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stood, was deinolislied, in order to connect the new street witli 

 Boscawen Street. Lemon Bridge, at first an extremely narrow 

 bridge, was built, and the erection of the various streets 

 branching from Lemon Street followed in due course. 



A third series of improvements resulted from a petition to 

 the House of Commons, in which the petitioners complained that 

 " the streets of the borough are in a ruinous state, that various 

 encroachments are made into them, and nuisances are suffered to 

 remain therein." The Eoyal Assent was accordingly given, on 

 7 May, 1790, to a Bill "for paving, cleansing, lighting, and 

 widening the streets, lanes, and passages, for removing and 

 preventing encroachments, nuisances, and annoyances, and for 

 regulating the porters and drivers of carts within the Borough 

 of Truro and part of the adjoining; parishes." This led to the 

 partial demolition of the Middle Eow in Boscawen Street, but, 

 owing to the deplorable financial condition of the Corporation, the 

 old Market House was repaired and allowed to remain, "the 

 consideration of building a new one being postponed to a further 

 day."* Many projections and porches which disfigured Boscawen 

 Street were removed, and the houses on the south side, which 

 formerly fronted the river, were re-built with their fi'onts facing 

 north. 



Polwhele, writing about this time, remarks — " Truro is so 

 changed from what it was (70 years ago) that it no more 

 resembles its former self, in the general aspect of the streets, or 

 the appearance (I might almost say) of any particular building^ 

 than it resembles St. Austel or Lestwithiel." 



The limits of this paper compel us to omit all reference to 

 the extensions and improvements undertaken during the 

 nineteenth century. 



*Anew Market House was opened 20 Dec, i8og, and in 1810 the last remnants 

 of the Middle Row were removed. 



