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DESCRIPTION OF THE WICKER WORK, CONTRIVED FOR
THE REPAIR OF ISLINGTON CHURCH?


In pursuance of our intention to submit to the readers
of this work authentic particulars respecting whatever is
most curious in art as well as nature, we here present them
with a representation and description of an ingenious con-
trivance for facilitating the repair of Islington church. Jus-
tice requires the acknowledgment, that we are indebted for
this account to the valuable and interesting history of that
parish, published in 1811, by Mr. John Nelson.
In 1787, Islington church underwent a thorough repair#
the tow er was strengthened by the insertion of three tiers of