. Vanishing England . Tudor House, Ipswich, near the Custom House narrow street leading thence to the Tower Church was thePoultry, and Cooks Row, Butter Market, Cheese andFish markets were in the vicinity. The manufacture ofleather was the leading industry of old Ipswich, and therewas a goodly company of skinners, barkers, and tannersemployed in the trade. Tavern Street had, as its nameimplies, many taverns, and was called the Vintry, from thelarge number of opulent vintners who carried on theirtrade with London and Bordeaux. Many of these menwere not merely peaceful merchants, but fought with
. Vanishing England . Tudor House, Ipswich, near the Custom House narrow street leading thence to the Tower Church was thePoultry, and Cooks Row, Butter Market, Cheese andFish markets were in the vicinity. The manufacture ofleather was the leading industry of old Ipswich, and therewas a goodly company of skinners, barkers, and tannersemployed in the trade. Tavern Street had, as its nameimplies, many taverns, and was called the Vintry, from thelarge number of opulent vintners who carried on theirtrade with London and Bordeaux. Many of these menwere not merely peaceful merchants, but fought withEdward III in his wars with France and were knighted 1 Cf. Memorials of Suffolk, edited by V. B. Redstone. OLD WALLED TOWNS 47 for their feats of arms. Ipswich once boasted of a castlewhich was destroyed in Stephens reign. In Saxon timesit was fortified by a ditch and a rampart which were de-. Three-gabled 1 louse, Fore Si reet, [pswich stroyed by the Danes, but the fortifications were renewedin the time of King John, when a wall was built round thetown with four gates which took their names from thepoints of the compass. Portions of these remain to bear 48 VANISHING ENGLAND witness to the importance of this ancient town. We giveviews of an old building near the custom-house in CollegeStreet and Fore Street, examples of the narrow, tortuousthoroughfares which modern improvements have notswepaway. We cannot give accounts of all the old fortified townsin England and can only make selections. We havealluded to the ancient walls of York. Few cities can rivalit in interest and architectural beauty, its relics of Romantimes, its stately and magnificent cathedral, the beautifulruins of St. Marys Abbey, the numerous churches exhibit-ing all the grandeur of the various styles of Gothic architec-ture, the old merchants hall, and the quaint old narrowstreets with gabled houses and wid
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