they enter the church; and women make a courtesy. H. T. ELLACOMBE. Rectory, Clyst St. George.