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NOTE1850

GEORGE HERBERT AND BEMERTON CHURCH

By H. T. ELLACOMBE. (Clyst St. George)

It is gratifying to see that some of your correspondents are taking, an interest in the "worthy, lowly, and lovely" (as Isaac Walton called him) Mr. George Herbert (Vol. ii., pp. 103. 414.). It may tend to increase that interest, if I send you a note I made a few years ago, when I visited Bemerton, and had the pleasure of officiating within the walls of that celebrated little church. The rector kindly showed me the whole Parsonage House; the parts rebuilt by Herbert were traceable; but the inscription set up by him on that occasion is not there, nor had it been found, viz.: "TO MY SUCCESSOR. "…

Topics: Victorian Poetry, Historical Architecture, Genealogy

Locations: Bemerton, Sarum Cathedral, Ffoughlston, England