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Christ Church and extending down Goodram gate, St. 

 Andrews gate, and through Bedern, to Aldwark ; Christ 

 Church being called in all ancient charters " Ecclesia 

 Sanctce Trinitatis in Curid Regis" 



The body of Severus was burned near York, and the 

 ashes conveyed to Eome in an urn of porphyry. The 

 place where the funeral obsequies were performed was 

 probably one of three eminences, a mile and a half to 

 the west of the city, near the village of Holgate, com- 

 monly known by the appellation of Severus's Hills, 

 close to Acomb. How often have I driven past the spot, 

 in July, August, and September last, on returning from 

 an antiquarian ramble, through the ruins of Clifford's 

 Tower, through the moss-mantled remains of St Mary's 

 Abbey, or of the Multaugular Tower, or along some of 

 the narrow, crooked lanes of York which with the 

 heights of Scarborough, reminded me strangely of dear 

 old Quebec. Let us proceed : 



" On the division of the roman Empire, between 

 Galerius and Constantius Chlorus, Britain fell to the 

 share of the latter, who fixed his residence in York, 

 where he died two years after his arrival, A. D. 306. 

 The body of this Emperor, like that of Severus, was 

 burned, and the ashes carried to Eome. His successor, 

 Constantine the Great, was immediately proclaimed 

 Emperor by the army, at York, where he was at the 



time of his father's death Constantine immediately 



left for Gaul, and with him the history of York, during 

 the Boman occupation, which had lasted nearly 400 

 years, ceases to be important, as the troops were gra- 

 dually withdrawn." 



The extent of the Ancient City of Eboracum has 

 been distinctly traced. It was entirely on the left bank 

 of the Ouse, and formed a rectangular town enclosed 

 by a wall with a rampart mound of earth on the river 

 side, and perhaps, a fossS without. It may not be out 

 of place to repeat that the old city wall has been reli- 

 giously preserved, as well as the City Gates or Bars as 



