NORTHAMPTON. 
in el+vation and foffit, with zigzag mouldings. On each 
ide «f the archway are three pilafter columrs, fome of 
which are eae page with fpiral - Pegs mouldings. 
The exterior of t ch and tow equaily curious 
though the archtettural and fculp ural see atias are not 
fo profufe or elabora At the fouth-weft and north-weft 
angles of the aces are pe bucereties of peculiar form. Each 
confifts of three femi-columns, gradually pina at every 
On the north and fouth fides of the are two 
seth weft end one range eoneiioal: 
nk ach, havinz three rcws of flat ftones, 
Peter’s, may be conlidered unique, hig fome features and 
peculiarities unlike any other of the country. It confitts of 
a {quare tower with a {pire at the weft end ; a circular part, 
and a fquare eait end, on anos ifles. ae is ae a. piel 
exterior, with a Nites and delerntios of this edifice, are 
publithed in the fecond volume of the Archite&tural Antiqui- 
ties of Great Britain. 
Northampton formerly contained feveral monaftic efta- 
blifhments and edifices, but few of thefe are now remainin 
The priory of St. Andrew was fitua‘ed at the north-wellern 
art of the town, near the river, and was founded anterior to 
the year 1076; for in 1084 Simon bed St. Liz repaired the 
buildings, and augmented he endowments. 
The Francifcans, or Grey friars, “had an eftablifhment in 
Northampton foon after ee coming into England. They 
ak Sr hired an habitation in St. Giles’s parifh, but after- 
war 
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White friars, founded in 1271, by Simon Mountfort and 
Thomas Chetwood. 
The Dominicans, or Black friars, were fettled here be- 
fore 1240. John Da alyngton was etal founder, or a confi- 
derable henefaétor to this eltablifhme 
William Peverel, natural fon to ie Conqueror, iunded 
here, before 1112, a houfe of Black canons, in honour of 
St. James. 
The Auttin friars, or Friars Eremites, had a houfe in 
Bridge-ftreet, founded in 1332, by fir John Longueville, of 
Wolverton, in lok : a feveral perfons of his 
pame were interred her 
The college of All- Sante was founded in 1459, with li- 
berty of purchafing to the value of 20 marks. It confited 
only of two 
» for women, an ancient build- 
firm poor perfons, probably by William St. Clere, 
deac: n of Northampton, who died poffeffed of that dignity 
in 1168, 
Near this place, clofe to the {cite of the fouth gate, is 
St Thomas’s hofpital for women, founded in 1450, in ho- 
nour of St. Thomas Becket. It was firft endowed for 
twelve poor people, but an additional revenue was granted 
by fir John Langham, in or fix 
Among the public caldne an acumen of the 
town, none is 4 A aioaas utility or larger fize than the General 
One fide of the houfe is appropriated to male, and the other 
to female patients. 
Mr. 
Kings-thorpe saga the abe es of which made a pre- 
fent of the w The eftablifhment is fupported by the 
intereft arifin “hon numerous legacies, and from annual 
fubfcriptions. According to the report of the committee 
n our 
mittee, “ nothing i is denied 
that can a a fs ote og 
Near All-Saints church is the old county gaol, now con- 
verted into the turnkey’s lodge and debtor’s prifon. It was 
originally built by fir Thomas Haflewood as a private 
houfe. Behind this is the new gaol, which was begun in 
1791, and finifhed in 1794. 
‘The town-gaol in Fifh-lane is a {mall modern building. 
Near the eaft end of All-Saints-church is the county-hall, 
or feffions-honfe, a i room fitted up for the two courts 
of nifi aig and cr 
n Dryden, efq. of 
here eedticol a green {chool, and a girl’s 
{chool, eftablifhed in * this place, Latterly there have been 
fchoole sania rae re on Lancatter’s and Bell’s plans 
n a&t of Lappe was obtained for 
and private tae. “called th the pane ce 
the town are feveral chapels, appropriated to oneaee fee 
or religious focieties. cal aftle-hill meeting, 
is a large, commodious ne and aoe to the Inde- 
pendents. The juftly celebrated Dr. Doddridge preached 
here for 22 years, and alfo fuperintended an academy, which, 
by his plate = judicious management, obtained confi- 
derable reput 
Another prec tionle Pa was erected a 
