26 KINGSBRIDGE 



present Ball or Assembly Room was built by Mr. Winsor in 

 1809. 



Not very long since, the " George Inn " being for sale, it 

 was purchased, and a portion of it was converted into the 

 "Parochial Rooms." The Rev. E. A. Lester (Duncombe's 

 Lecturer) says, "We had no place of our own where we 

 could have a Bible class, or anything of the kind, except the 

 church. * * * I took the rooms, and converted them 

 into tolerably respectable ones, to supply the above much-felt 

 want, where our Sunday School can be held, our Young 

 Men's Society can meet, and where we can have our 

 missionary meetings, &c." 



There are several other inns in Kingsbridge, but none 

 which require particular notice. 



In former times, four water conduits stood, nearly at equal 

 distances, in the middle of the main street. They were 

 constructed of stone, and were six feet square, and ten or 

 twelve feet high. The upper conduit stood nearly opposite 

 the Free Grammar School; another faced the door of the 

 " King's Arms " inn ; a third, a little below the Shambles ; 

 and a fourth, towards the lower end of the same street. 

 These supplied the town with water, brought thither in pipes 

 from Combe Royal Estate, which now belongs to John 

 Luscombe, Esq. The oldest of these conduits had on it the 

 date 1611. All of them were demolished by the Feoffees, 

 with the consent of the Lord of the Manor, in 1793; others 

 were placed on the side of the street, not far from their 

 former position, and a reservoir was built at the upper end 

 of the town. The removal of these " water taps," however, 

 was resolved upon in 1853, and effected as soon as pipes 

 were conveyed into the different courts and houses. 



Over the smaller of the reservoirs (for there are two) is 



