Wilford arrives at John Benbow's home in Herefordshire, England; begins preaching to United Brethren and over 600 people baptized in 35 days.
21st We took coach & rode to Dudley we had
a plain view of the Old Dudly Castle which
is on a hill North of Dudley the age of it no
man knoweth but it is partly in ruins
We rode to Worcester & spent several hours
in this city. We visited the Ancient noted splended
Worcester Cathedral which surpasses any thing for spel
splender & architecture mine eyes ever beheld
it was about 400 feet in length 800 or 900
years of age it contained many Monuments or
portraits of persons which were graven out of marble
& lade over the tombs or vaults of Ancient Bishops,
Lords, & Princis, some of which had lane there for
7 or 800 years. It is said that some of these mon
uments with their winding st[r]eets which are carved
out of fine marble is as neatly executed as
any thing found in Europe. almost evry thing about
this cathedral from top to bottom is carved out of
solid marble the whole pulpit is carved out of
one solid stone. There was a large organ
in the building. The Church of England still
worship in this building, they hold a time of
worship twice each day in a year, we stayed th[rou]gh
one service. The whole concern is superior
to the architecture of the present generation.
from Worcester we rode to Ledbury & on the
ride we passed through the Town of Malvern on
Malvern Hill the most Noted Hills in England in
consequence of they being the highest & the
most splended prospect of all the surrounging
country for 30 miles, & on some of the highest
peaks are large intrenchments whare men
retreated to in the time of the roman war.
The buildings in the village of Malvern are
splendid standing on the side of these Hills.
It has long been a place of retreat for
the Kings Queens princis Lords & Noblemen
of London & other parts of England to visit
in the summer season. We had a view
of eastner castle as we past along. We spent
the night at Mr Francis pullins in Ledbury 51 m[iles]
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