The suburbs below Mill Gate receive the name of lower Mill Street, from which place distinct traces of the town wall are to be seen almost to the Castle Bridge; this is a plain substantial building of three arches, the first stone of which was laid by the Hon. R. H. Clive, on the 12th. September 1823. The road from this bridge leads to Dinham Gate: in 1786 this Gateway remained entire, and many persons now living remember the chapel approached by a flight of steps to the right on entering the town here. We might have been induced to believe this the chapel built by Roger Mortimer in the year 1323, had it not been distinctly recorded to have stood within the outer court of the Castle, and to have been contiguous to the court-house.

The lane leading from Dinham Gate to the bottom of Mill Street is called Camp Lane, from the grounds below it having been used by the soldiery. Immediately under the south wall of the Castle is a handsome brick built mansion, the occasional residence of the Clive family. This building receives the name of

DINHAM HOUSE,

and the neighbourhood that of Dinham from the original British name of Dinan, indicating the existence of a palace or princely residence, which doubtless stood here in the British æra of Ludlow. Toward the close of the French revolutionary war, Lucien Buonaparte being detained a priso

ner in England, was conducted to Ludlow, and Dinham House selected for his residence. This circumstance, though in itself of trifling importance, yet as relating to a man whose name is connected with the history of the most extraordinary occurrences of the age, ought not to be passed over in silence. We refer to history for a detail of transactions leading to his seizure and detention, but it may not be improper here to remark that Ludlow, which has in former times been honoured as the resort of crowned heads, was in this instance the abode of a man who had at least the merit of having refused a crown, which was to be purchased by usurpation and held by tyranny. Lucien Buonaparte and family left Ludlow on Sunday June 30, 1811.

which is a plain brick building called the Market House, containing large and convenient rooms used for meetings of the Corporation, Bailiff's Balls, Subscription Assemblies, &c. Beneath is an open space for the corn market. Attached to this building are two reservoirs, to one of which water is raised from the river by machinery at the bottom of lower Mill Street; the other receives spring water from a place called the Fountain, under Whitcliff Coppice.

Near the top of this street is a house formerly castellated; tradition says it belonged to the Castle, and was connected with it by a covered way, the entrance to which is supposed to have been an arched vault yet remaining.

Raven Lane passes from beside the Market House into the cross lane called Bell Lane, which connects Mill Street and Broad Street; in a line with which is Brand Lane, passing from Broad Street into Old Street. Near the end of this lane is the house appropriated to the use of the girls belonging to the National School, which was opened on the 11th. of February, 1814. The school room is lofty and spacious, measuring in length upwards of 28 feet, and 15 in breadth; the number of scholars is about 80. The school room for the boys belonging to this institution is over the Market Cross, at the top of Broad Street, and is that formerly occupied by the Blue Coat School; it measures in length 52

feet 5 inches, in breadth 28 feet 8 inches, and in height 11 feet. The number of scholars taught is about 200. The National School was established on the 3rd. of February, 1813. It is supported by voluntary subscriptions, by annual collections made in the church, and by various legacies, together with the income arising from the funds of the Blue Coat School.

The annual income of this establishment will vary according to circumstances, but perhaps the difference will not be very material; the following is an abstract of the account for the year 1825.

Receipts
Payments

£ 3 d.

19: 10 1

167 7 0

leaving a balance in favour of the charity of £30 3s. 1d.

The Market Cross is a modern erection, chiefly occupied by market women who expose for sale butter and other productions of the farm; it is built of sand stone of an excellent quality, from the Clee Hill. In the cupola of this elegant building is a bell, formerly belonging to the Chapel of St. Leonard, on which is the following inscription,-"All Prayse and Glory to God for evermore. 1684."

Eastward from the top of Broad Street is King Street, leading to the Bull-ring; and the opposite street, which conducts us to the Market House, is called High Street.

Here our circuit of the town ends; in the course