manner, so that scarcely any vestige of the ancient church of St.
Mary Magdalen now remains. A small doorway and windows, however,
are still visible at the east end of this chapel; the west end
formerly opened into the south transept; but that also is now
walled up, except a part, which leads to the gallery there. There
are in different parts niches which once held the holy water, by
which the pious devotees of former ages sprinkled their foreheads
on their entrance before the altar, I am not aware that any other
remains of the old church are now visible in this chapel. Passing
through the eastern end of the south aisle, a pair of gates leads
into the Virgin Mary's Chapel."

From what we remember of the character of this Chapel, the lovers of
architecture have little to lament in its removal. Our Correspondent,
E.E., adds--"This, and not the Lady Chapel, it was, (No. 456 of _The
Mirror_,) that contained the gravestone of one Bishop Wickham, who,
however, was not the famous builder of Windsor Castle, in the time
of Edward III., but died in 1595, the same year in which he was
translated from the see of Lincoln to that of Winchester. His
gravestone, now lying exposed in the churchyard, marks the south-east
corner of the site of the aforesaid Magdalen Chapel."

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