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The principal streets in this ward are,
the south end of Thames street, St.
Peter's hill, St. Bennet's hill, Addle hill,
Knight Rider street, Paul's chain, Carter
lane, and the east side of Creed lane, and
Warwick lane. The remarkable build-
ings are, the churches of St. Bennet's
Paul's Wharf, St. Andrew Wardrobe,
and St. Mary Magdalen, with the He-
ralds office.
It is governed by an Alderman and
his Deputy, nine other Common Counc-
cil men; fourteen wardmote inquest men,
seven scavengers, ten constables, and a
beadle. The jurymen returned by the
inquest for this ward serve in the courts
of Guildhall in the month of September.
Castle court. 1. Birchin lane.* 2.Budge
row.* 3. Castle alley, Cornhill.* 4.
Castle lane, in the Mint.* 5. Castle
street, Long Acre.* 6. College hill.*
7. Cornhill.* 8. Houndsditch.* 9.
Laurence lane.* 10. Lombard street,
11. St. Martin's lane, Charing Cross. 12.
In the Strand. 13. Whitecross street,
Cripplegate.*
Castle Inn yard, Aldersgate street.*
Castle lane. 1. Castle street, Long Acre.*
2. Castle street, Southwark.* 3. Petty
France, Westminster (called also Cabbage
lane).* 4. Redcross street, Deadman's
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place.* 5. St. James's Westminster.*
6. Thames street.*
Castle street, 1. Air street, Piccadilly.*
2. Bloomsbury.* 3. Cavendish market.*
4. Near Long Acre.* 5. In the Park,
Southwark.* 6. Near the Royal Mews.*
7. Saffron hill.* 8. Shoreditch field.*
9. Thames street.* 10. Near Went-
worth street, Spitalfields.* 11. Bevis
street.*
Castle Sreet Library, was found-
ed in the year 1685, by Thomas Ten-
nison, D. D. Vicar of St. Martin's in the
fields, and afterwards Archbishop of
Canterbury, for the use of his school,
under which it is placed in a spacious
room, and consists of about 4000 vo-
lumes.
The librarian's salary is 10l. per
annum, and he has convenient lodgings
contiguous to the library. Maitland.
Castle Street School, was founded
by Dr. Tennison, at the same time with
the library. In 1697, that gentleman
gave 1000l. towards a fund for the
maintenance of his foundation, and some
time after, by the consent of Dr. Patrick,
Bishop of Ely, another sum of 500l.
which had been left them jointly in trust,
to dispose of in charitable uses, as they
thought proper: which two sums, to-
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