comprise five separate districts, viz. Coton Hill, Castle Foregate,
Frankwell, Abbey Foregate, and Coleham, containing a population equal to
that within the walls.
In noticing these, it is purposed to commence where our walk terminated
without the walls, viz. the Castle Gates, from whence the Castle Foregate
and Coton Hill diverge. Taking the latter thoroughfare, to the left we
enter Chester Street, into which a new line of road is opened,
communicating with Mardol, and carried over the ancient fosse and through
a portion of the wall erected by Robert de Belesme. A few yards further
are