2 THE OLD TOWN OF MILTON ABBEY. 



east of that again were the great monastic barn and farm-yard. 

 The Abbey garden wall separated Lord Milton's grounds from 

 the town of Milton. The churchyard was on the south side of 

 the Abbey Church. Adjoining the churchyard to the south was 

 a very large garden, called the Convent Garden, and Lord 

 Milton's nursery adjoined on the west of it, " Dog Kennell " on 

 the south, and a thoroughfare, called Back Lane, on the west. 

 Leading out of the churchyard was the busiest street in the 

 town, called Market Street. In this street was the ancient 

 Grammar School with a good-sized garden. Only one dwelling- 

 house divided it from the George Inn, kept by Richard Ham, 

 the brewer. On the other side of the street, nearly opposite to 

 the school, was the Vicarage ; and nearly opposite to the George 

 Inn was the King's Arms Inn. In the centre of the widest 

 portion of this street, lying nearly midway between the two 

 publichouses, was the magnificent market cross. Leading out 

 of Market Street, to the south, was High Street, containing 

 shops and houses. The Red Lyon Inn and "Parsonage Barn" 

 were in this street. At the end of High Street, to the west, 

 running at right angles, was Newport Street. The corner house 

 therein was the Crown Inn, and opposite to it on the other side 

 of the road were the Almshouses, built and endowed by John 

 Tregonwell (1674) for six widows. At the end of High Street, 

 to the south, was a block of houses, which divided Broad Street 

 from Back Street, but about half way down the streets there was 

 a passage connecting them, called Cover's Lane. Back Street 

 led right down to the present Vicarage. It had two lanes 

 leading out of it, to the east, known as Painter's Lane and 

 Johnson's (or Riggs') Lane. At the end of Broad Street, to the 

 west, was Fishway, or Duck Street. The names of the less 

 important thoroughfares were Peek Plot Lane, Water Lane, 

 Fishway Lane, Fishway Hill Road, Hollow Way, White Hill 

 Road, and Lower Henbury Lane. There were over 100 houses 

 in the town as distinct from the parish. The surnames of the 

 principal families in the town were Alford, Alner, Adams, Abbot, 

 Brabant, Beach, Bragg, Bradley, Besant, Barnes, Bonnett, 



