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appears to have been opened for public worship in 1806.
The new building is calculated to contain 2000 people ;
but it has since become quite inadequate to the wants of
the Wesleyan denomination in York. The edifice is of
red brick with stone mouldings; of a semi-octangular
form ; the centre terminating with a pediment. The length
of it is 66 feet ; breadth, 54 feet ; to the ceiling, 33 feet.
&oman Catholic ChaptI, Utttfc 33lakt*sicrot.
This chapel was erected by voluntary subscriptions in
1802 ; previously to which time, the Roman catholics of
York, worshipped in the house opposite, which has since
been purchased by the York Union Lodge of Free-masons.
It is a neat building, capable of containing about seven
hundred people ; being 74 feet in length, 44 feet in breadth,
and thirty feet in height. It comprises a very fine gallery,
and an organ loft; and the marble altar and tabernacle
placed in a recess at the east end, are extremely elegant.
In 1837, the right reverend John Briggs, D.D., bishop
in partibus, took up his residence in York, as vicar
apostolic of the northern district ; and has since taken
part in the services of Little Blake-street chapel.
Henbal Chapri.
This chapel, belonging to the independent denomination
of protectant non-conformists, derives its name from the
street in which it is situated. It was opened on the 7th
of November, 1816; previously to which time the indepen
dents were of little consideration, in York. They had a
small chapel in Jubbergate, built about the year 1798, but
they made little progress. Under the pastoral care, how
ever, of the Rev. James Parsons, one of the most popular
evangelical preachers in England, they soon increased in
numbers and strength. Lendal chapel was originally built
to accommodate 950 persons, but in a few years it was
found necessary to erect a second gallery; and subse
quently another enlargement took place : it can now