In the progress of some inquiries into the history of the noble church of St. Mary Redcliffe in this city, I have been much struck to find so trifling an amount of information, documentary or otherwise, relating to the commencement, progress, and completion of this magnificent fabric. This paucity of tangible evidence upon the subject induced a close inspection of the building itself, as the only means of eliciting the intelligence desired; and the remarks which follow are the result of a patient investigation of this interesting topic, and the conclusions arrived at after much anxious thought and solicitude.