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rosaries, etc., were once sold, you pass along the flat south wall of St. Mary Magdalen's Church, beyond which the outer Exchequer Gate stood till 1800. The wall in which this and other gates of the cathedral close were inserted was built in the thirteenth or early fourteenth century, to protect the close and the canons. The gateways were all double, except the "Potter Gate," which is the only other one now extant. It is said that the Romans had a pottery near it; at present the road to the Minster Yard goes both through it and round one side of it.

The Pottergate, Lincoln.

Passing from the Exchequer Gate you see a very pretty sixteenth century timbered house, with projecting story, at the corner of Bailgate, now used as a bank. Hard by on your right is the White Hart inn, and on your left you have a peep down Steep Street to the House of Aaron the Jew, a money lender of the reign of Henry II. Near this was once the South Gate of the Roman city, and some of the stones are still visible in the pavement. The gate was destroyed in 1775. Looking straight