WALKS AND AVENUES OF DORCHESTER. 27 



that in order to make the said walk complete and to the 

 intent that the same may from henceforth be enjoyed as 

 such, William Churchill Esquire and William Templeman 

 Gentleman, two of the customary tenants of this Mannor, 

 have agreed each of them to give half an acre of land belonging 

 to their respective tenements in Forthington in lieu and by 

 way of exchange for the said John Hayne his said acre of 

 land thus converted into a walk and in order thereto to 

 surrender up by way of exchange two half acres of arrable 

 land, the one belonging to the said Mr. Churchill's half place 

 tenement called Britton, lying in the West Ditches of the 

 town of Dorchester, and the other half acre belonging to the 

 said Mr. Templeman his whole place tenement called Cadrows 

 and lying in the South Ditches of the said town of Dorchester, 

 and for that end and purpose the said John Hayne hath 

 agreed to surrender up his said acre of land belonging to his 

 said whole place tenement unto the said William Churchill 

 and William Templeman by way of exchange for the 

 consideration aforesaid and to be held and enjoyed by the 

 said William Churchill and William Templeman's as parcell of 

 the said William Churchill's whole place tenement in moietys 

 but nevertheless from henceforth to be used and continued as a 

 walk for the benefit of the inhabitants of the said town of 

 Dorchester and Forthington." 



By an extract from the Dorchester Town Records, dated 

 30th March, 1744, it was ordered " that Mr. Cooper, the 

 present Town Steward,* do pay unto John Pitman ten guineas 

 towards the railing out and compleating the new walks." 

 By another extract, dated June 30th, 1783, it was ordered 

 " that the walks belonging to the town be repaired under the 

 direction of Mr. Churchill the Town Steward, and Mr. 

 William Bower." 



In 1829, 26 16s. was ordered to be laid out in gravel 

 and labour for the East Walk. 



This, then, fixes the date of the planting of the South and 

 East or Salisbury Walks. These walks extend from the 

 South end of the South Street eastwards to Gallows' Hill, 



