], in the octagon form, not overcharged with light nor strength; in an airy situation and taste, but shews too little steeple, and too much roof.

If a light balustrade was raised over the parapet, with an urn in the centre of the roof, the eye of the observer would be relieved.

The clock was seldom seen to go right, but the wonder ceases if there are NO WORKS within.In 1786 John Wesley attended a service and heard a sermon by the first incumbent Edward Burn.

In 1859, 15 women (of a total of 19), who had died in an explosion at Messrs Pursall and Philips Percussion Cap Manufactory, also in Whittall Street, were interred in a single vault in the church.

[2] A tablet commemorating William Thompson, formerly in the church, and now in St Martin in the Bull Ring, reads: In memory of the Rev.