38 Notes as to Names and Landmarks in Marlborovgh. 



Cowbridge Close. From a lease dated ... to Rob. Glover. 



" One plott of void ground lieing nere Cowebridge betwene a close of the 

 mayor and burgesses called Cowbridge Close on th'E. partie, the bridge on 

 the W. partie, and the water of Kennett on the S. partie. 



Castell Inn. From a lease, 20th Nov., 40° Eliz. (1597), to Roger 

 Hitchcock. 



" A barn situate upon the Town Ditch in the Rally Ward betwene a close 

 of meadow called the Rally Close on the W. side, the yeard or backside of 

 the Messe or Inn called the Castell on th'este side." 



[Note. —A " Castell Inne" existing already in 1597.] 



Coleherbert Lane. In a lease, 20th April, 40° Eliz. (1598), to J. 

 Cornewall. 



" A lane called Coleherbert lane, alias St. Martyn's Church there." 



Newbridge Lane. In a lease, 10th Aug., 11° Jac. I. (1613), Newbridge 

 Lane, in the Green Ward, is mentioned. 



Almshouse. From a lease, 6th May, 16 Jac. I. (1618), to T. Millington- 



A tenement and a void plot of ground on the E. side next unto the street 

 in the Marsh Ward betwene the Almehouse on the N. and the land of T. 

 Millington ... on the S." 



[Now Sebastopol Buildings.] 



In subsequent leases the tenement demised as above is described as lying 

 "betwene a tenement of the land of Giles Millington in the tenure of Rob. 

 Stagge on the S., the Almeshouse on the N., the Streete on the E., and the 

 Schoole close on the W." 



Workhouse. In a lease, 22nd August, 1649, to Antony Awst. 



" A tenement or cottage heretofore in the tenure of Humfrey Ilsley and a 

 plott of void ground thereto adioyning and extending thence to the 

 Workhouse and lyeing in the Ballydich." 



[St. Peter's Workhouse.] 



Crabb's Close. In 1653 Crabb's Close was occupied by Thomas Crabb. 



Hart Mead and Crabb's Close. From a lease, 19th March, 1655, to 

 Nathaniel Rashleigh. 



"A close of meadow containing by estimation 1 acre with a barne there- 

 uppon standing now in the tenure of T. Crabb lyeing betwene the Hart 

 meade on the N. and other Chamber land lett to the 4 several tenants last 

 mencioned (Survey Book, pp. 53 and 44) on the S." 



[The Hart meade must have been to the N. of Crabbs' Close.] 



Bell Inn, Kingsbury Street. From a lease, 20th April, 1654, to 

 W. Purrier. 



A messuage there new building on the W. side of Kingsbury Street. 



" Betwene a messuage called the Rell on the S., and other Chamber land 

 then in the occupation of Obadiah Blissett on the N." 



In a lease, 7th Nov., 1655, to T. Bryant, of a messuage in Kingsbury, it 

 is described as newly built, where was a former messuage called the Bell 

 " burnt by the late great fier'' [April, 1653.] The sign of " The Bell " occurs 

 at Marlborough in St. Peter's Rental, A.D. 1571. It was known about 

 1698 as " The Bell and Brewers." (" The Bell and Shoulder," on the E. of 

 Kingsbury Street, occurs from 1782.) 



