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Identifier: antiquitiesofen01gros (find matches)
Title: The antiquities of England and Wales
Year: 1785 (1780s)
Authors: Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
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Publisher: London : S. Hooper
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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which once flowed clofe to it, but is now fochoaked up by fands, as to render it entirely ufelefs for that pur-pofe. It was built, according to the account given of it in KingsVale Royal of England, anno 1322, at the expence of the city,by one John Helpftone, a mafon, who contracted to complete it,according to a given plan, for the fum of one hundred pounds.The indenture or agreement is preferved among the archives ofthe city. The following defcription of it is given in another part of thefame book: From the north gate, ftill weft ward, the wall ex-tendeth to another tower, and from thence to the turning of thewall fouthwards ; at which corner ftandeth another fine turretcalled the New Tower, and was pitched within the channel ofDee-water; which new tower was built, as it is reported, in ornear to the place in the river which was the key, whereuntovelTels of great burden, as well of merchandize as others, cameclofe up, which may the rather feem probable, as well by a deeper foundation
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CHESHIRE. 39 foundation of ftone work yet appearing from the foot of thattower, reaching a good difcance into the channel, as alfo by greatrings of iron here and there faflened to the fides of the faidtower, which, if they ferved not for the fattening of fuch velTelsas then ufed to approach to the fame key, I cannot learn whatother ufe they fhould be for. And again another paflage in the fame book fays: The Wa-ter-gate is in the weft fide of the city, whereunto, in times pari,great (hips and velfels might come at full fea, but now fcarcefmall boats are able to come, the fands have fo choaked thechannel; and although the citizens have beftowed marvellousgreat charges in building this new tower, which ftandeth in thevery river between this gate and the north gate, yet all will notferve; and therefore all the fhips do come to a place called theNew Key, fix miles from the city. The form of this tower is extremely fingular, its outfide be-ing broken into a variety of angles, and thofe neit

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