Sentence:  The old larder gate now serves as the common way to the church, for those who live on the north side, where eighteen or nineteen stone steps <WSD>lead up</WSD> to a paved alley, once a gallery of the dormitories, dorture, or lodging rooms of the monks, now for the most part in ruins, or converted to gardens, which we shall next proceed to describe. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To follow or mark a path toward.