The steep and narrow roads into the city were
quite unable to cope with the increase in traffic of Georgian days,
especially the growth of wheeled traffic.
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The mid-Georgian city still retained all its
medieval gates. Apart from their inconvenience to traffic, they
were thought to trap the noxious odours associated with disease.
They were therefore demolished. |
Higher Market (now incorporated in the Guildhall
Shopping Centre) and Lower Market (destroyed 1942) were built in
the 1830s to clear the streets of their markets. |
Improvements to the city water supply were
delayed until the work of Golsworthy in the 1830s. He improved the
flow of water from the springs in St Sidwell’s, providing larger
pipes of cast iron.
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