ST. ANNE, WESTMINSTER.

THIS edifice was finished in the year 1686, pursuant to an act of parliament made in the first of king James the Second, the parish having been taken out of that of St. Martin's in the Fields, by an act of parliament made in year 1678 *.

The church has an arched roof divided into pannels, with fret-work, and supported by pillars of the Ionic order; the galleries are elevated on Tuscan pillars.

It is wainscoted with painted deal, as well as the gal leries on the north-west and south sides of the church. The organ was given by William III.

The east end has a semicircular space; the altar consists of two columns near the middle, and two pilasters on each side. On each side the Commandments, and facing each other, are Moses and Aaron well painted at full length.

At Moses's right hand are these words:

1 Corinth. 5. 7. 8. For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us; therefore let us keep the Feast not with old Leaven, neither with the Leaven of Malice and Wickedness, but with the unleavened Bread of Sincerity and Truth.

* The ground on which the parish stands was then called Kemp' Field, Bunche's Close, Coleman Hedge Field, Doghouse Field, and

fterwards Soho Fields.

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And at Aaron's left hand are these words, also done in large gold letters upon black:

1 Corinth. 15, 20, Christ is risen from the dead, and become the first Fruits of them that slept; for since by man came death, by man came also the Resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die; even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

And the whole is adorned with cherubims, &c.

An arched window over the altar, contains ten compartments in painted glass, bordered with green and yellow: The Saviour, with a glory; on each side a crown, and crown of thorns. Beneath are St. Peter, St. John, and St. Paul..

The walls of the church are strong, and of brick, with fine rustic quoins; the roof is covered with tile, and at the east end a large modillion cornice and triangular pediment. The church is one hundred and five feet long, sixty-three broad, and forty-one high. The former steeple exhibited the only specimen of Danish architecture in London; the church having been dedicated to St. Anne, in compliment to princess Anne of Denmark; but the church having been recently repaired, and the steeple entirely rebuilt, all taste, proportion, and style, have been absolutely neglected; and it exhibits a mass of absurdity peculiar from all others in the metropolis; and to make the deviation more ridiculous, within a few feet of the summit is displayed a copper globe, on the four sides of which are the clock dials; the globe itself is supported by iron bars, and conveys the idea of gypsies boiling their kettle. Above all is the vané, exalted also on iron work.

On the south side of the altar is a monument of white polished marble, with this inscription:

In this Chancel lyeth interred the Body of the Right Honour able Lady Grace Pierpoint, Daughter to the most Noble and Puissant Prince, Henry Pierpoint Marquis of Dorchester deceased. Who, in her life time was exemplary for Piety, Virtue, and Charity. She departed this Life on the 25th of March, in the Year of Our Lord 1703. in the 86th Year of her Age.

A mural tablet, consisting of a neat pedestal, urn, mitre, and crozier, inscribed:

S. M. Reverendi admodum in Christo Patris Samuelis Squire, S. T. P. episcopi Menevensis, yicarii de Greenwich, in Comitatu Cantiano, et hujusce Ecclesiæ per sex-decem plusquam annos rectoris. Obiit 7 Maii, 1765, anno ætatis 54.

Another, very near the last, inscribed:

Here under lyeth Interred the Body of Tho. Egar, Esq. Surveyor-General to King Charles the II. and King James the II. of all their Woods on the South side the Trent; and Carver in Ordinary to Catherine, the Queeu Dowager of England. Who died the 27th of August, Anno Dom. 1687. Aged 45 Years.

Within the rail, by the communion table, is a large black marble grave stone:

Here lyes the abovementioned Sir John Lanier, one of Their Majesties Lieutenant-Generals, who was at the Reduction of Scotland and Ireland. and died at Brussels of his Wounds that he received at the Battel of Enghien in Flanders, the 29th day of July 1692.

A tablet on a pillar, inscribed:

Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant Colonel JoHN HARDY, governor of Dartmouth Castle, and quarter-master general during the late siege of Gibraltar. He departed this life Jan. 23, 1788, in the 66th year of his age. Filial affection has raised this tablet to perpetuate the remembrance of a tender and affectionate parent.

