GREAT and LITTLE, (with the Chafe and the Hills); two towns of Worcestershire, in which were formerly two abbeys, about three miles asunder. Since the dissolution nothing remains of the abbey of Great Malvern, but the gateway of the abbey and church, now parochial. Part of it was a religious cell for hermits before the Conquest; and the greatest part, with the tower, built in the reign of William the Conqueror. Its outward appearance is very striking. It is 171 feet in length, 63 in breadth, and 63 in height. In it are ten stalls; and it is supposed to have been rebuilt in the year 1171. The nave only remains in part, the side aisles being in ruins. The windows have been beautifully enriched with painted glass, and in it are remains of some very ancient monuments. Little Malvern stands in a cavity of the hills, which are great lofty mountains, rising like stairs, one higher than another, for about seven miles, and divide this county from Herefordshire. There is a ditch here very much admired. On the hills are two medicinal springs, called holy wells, one good for the eyes, and the other for cancers. Henry VII. his queen, and his two sons, Prince Arthur and Prince Henry, were so delighted with this place, that they beautified the church and windows, part of which remain, though mutilated. In the lofty south windows windows of the church are the historical passages of the Old Testament; and in the north windows the pictures of the holy family, the nativity and circumcision of our Saviour, the adoration of the shepherds and the kings, his presentation in the temple, his baptism, fasting, and temptation, his miracles, his last supper with his disciples, his prayer in the garden, his passion, death, and burial, his descent into hell, his resurrection and ascension, and the coming of the Holy Ghost. The history of our Saviour's passion is painted differently in the east window of the choir, at the expense of Henry VII., whose figure is therefore often represented, as is that of his queen. In the west window is a noble piece of the day of judgement, not inferior to the paintings of Michael Angelo. Malvern Chase contains 7115 acres in Worcestershire (besides 241 acres called the Prior's Land), 619 in Herefordshire, and 103 in Gloucestershire. Malvern Hills run from north to south, the highest point 1313 feet above the surface of the Severn at Hanley, and appear to be of limestone and quartz. On the summit of these hills is a camp with a triple ditch, imagined to be Roman, and is situated on the Herefordshire side of the hills.