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called Cariiol'-Groft ; through which is an agreeable walk, prefent- 

 ing a profpect of many hanging gardens. This tower is the haU 

 of. the company of weavers, who repaired it in 1682. 



^/?zw-tower was built by the friers of St. Aujlin, for the fecu- 

 rity of their monaftery, which ilood oppofite to it. It is now 

 the hall of the ropers, who repaired it in 1698; John Longhmds, 

 and John Daufon, wardens. 



P'ampe den- <gz.\.. is at the foot of an'antient villa of the fame name, 

 at the north-eafl of the town. It has folding iron-gates, but no 

 port-cullice. It is afcendcd to the top by a pair of flone-ltairs, 

 two yards wide. . In the opinion of a judicious antiquary (f), it 

 was part of the Pitts wall. The remains of a Roman turret are 

 Hill confpicuous.- The gate gives its name, and the wall a paf- 

 fage, to a ftreamlet, called Pampeden^ or Panden-bmn. 



Wall-Know l*tGv?e.\' is on an eminence in the fame villa. It was 

 Roman. It is now the hall of the carpenters, who, in 17 i <5, creeled 

 a handfome quadrangular tower on the under-part of it, adorned 

 at the angles with four fair turrets in the form of a lanthorn. 

 Under it is an antient poftern-gate, for acccfs to a field, enclofed, 

 and laid out-ia gardens. It belongs to Matthew Ridley, of Heaton* 

 Efq. . 



SAND-GATE receives its name from its fituation by the more of 

 the river Tyne. It is arched at top, but has no tower or caflellated 

 building upon it. There were many openings or paflages through 

 the wall next the river, for the convenicncy of trade. It was 



(f) Camden. 



lately 



