locks, and the words "Remember the Poor," in raised carving, on its front.

Hodnet Church is said to have been built by Sir Rowland Hill, in the reign of Henry the Eighth; but it is doubtful whether it was not rather rebuilt in parts by him. The tower is octagonal, and said to be Norman; and in the chancel, on the south wall, are three trefoil-headed stone stalls. The font is very old and grotesque, carved with griffins and other monsters, which have been spoiled by white and grey paint. There are one or two fragments of coloured glass in the large mullioned window which fills up the whole eastern end of the north chancel; under which window is a reading-desk of carved oak, to which some old books are fastened with chains. On the side-wall of the south chancel is a tablet of white marble, containing a bust of Bishop Heber, by Chantrey, with a long inscription in English, written by Mr. Southey. Higher up are two other monuments; one to the memory of the Rev. Thomas Cuthbert Heber, the Bishop's younger brother, and his curate for some years, who died in 1816; and the other to the Rev. Charles C. Cholmondeley, once rector of Hodnet, the husband of his only sister, and by whom the church was repaired; both tenderly beloved by him.

There are also several monuments in Hodnet Church sacred to the memory of members of the family of the Hills of Hawkstone, of whom Sir Rowland Hill was the ancestor; and the family vault, dated A.D. 1500, is under the north chancel.

The sum of 21. 15s. 2d. is paid yearly, according to some old agreement, by the rector of Hodnet to the Pen

drills of Boscobel, by whom Charles the Second was concealed.

Reginald Heber was instituted, by his brother, to the family living of Hodnet in 1807; and he settled on it immediately after his marriage in 1809, and entered, at first, unassisted upon the care of this large parish; in order to perform the duties of which more perfectly, he withdrew a good deal from society, and devoted his time and talents entirely to the spiritual and temporal good of his parishioners. His ear was never shut to their complaints, or his hands closed to their wants; and it is said that he could never pass a sick person, or a child crying, without trying to soothe and help them; and the kindness of his manner made his good offices doubly felt. It is related of him, that one day while riding with Mrs. Heber near a cottage, he saw some cows trespassing in the garden, and got off his horse to tell the owner of the mischief they were doing. Finding no one at home, he drove the cows himself out of the garden, and made up the fence to prevent their return. He was so humble, and so little desirous to display his knowledge, that a child who had been repeating her lesson to him by her mother's desire, and with whom he had talked afterwards, said, when asked how she liked saying her lesson to him, "Oh, very much; and he told me a great many things; but I do not think he knows much more than I do."

In 1812, the rectory-house of Hodnet was pulled down, being much out of repair; and Mr. Heber lived for two years at Moreton, but returned to Hodnet as soon as the house was rebuilt, in the spring of 1814. Through life he

was subject to inflammatory attacks, but by constant exercise and care he was able to fulfil his duties; and being an early riser, he contrived to spend some time with his books and in his studies, which, however, he never allowed to interrupt his duties as a parish priest, in which he was most active, and happy in gaining the confidence and affection of his flock, finding his chief pleasure in administering to their necessities, and in attending and comforting them in sickness and sorrow. In 1817, Mr. Heber was appointed to a stall in the Cathedral of St. Asaph. His first child was born in 1818, but lived only six months; and her loss was deeply felt by her parents. In 1821, his second daughter was born. In 1823, he was appointed Bishop of Calcutta. He left Hodnet with great grief; and his parishioners parted with him with equal sorrow, all joining in expressing their affection and respect for him, on the day he preached his farewell sermon. On the 22d of April he finally left Shropshire, and from a range of high grounds near the town of Newport, turned back to catch a last view of his beloved Hodnet; and here his feelings burst forth, as he. declared his belief that he should return to it no more. He was consecrated bishop on the 1st of June 1823, and sailed on the 16th for India, where he died on the 3d of April 1826.

Most of his works were written at Hodnet.

EYAM CHURCH, memorable as the scene of the dreadful visitation of the plague in 1666, and of the exertions and self-devotion of the rector, the Rev. William Mompesson, is situated about four miles to the east of Tideswell, in Derbyshire.

The chief objects of attention in and about the church are the following:-The old font at the west end of the nave, which is simple, and without any carving; the window at the east end of the north aisle, the upper part of which is filled with coloured glass, and may be dated about the fourteenth century; and the three pointed arches on each side of the nave, supported by different sorts of columns, plain, octagon, and clustered. On the north side of the aisle is a table of the parish benefactors, and

over the west door of the steeple a very old stone tablet. Under the south wall of the church is the following curious epitaph:

"Here lithe the body of Ann
Sellars, buried by this stone, who
died on Janye 15th, 1781.
Likewise lise dear Isaac
Sellars, my husband and my
Sight, who was buried this
Same day come seven years.
1738.

Seven years there comes a change
Observe, and here you'll see
On that same day come seven years
My husband lies by me.

Written by a brother of Isaac Sellars."

There is a very old and beautiful cross in the churchyard, now in a very ruined state, of which nothing is