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Murray street—named after Major-General John Murray, Lieut-Governor at 
intervals, 1815-1823. 
Church street—leading east and west from the first parish church, now the 
Cathedral of St. George. 
RozpestowN—forming together with Newtown the front portion of Pin. 
Vlissengen. It was originally called Bridgetown on Andrew Rose’s chart of 1807, 
and leas-d by John Robb, who laid the district out in building lots. It was 
almost completely burnt out in the great Robbstown fire of 1864 ; after which 
the land was vested in Conimissioners who, during the May oralty of Edward 
George Barr, effected great improvements by the widening of Water street, 
which previously had been an inconveniently narrow thoroughfare, the opening 
of North street, adjoining the Cumingsburg Company Path, and the widening 
and straightening of other streets, including Hincks street, named after Sir 
Francis eke, avert of the colony fer 1862 to 1868, and afterwards 
Finance Minister of Canada. 
Another improvement effected at this time was the extension of the Vlissengen 
main outlet trench and sluice to the western side of Water street, a large brick 
culvert being constructed under the street. Formerly this outlet was a tidal 
canal as far as High street, where there was an old high Dutch koker of brick, 
replaced as recently as 1882 by the present wide iron bridge ; only one vehicle 
at a time could pass over the old brick koker, it being so narrow. 
The other streets of the district are—Robb street, named after John Robb, 
the founder ; Regent street, after the Prince Regent, afterwards George IV. 
South street—the southern street of the Ward. 
Newrown—This district was built upon soon after the English occupation of 
1796, its first chart being by Louis Chollet, G.L.S., dated 15th January, 1805. 
A regulating ordinance was passed after a big fire in 1828, prohibiting, amongst 
other things, rumshops and cooperages being established in the district. 
Commerce street takes its name from its position in the business part of the 
town, but has never had much of a commercial reputation. 
America street—probably so named from its connection with the stelling or 
wharf, off which all American vessels moored in the early days of Georgetown. 
By the repeal of the prohibition in the ordinance of 1829, a first rumshop was 
permitted in this street a few years since, called appropriately ‘‘ Uncle Sam.” 
Longden Street—after Sir James Robert Longden, K.C.M.G., Governor 
1874-1877. Opened by the Commissioners of Vlissengen in 1880, with the object 
of relieving the congested traffic in the narrow portion of Water Street. The 
original aitici, however, of carrying it through to the Brick Dam, opposite 
the western gate a the Public Buildings, has not so far been given effect to, 
although the scheme, in a modified form, was sought to be revived a few years 
since, 
