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The advowson of this rectory, which
is not to be held in commendam, is in
the Principal and Scholars of King's hall
and Brazen-nose College, Oxford. Mait-
land.
St. Ann's Soho, owes its foundation to the
same cause as the former, the increase
of public buildings; the inhabitants of the
parish of St. Martin's in the Fields be-
came much too numerous to be contain-
ed in the church, and therefore applying
to parliament, this was erected in the
year 1686, in a spot of ground then cal-
led Kemp's Field, and the parish to which
it belongs was separated from St. Martin's
in 1678.
The walls of this church are of brick
with rustic quoins. The tower, which is
square, is strengthened with a kind of
buttresses, and at the springing of the
dome, which supports the lanthorn,
there are urns on the corners with
flames. The lanthorn, which is formed
of arches, is surrounded with a balustrade
at the bottom, and a turret over it is
well shaped, and crowned with a globe
and fane.
The advowson of this church is settled
upon the Bishop of London, and the Rec-
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tor, instead of tithes, receives from the
parishioners 100l. a year, which, toge-
ther with the glebe, surplice fees, and
Easter book, amount to about 300l. per
annum. Maitland.
St. Ann's court, Dean street, Soho.
Ann's court, East Smithfield.
Anonymous New street, Coverlead's fields.
Anson's alley, Broad St. Giles's.†
St. Antholin's Church yard, Budge row.
St. Anthony, vulgarly called St. An-
tholin's, Budge row, a plain but well
proportioned church, with a neat spire.
The former church in this place was
destroyed by fire in 1666, and the
present edifice finished in 1682. It is
built of stone, and is of the Tuscan order,
firm and massy. The length of the
church is 66 feet, and the breadth 54.
The roof is a cupola of an elliptic form,
enlightened by four port-hole windows,
and supported by composite columns. The
steeple consists of a tower, and a neat spire.
The living is a rectory, with the
parish of St. John Baptist annexed to it,
and the advowson is in the Dean and
Chapter of St. Paul's. The Rector re-
ceives 120l. a year in lieu of tithes.
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