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land, the builder of houses or other property forming the street, 

 and some interesting facts were quoted in giving instances. 

 Amongst miscellaneous names, was mentioned Mill Lane, now 

 Bridge Street, which derived its name from the Old Soke Mill, a 

 building erected in feudal times, and parts of which still exist. 

 Other names such as Engine Street, Coal Street, Gas Street, 

 Barrack Street, (now Cooper Street,) were examined, and the 

 paper then aUuded to that large class which perpetuates names 

 of favourite warriors, statesmen and travellers. A good deal is 

 told us on the corners of our streets of national glory, state-craft 

 and enterprise, and in some cases these names enable us to fix 

 the approximate date of the rearing of the buildings. The names 

 of some of the old streets speak of the patriotism of the people. 

 They have handed down to us. King Street, Queen Street, 

 Charlotte Street, Hanover Street, George Street, Pitt Street, and 

 in the same locality in which these exist, it was intended when 

 the estate was laid out, that there should also be Princess and 

 Duke Streets — the whole forming quite a Royal ward of the town. 

 The methods of naming followed on different estates, and the 

 haphazard fashion too frequently found, were referred to. There 

 are between 600 and 700 names of streets in our Borough, and the 

 paper had given reasons for the bestowal of most of them. The 

 reader expressed the hope that care had been and would be taken 

 by the authorities to keep an accurate record of all street and 

 court names, with the changes effected, and that names would 

 be preserved which were indicative of the ancient life and history 

 of the Borough. There was not the least excuse for barrenness 

 in selecting titles for our streets. There was an abundance of 

 material without deahng in magniloquent or meaningless desig- 

 nations. 



Mr. Grant acknowledged the great help he had received in the 

 preparation of his paper from Mr. William Waddington, Market 

 Inspector. 



THE MOON. 



By Rev. E. JOBSON, B.A., April 10th, 1888. 



Of all the heavenly bodies, with one exception, that of the sun, 

 there is not one more interesting to mankind than our own 

 satellite, the moon. The sun, the greater light, rules ' the day ; 

 the moon, the lesser light, rules the night. She is the main 



