This ground has since been twice enlarged; first in 1782*, and again by the addition of a narrow piece of land adjoining its north and east sides. On the 20th. of February, 1789, the lords of the manor and borough, conveyed this piece of ground, containing eleven poles and ten feet, "to the chapel-wardens and overseers of the poor for the time being, to be by them used as, and for a burial ground, for the said town of Uxbridge." The old wall was in consequence taken down and rebuilt, so as to inclose the piece of new land. Under the directions of the Hillingdon Inclosure Act, the Commissioners have allotted two acres of ground, adjoining the smaller of the two pieces appropriated to the service of the poort, for an additional Cemetery or Burial Ground for the Chapel. As this land is not yet needed, it has not been consecrated, but is let, the tenant being restrained from breaking up the ground. The relation which Uxbridge bears to the mother-church at Hillingdon, while possessing a chapel and burial ground of its own, has been the source of frequent misunderstanding * See Extract from Vestry Minute Book, p. 194. + See page 134. and contention, between the Hillingdon parishioners and the towns-people of Uxbridge. These disagreements have related to three subjects:-The payment of burial fees to the church officers of Hillingdon, for the dead buried at Uxbridge; the repairs of the Hillingdon church-yard-wall; and the repairs of the parish church itself. The parishioners of Hillingdon complained to Dr. George Abbott, Bishop of London, that the inhabitants of the town refused to pay the burial fees, according to the ancient agreement made between them, when the Uxbridge ground was licensed. The Bishop in a full hearing of the cause decreed that the six shillings and eight pence should be paid in future*, but decreed that the arrears should be remitted t. Another complaint was made to Dr. Laud, Bishop of London, in the year 1628, by the vicar and church-wardens, that the inhabitants of the town refused to pay a rate for the rebuilding of their steeple, and repairing the church according to the ancient agreement; the steeple, being then taken down, because it was very ruinous and past repair; when * Mag. Brit. + Newcourt, vol. i. p. 651. The Font. The term Font signified the fountain or spring where persons assuming the Christian profession were anciently baptized. There does not appear to have been, in the earliest ages, any vessel of this sort attached to the place of public worship. The ordinance was celebrated just as convenience served, in private houses, or at the side of rivers, or in pools, or springs. But in Popish times the font, or vessel for containing the holy water of baptism, became often a very splendid ornament to the churches, and a very important part of the sacred furniture. Since the reformation it has not been thought necessary to remove these vessels, because they answer a useful purpose, and in some instances are very fine specimens of sculpture. The font in the chapel of Saint Margaret is of stone. Its shape is octagonal, and it is ornamented with quatre-foils and roses. It possesses considerable elegance, and is a work of some antiquity, as will be seen by the annexed wood-cut, but we have not ascertained its age derable antiquity. We have however selected the following: Here Lies the Remains of Also Two of his Sons And also Wm. Son of JOHN Here lieth the Remains Also the Body of MARY JONES who Died Here lyeth the Bodys of. THOS. BATTY who died June ye 20th 1695 of ELIZABETH his dautr who Óf SARAH his wife who died There are nine graves by the side of each other, all belonging to the family of the |