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 New Bridge. This is a plain wooden bridge, on stone piers, over the Teme, nearly opposite the Castle.

The lane leading from the bottom of Mill Street to Dinham, bears the name of Camp Lane, from the frequent encampments of soldiers on the ground extending from it to the river. In 1786 Dinham Gateway remained entire, and many persons now living, remember the Chapel approached by a flight of steps to the right, on entering the town. 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, as is generally believed, contiguous to the court-house.

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 name of Dinan, indicating the existence of a Palace, or princely residence, which doubtless stood here when the Britons, occu

pied Ludlow, previous to the time when the kingdom of Mercia began to extend itself beyond its ancient boundary of the Severn.

Dinas, and Dinan, are words frequently occurring in the accounts of British Antiquities, and are sometimes found applied to places of apparent insignificance, yet a careful investigation will generally discover that places so denominated have been formerly occupied by some Chief or Prince of the country.

Toward the close of the late war, Lucien Buonaparte being detained a prisoner 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.

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Out of Dinham we pass into Castle Street, in 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 Whitecliff Coppice.

Raven Lane passes from 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, with which it is incorporated. The room 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 first 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 1821,—

The Market Cross.

The Market Cross is a modern erection, chiefly occupied by market women who expose for sale, butter and other productions of the farm ; on which account it is sometimes called the Butter Cross. 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 of which, every thing remarkable has

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