The principal monuments are:—an oblong Grecian tablet, with an elegant Latin inscription to the Rev. Francis Leighton, his lady, and two grandchildren; a handsome pannelled marble tablet, supporting a fine bust of the deceased, by Chantrey, inscribed to Mr. John Simpson, the eminent architect and builder; and a similar tablet and bust, by Chantrey, to William Hazledine, Esq., the builder of the Menai Bridge; and in the Vestibule a marble mural monument to the Officers and Privates of the 53rd or Shropshire Regiment, who were killed on 10th February 1846, in the battles of Subraon, Aliwal, and the relief of Loodhiana on the Sutluj.
This church also contains a monument to the Rev. R. Scott, with the following inscription:—
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE REV. RICHARD SCOTT, B.D.
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
ON THE 6TH OCTOBER, 1848,
IN THE 68TH YEAR OF HIS AGE.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS NEPHEW WILLIAM SCOTT,
AS A TOKEN OF REGARD AND AFFECTION TO
HIS LATE RELATIVE.
In the vestry is a carved figure of St. Chad in his episcopal robes, preserved from the old church.
Turning on the left, we proceed down St. John’s Hill, and pass
THE QUAKERS’ MEETING-HOUSE,
a plain brick structure, built in 1746, and enlarged in 1807,—and