The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 472, January 22, 1831

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 17, No. 472, January 22, 1831

CHRIST CHURCH, DONCASTER

MAGNA CHARTA ISLAND

THE WATER KING'S BRIDE

WOMAN

THE VICTORY OF THE CID

SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY

THE AEOLOPHON, A NEWLY-INVENTED INSTRUMENT

THE SKETCH-BOOK

COACH COMPANY

THE SELECTOR; AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS

MECHANICAL POWER OF COALS

WONDROUS EFFECTS OF CHEMISTRY

FIRST ENGLISH COLONY IN AMERICA

TRADITIONS OF THE INDIANS

POLITE SLAUGHTERING OF AN ENEMY

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

A SCENE ON THE "COSTA FIRME."

DIRGE

THE REBELLION IN STOCK POGIS

SOME PASSAGES FROM THE DIARY OF THE LATE MR. ST. JOHN LONG

RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS

HISTORY OF THE PENNY

ORIGIN OF BAIL

ANCIENT DIVISIONS OF THE DAY

THE TOPOGRAPHER

TRAVELLING NOTES IN SOUTH WALES

THE GATHERER

SIR HUMPHRY DAVY

YOUTHFUL PHILOSOPHY

PLAIN SPEAKING

THE DEAD HAND

EPIGRAMS

PARLIAMENTARY ABSTINENCE

ANTICIPATORY EPITAPH

LORD BYRON

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The town of Doncaster has been long celebrated for its beauty and cleanliness, for its striking approach from the south, its magnificent Grand Stand, and celebrated Race Course, its public buildings, its venerable Gothic Church, and stately tower; and latterly, by the erection of a beautiful Gothic Church, with an elegant spire, giving an additional feature to the town from every approach.

This new Church was founded and endowed by a benevolent individual of the name of Jarrett, whose ancestors had for a number of years been connected with the town of Doncaster. A monument in the old church states that a brother of the founder was an alderman of this borough. John Jarrett, Esq. the founder of Christ Church, was in early life a manufacturer at Bradford; subsequently, during the war, he became a partner in the extensive ironworks carried on at Low Moor, near Bradford, under the firm of Jarrett, Danson, and Hardy, where he acquired a very large fortune. Retiring from business some years ago, he returned to his native town, to enjoy the fruits of his honest industry; and during a period of several years, he, by acts of kindness and benevolence, acquired the respect and esteem of his fellow-townsmen. It pleased the Great Disposer of events to terminate his life before the completion of this his last pious work. The first stone of the church was laid on the 9th of October, 1827; and the founder died on the 15th of January, 1828, at the age of eighty-three. The sums he gave were, 10,000l. for the building, and 3,000l. for the endowment.

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The size of the church from the tower to the chancel, in the interior, is ninety-four feet long, and fifty-two wide, with galleries at the south and north sides and west end. The accommodation is for one thousand persons, of which three hundred seats are free and unappropriated. The ceiling above the nave is divided into square compartments, by bold ornamented beams, with bosses at the intersection, which are painted in imitation of oak. The side-aisles are groined in imitation of stone, having bosses at the intersection of the ribs, with corbels for the ribs to rise from.

The pulpit, reading, and clerk's desks accord in style with the building, and are placed in the centre of the middle aisle, which is ten feet wide. A handsome stone font is placed in front of the west entrance.

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