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building, very handfome, with an area or court before it, entered 

 by a flight of Heps ; within, not only convenient, but elegant, 

 correfponding with the grandeur and hofpitality kept in it. 



The Freeman's Ho/pita/, commonly called The Towns Hofpital in 

 the Manoursy is on the north fide of a pleafant field. It was 

 founded by the corporation, 1681, and dedicated to the Holy 

 Jefus ; for a mailer, and 39 poor freemen or their widows ; the 

 in after allowed i /. IQJ-. and the reft i /. a quarter each. Itftands 

 upon piazzas, the entrance in the middle, with a handfome 

 fountain before it. Near the foot of the fame field, is 



The Hofpital for the relief of fix widows of merchants and cler- 

 gymen, built by the corporation, 1725, and endowed by Mrs. 

 Ann Davifon, the relict of Mr. Benjamin Davifon, merchant. 



The Hall belonging to the Barber-Surgeons is on the eaft fide of 

 the fame field. It was rebuilt after a neat defign, 1730. It ftands 

 upon tall piazzas, with a garden before it, adorned with fome 

 pieces of ftatuary, the effigies of thofc antient fathers of medi- 

 cine, Efculapius, Hippocrates, Galen, and Paraceljus. Hard by is 



The Hofpital for fix poor maiden-women, and fix poor men, 

 built by the corporation, 1753, after receiving a donation of 

 I20O/. of Thomas Daindfon, of Ferry-Hill, in the bifhoprick of Dur- 

 ham, Efq; and his two fifters ; and the like fum from Sir Walter 

 Calverley Blacket, Bart, for its endowment. 



The Keehnens Hofpital is between the Carpenters tower and Sand- 

 gate. It was built, 1701, at their own charge, by contribution, 

 paying, each man, i penny a tide. It is a large, fquare ftruc- 



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