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OLD PLATE L\ WIRRAL CHURCHES
but the church also possesses two Georgian
chalices of heavy goblet pattern.
there are two beautiful
At Bebington
old chalices of nearly identical design,
though one is very much larger than the
other. The bigger of the two bears the
date 1737, and the inscription :—
"
STofjn 0xttn WBiiiimm ^tanlep
Ct)urci)toartien£f."
The smaller is believed to be the older.
It bears no date or names, but on the
bowl is engraved the monogram I.H.S.
within a radiating sun.
At Woodchurch is a fine old silver
chalice
rim :
with the inscription round the
"
tCfje Communion Cup of ?E2ioolicf)urcf)e,
?S!Killiam |!^all stomas; Couentrte
Cturcfttoarlienfi 1625."
Lastly in the Parish of Overchurch,
usually known as Upton, there is in the
present church the chalice that came from
the old Norman building that stood near
the Upton Moreton road, an account of
which has already been given in the
*'
Beauty and Interest of Wirral." This
cup was presented apparently by the
second son of Peter Bold of Upton, who
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