Tim, Found this in the Munster Express. Sheila MacAvoy Block "Road at St. John's Hill in bad repair S urprisingly and thankfully this is not a commentary on the current state of this famous city thoroughfare but a reference to its condition almost three hundred years ago, which prodded the Waterford Corporators of 1725 into remedial action.It is with pleasure I delve once again into Daniel Dowling's wonderful work `Waterford Streets Past and Present' to bring you some of the history associated with this much older but yet still very attractive roads and residences of this area of the city. For a considerable number of years it was colloquailly known as Windmill Hill. This was a reference to Butlers Windmill - in the area of the old fever hospital. In 1661 the owner or lessee of this mill was one Samuel Browne. This windmill was a significant feature of Waterford City's landscape and can be clearly identified in Vander Hagen's famous painting of the City of 1736. Within and Without The parishes of St. John and associated churches has conferred its name on this entire area, John's river, bridge, street, town, hill, college and later park. Indeed, it travelled as far as Newfoundland and became the name of its capital city. The Hill itself leads northwards from the junction of South Parade and the Ballytruckle Road and was part of the ancient road out of the city which led to the region's outpost at Passage East. This hill was in the townland of St. John's Without and formed the boundary between the townsland of Newtown and Lower Grange. The original Grange of many local placenames was located where Grange Park is today. In 1663-4 the Newtown was recorded as Gough's Newtown. Passage Road now divides the section that later became known as Wyse's Newtown from the first half of the 18th century. A Patrick Gough was in possession of all this area in 1640 and later held by Alderman John Bluett. The townland of Lower Grange in medieval times was the property of the Augustinian canons of the Congregation of St. Victor at St. Catherine's Priory. This Priory stood where the present Court House stands today and gave its name to Catherine Street. Following the suppression of the monasteries the lands passed to the Sherlock family and later to an Andrew Lynne and Thomas Porter later still."