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thanks were given to the vicar for his kindness and information, 
and the route was continued to view what remains of the old 
Castle. This is mainly a vaulted passage of the 13th century, 
leading into what was the King’s Hall, now an extremely | 
odoriferous stable and a miserable hovel at its side. Proceeding 
onwards, the fine-timbered facade of S. Peters’s Hospital with 
handsomely carved gables and projecting windows was reached, 
and by leave of the officials of the Poor Law Guardians who 
now use the building, the panelled Court-Room with its stuccoed 
ceiling, fine fireplace and ancient “dogs,” and several ancient 
chairs, was viewed, and what is most quaint in the house the 
water gate with Scriptural carvings, dated 1612. The house was 
originally built by Thomas Norton, a Bristol Alchemist, in 1400, 
but was greatly altered by a subsequent owner in 1612. It then 
became the Bristol Mint in 1695, and a Poorhouse or Hospital in 
1697. Passing through S. Mary-le-Port Street, where several 
old gabled houses remain, the curious wooden house with over- 
hanging stories at the corner of High and Wine Streets, was 
viewed. It is said to have been framed in Denmark or Holland 
and brought over sea, to be erected here. Concluding the 
morning’s work the interior of Christ Church was viewed with its 
elegantly carved organ gallery and marble pulpit, and farewell 
was bidden to Mr. Harold Lewis, who thus far had conducted 
the party and imparted a store of information. After luncheon 
at the Grand Hotel, the walk was continued to the North Gate 
of old fortified Bristol, crowned by the spire of S. John’s Church, 
and decorated with the busts of Brennus and Belinus, the 
reputed founders of the City in 570. The Church was built by 
Walter Frampton, a Merchant, 1357, and has a very fine crypt, 
which was inaccessible to the Members, as was also that under 
S. Nicholas, dated 1503. The Church of All Saints’ was found 
open, and the tomb of the great benefactor Edward Colston (died 
1721) was viewed, with the long list of his benefactions and the 
- four Norman columns at the West end of the Nave. Passing by 
