A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . i_llihi 5 1 J .J J OLD MARKET HOUSF. 22 Guide to Belfast. Chichester, referred to on page 9. The entrance to thecastle was at the corner of Corn Market. Directly facingthe entrance, on the site of Forster Greens premises,stood the Old Market House, the centre of corporatelife of the town for many a long day. Looking from Corn Market down High Street towardsthe river, the Albert Memorl\l meets the gaze. This isone of the oldest (and the principal) streets of old The little river Farset ran down the middle of the streetbetween gree
A guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim . i_llihi 5 1 J .J J OLD MARKET HOUSF. 22 Guide to Belfast. Chichester, referred to on page 9. The entrance to thecastle was at the corner of Corn Market. Directly facingthe entrance, on the site of Forster Greens premises,stood the Old Market House, the centre of corporatelife of the town for many a long day. Looking from Corn Market down High Street towardsthe river, the Albert Memorl\l meets the gaze. This isone of the oldest (and the principal) streets of old The little river Farset ran down the middle of the streetbetween green banks in the old days: it is now, happily,underground. At Bridge Street, a stone bridge crossed thestream; hence the name. Many fine shops grace thisthoroughfare. Following the tram-line along Bridge Streetto Donegall Street, we come upon the magnificent Cathe-dral, now being built on the site of the old parish churchof Saint Anne. (See illustration on next page.) The illustration shows the design, by Sir Thomas Drew,, for the Cathedral. At present only the nave andaisles are being built. The design as a whole must await,for its realization, a time when larger funds are first section, the completion of which is expected inabout a year from the present time, will however provide History and Progirss. 23 a large church which can be used for all cathedral pur-poses, and which will hold a congregation of nearly 2,000people. Architecturally, the Cathedral will mark an interestingdeparture from cust
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