. The history of Newcastle upon Tyne: or, The ancient and present state of that town . ^gMMm CHAP. V. NEWGATE-STREET. Of the upper and higher Parts of this Street^towards the North,. H E old Part of Newgate^ together with that Part of theWallf leading as far as Ever-Tower, being vifibly older thanthe other Towers, and the Reil of the Wall; is a fureSign that when the Walls, were began, this Part of theTown was then inhabited. I T is probable that hereabouts was the ancient Monkche-fter, where the Monks and religious Men inhabited. Thisappears from a Place in , wz. That Row of Houjes
. The history of Newcastle upon Tyne: or, The ancient and present state of that town . ^gMMm CHAP. V. NEWGATE-STREET. Of the upper and higher Parts of this Street^towards the North,. H E old Part of Newgate^ together with that Part of theWallf leading as far as Ever-Tower, being vifibly older thanthe other Towers, and the Reil of the Wall; is a fureSign that when the Walls, were began, this Part of theTown was then inhabited. I T is probable that hereabouts was the ancient Monkche-fter, where the Monks and religious Men inhabited. Thisappears from a Place in , wz. That Row of Houjes which ftandsalmoft in the Middle of the Street, called to this Day the Httckfter^s Booths :For the People who dwelt in thefe Houfes, were Huckfters, and fupplied theReligious Houfes with Provifions. There is a Tradition ftill among the Inha-bitants of this Part of the Town, That in old Times there were many M-x\-~kers betweenthe iVeic,e;«^e and the//^&>c-Cro/} J nay, fomeofthem, accordingto the Tradition they have received,- will Point out the very Ground where fuchand fuch Markets were. Now this, I think, is a fufficient Proof that thefe Upper Parts of theTown were
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