23<5 ANTIQUITIES OF NORTHUMBERLAND. 



The charity-fchool belonging to the parifli of St. John, was 

 founded, 1705, by John Ord, Efq; for 44 boys. He fettled upon 

 it a large field without Pz^-n'w-ftreet-gate, called Magdakn-clofe, 

 and held by leafe of St. Mary Magdalen'?, hofpital. Mrs. Margaret 

 Allgood, a widow-gentlewoman, gave to this excellent charity 

 100 1. her will bearing date, ijth July, 1707. They are cloathed 

 annually at midfummer, by fubfcription. The fchool-mafter is 

 allowed 24 /. per annum, and for learning them to fing, 2 /. and 

 for pens, ink, and paper, i6s. per annum. 



The public buildings of note in this town, are 



The Caftle ; The Hofpital for Merchant's 



The Bridge over the Tyne ; Widows, &c. 



The Town-Court ; The Barber-Surgeon's Hall ; 



The Trinity-Houfe ; The Hofpital for poor Maidens, &c. 



The State-houfe of the Cor- The Keelmerfs Hofpital ; 



poration ; The Infirmary. 

 The Freemen's Hofpital ; 



The caftle belongs to the county of Northumberland. Several 

 tenements and lands in the county were held by keeping it in 

 repair (u). It Hands on an eminence ; was antiently ftrong and 

 ilately ; the principal entrance to the fouth ; encompafled with 

 two walls of great flrength and height ; in the exterior wall, 4 

 gates ; one large, with two port-cullices ; the ground within 



(u) Diverfae terras ct tenemen. in comitat. Northumlr. onerat. exiftunt ad reparand. et 

 fuftentand. nonnulla xdificia infra caftrum in Nova Caflro fuper Tynam, Clauf. 6. R. Ed, I_ 

 Dorfo. torn. 4. Rot. Turri Londinenji. 



Inquifitio de reparatione caftri de Nova Caftro fuper Tynam ad diverfas perfonas pertinen. 

 et de ufurpationlbus fadtis fuper motum et folum regis, efcaet. 9. R. Ed. III. No, 68. Ibid. 



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