tion it still retains. As at the period of Domesday no castle existed here, this fortress doubtless originated with those numerous strongholds erected by the Norman barons during the reign of Stephen. The existence of such was, however, in the present as in other instances, but of brief duration; its destruction having been effected by the bold abbot De Andeville-as mentioned in our previous notice of that dignitary-very near the close of Stephen's reign.

Port-street-the original appearance of which is most materially improved at present extends continuously from the bridge to the rising ground on which the church is seated. This street-in the neatness of its houses, the condition of its road and flagways, and the refreshing accompaniment of a pellucid stream murmuring on either side-now yields not, in the cheerful cleanliness of its appearance, to any other portion of the town,-through which the reader has thus been cursorily conveyed.