foundation of the Burg) would sufficiently satisfy the conditions implied in the term Burg ; and if the term involves privileges, they are likely enough to have been conferred on what was substantially a new limb of an ancient port . The limits of this New Burg appear to be defined by the hills on either side, and the existing town wall, which may be still traced , about 15 yards to the north of John and Eastbourne Streets, and very probably was continued along the north of George Street, as far as the Light Steps : as it appears to terminate there in the Corporation Map.
Tenements and lands, held of Brede Manor, occur in every part of the valley ; but the continued practice of enfranchisement (as I learn from my friend Mr. JOHN PHILLIPS ) makes it difficult to mark the exact boundaries, though it seems in general to agree with the limits I have given. Messrs. Ross and COOPER make Bourne Street the eastern boundary of the manor; if it be so, I should imagine that this was once also the boundary of the Burg , as it would then take the line of the Bourne, as far as the Court House, where once stood the massive towers of the Water Gate ; and in that case, the district on the other side of the Bourne (the lower part of All Saints' Street) may have been included in some later extension of the town -- e.g ., when it was rebuilt in 1380. It confirms this view that the gate at the bottom of All Saints' Street was known as the New Gate, and was, indeed, only reached by a flight of steps practicable for foot-passengers, whence may be derived the other name of Pulpit Gate, which Mr. -
