ne conduit, by
Sir John Pettus, in 1611. A little further to the left, on the other
side of the river, stands the tower in the Hospital meadow, called the
Dungeon, or Cow's tower; it is a circular building, about fifty two feet
in height, and twenty four in diameter, with a round spiral staircase
reaching to the top; is supposed to have been originally built as an
advanced post and watch tower to the castle; Blomfield thinks it was
built in order to levy the tolls then belonging to the prior and the
church, and says it was used as a prison for the jurisdiction of the
Cathedral. The present tower is stated to have been built in 1390, at
the expence of the city.

In St. James's parish, opposite the church, is an old house, said to have
been built by the celebrated Sir John Fastolf, and termed in antient
records his palace, or city house.

Just within side of the walls near Ber-street, stands St. Catherine's
hill, on which is Mrs. Burroughes's house, the sight of which will well
repay the trouble of a walk. The buildings in Surry-street, among which
is Surry-house, a curious specimen of domestic architecture, the windows
of which were emblazoned on glass, with many armorial bearings. There
are also a number of good houses in St. Giles's-street, Messrs. Gurneys'
Bank, in St. Michael's Plea; the Flour mill, by steam, in St. Andrew's;
Mr. Patteson's brewery, in Pockthorpe, and many others, which will arrest
the attention of the stranger in his perambulation about the city.

Norwich, including the Hamlets, is divided into four great wards,
viz.--_Conisford ward_, _Mancroft ward_, _Wymer ward_, and _Great
Northern ward_; each of which is again subdivided into three small wards;
_Great Conisford_ containing _South Conisford ward_, in which is
comprized the parishes of St. Peter per Southgate, St. Etheldred and St.
Julian, and the hamlets of Trowse-milgate and Carrow; _North Conisford
ward_, in which is the parish of St. Peter per Mountergate. _Ber-street
ward_, in which are the parishes of St. John at Sepulchre, St. Michael
thorn, St. John Timber-hill, All Saints, and the Hamlet of Lakenham.
_Great Mancroft ward_ contains the Parishes of St. Stephen, St. Peter per
Mancroft, and St. Giles, each parish being a small ward in itself,
including the hamlets of Eaton, and part of Earlham and Heigham.

_Great Wymer ward_, is subdivided into three small wards, viz.--_West
Wymer ward_, contains the parishes of St. Benedict, St. Sw