and this structure continued till 1741. It was then found necessary to take it down, on account of its

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and this structure continued till 1741. It was then found necessary to take it down, on account of its ruinous state, when another diminutive and disgraceful brick building rose in its room; but for this result of parsimony a noble atonement is now made, in the new church erected a little to the northward of the old one. This is built in the Corinthian style of architecture, and is extremely spacious.

Opposite the church stood the ancient manor-house, pulled down in 1791; behind this mansion was a tavern and bowling-green, much frequented by persons of rank, during the reign of Queen Anne; but it afterwards grew into such disrepute, that Gay, in his Beggar's Opera, made it one of the scenes of Macheath's debauches. The gardens were afterwards opened for public breakfasts, and other entertainments, about 1740, and continued to be a place of public resort, similar to the present Vauxhall, till 1777, when the whole was let, and the site since occupied by the stately houses of Devonshire-Place.

Returning to Oxford-Street through Mary bone-Lane, we come to Stratford-Place, a handsome pile of buildings.

New Bond-Street is still esteemed an avenue of fashionable resort; the shops here are much improved within a few years past; but the communications from it to the several squares, and its length, are its principal advantages.

In Conduit-Street is Trinity Chapel, which being sold a few years ago to Mr. Robson, a bookseller in BondStreet, he modernized the building with a new front, and fitted up the interior with great neatness and propriety.

On the east side of George-Street is the parish church of St. George, Hanover-Square, a noble stone building. The west front is truly grand, being supported by six