156 EARLY TOPOGRAPHY OP PALMOTJTH. 



Trevethan by Webber Hill. A few houses are drawn on Porhan 

 Hill, but do not constitute a street. The town was built parallel 

 to, and confronting, the harbour. 



In 1773, New Street had been built, besides rows of houses 

 on Quay Hill and in Swanpool Street. A road had been con- 

 structed from Market Strand along the south side of the Moor : 

 but, so lately as in 1812, the Moor itself was laid out in gardens, 

 and the houses were confined to its eastern end between the 

 Brewery and Market Strand. A map of the Moor Gardens is 

 preserved at the Manor office. 



In 1773, High Street was completely built as far as Well 

 Beach, which appears to have originally terminated Smithick ; 

 but Beacon and Prince's Streets were only begun, as its continu- 

 ations : no house was built on Dunstanville Terrace, which sprang 

 up subsequently beside the lane which led to the ferry. 



On the development of the town since 18121 do not propose 

 to treat : — at different periods different localities have been popu- 

 lar as building sites ; thus in 1816 the Moor, and Stratton Place, 

 and other terraces on the Penwei-ris suburb were in request. The 

 influence of the railway terminus and the Docks, and the prefer- 

 ence given to marine views, have recently given an impetus to 

 building on the Woodlane suburb. On the high ground, which 

 was formerly known as Arwenack Downs, healthy rows have been 

 multiplied to accommodate artizans and residents of small means. 



On leaving the subject of this memoir, I cannot help 

 repeating the desideratum, which has been often insisted on, of 

 an esplanade or harbour embankment, which should skirt the 

 town from the Green Bank pier to the Town quay. The late 

 Lord De Dunstanville, the owner of the north-western extension 

 of the town, urged it upon the other proprietor, but met with no 

 support. — (Osier, Royal Cornwall Gazette, July, 1858). It has 

 been stated that a responsible contractor would have constructed 

 such an embankment for £10,000. If the terminus of the 

 Cornwall Railway had been made, according to the original sur- 

 vey, at the upper end of the inner harbour, this improvement 

 would have followed in due course : but at present the prospect 

 is remote. 