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A monument was erected in the church-yard by the late
Plater earl of Orford, in 1758, with the following inscription:

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Near this place is interred

THEODORE

KING OF CORSICA;

who died in this Parish, Dec. 11, 1756, immediately after leaving
the King's Bench Prison by the benefit of an Act of Insolvency;
in consequence of which he registered his Kingdom of Corsica,
for the use of his Creditors:

"The Grave, great Teacher! to a level brings
Heroes and Beggars, Galley-slaves, and Kings;

That

That Theodore this moral learn'd ere dead,
Fate pour'd its Lessons on his living head,

Bestow'd a Kingdom, and denied him Bread."

The living is a rectory, in the gift of the bishop of London.

RECTORS OF EMINENCE. Dr. JOHN PELLING, canon of Windsor, died 1750, aged eighty-one. SAMUEL SQUIRE, D.D. afterwards bishop of St. David's.

Respecting SOHO SQUARE, there is only to add, that in the centre is a statue of Charles II. at the feet of which are figures representing the rivers Thames, Trent, Severn, and Humber, and that it is the residence of the right honourable Sir Joseph Banks, bart. K. B. president of the Royal Society. Here also is the house which formerly belonged to the earls of Carlisle, which afterwards became a place of public resort for masquerades, balls, &c. The grand saloon was purchased and converted to a Roman Catholic chapel, under the name of ST. PATRICK'S CHAPEL.

GREEK STREET, was originally called GRIG STREET; at the south end of which is a passage to NEWPORT Market.

At the back of GREEK STREET, is HOG LANE, the name modernized to CROWN STREET; concerning which there is the following particular respecting the division of the parish of St. Anne, from that of St. Martin's:

"His majesty king Charles II. having, by letters patent under his great seal, bearing date May 31, in the thirty-sixth year of his reign, granted unto Thomas, lord Jermyn, and his heirs, all that piece or parcel of the said Kemp's Fie'd, or Bunche's Close, whereon the fabric of a church, lately called the Greek church (now or lately used by the French Protestants), and certain almshouses, are erected, together with the said fabrick of a church and almshouses; which said parcel of ground last mentioned is situated near the said Crown Street, alias Hog Lane; and contains, on the west side, from north to south, ninety-seven feet of assize, little more or less; on the east side thereof one hundred and forty-five feet; and from east to west, on the south side, one hundred and forty-five feet; and on the north side thereof, one hundred and forty-seven feet; together with all ways and pas. sages to the said piece or parcel of ground belonging to or apper

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taining, or therewith used. Which premises were granted, as aforesaid, to hold to the said Thomas lord Jermyn, his heirs and assigns, for ever, to the use of the poor of the parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, and therefore fit to be excepted."*

Eastward of this market is LONG ACRE, so called from a field, on which seven acres joined each other in length. It was part of the ground of the protector Somerset, and

This site comprises six separate foundations:

1. Rooms fronting the street founded and endowed by Mrs. Grimes, who left to four unmarried women each 101. per annum, and for a ser vant and fire for them all in common 101. per annum more, and appointed archbishop Teanison her trustee. This inscription is on a stone over the door;

"This Charity House for four decayed Gentlewomen belonging to the Parish of St. Martin's in the Fields, was built and endowed Anno Dom. 1686."

2. On the south side of the quadrangle within the gate, is a stone in the wall, bearing this inscription :

"These 10 Alms Houses belonging to the Parish of St. Martins in the Fields. The Gift of Mr. Peter Griffith of 2001. and of Mr. George Giles of 1001. were imployed in this Work, the remainder for building and walling in of the ground, and other Charges was defrayed by the said parish 1683."

3. Four almshouses on the western side; these words inscribed on the front:

"Anno Dom. 1680, These four Alms-Houses were built with Money put into the Hands of Dr. Tho. Tennison, the present Vicar of St. Martins in the Fields, by persons who desire to have their names concealed."

4. On the northern side a house, inscribed:

"This Alms-House, Numb. 13. was built Anno 1684, at the Charge of one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace and an Inhabitant of St. Martins in the Fields." (Supposed to have been a captain Dewy.)

5. On the northern range of building three houses, thus inscribed: "These three Alms-Houses were built by the private Charity of divers of the Parish of St. Martins in the Fields, 1685.

6. Two houses on the north side, thus inscribed: "These 2 Alms-Houses were built and endowed by the Honourable Sir Char. Cottrel Master of the Ceremonies to their Majesties K. Charles and James the 2d."

Here are four widows who have each 2s. per week and a sack of coals yearly, in the said four houses.

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