A New Perlustration of Great Yarmouth
Chapter Nine
ROW TWENTY
EIGHT
CONGE ROW
(Palmer)
(No mention in Johnson’s
notebook)
This row ran from North Quay to
George Street, was the first row
south of the Conge, and known
as “Conge Row”. There were
alms houses in this row, and
also some cottages belonging to
the Hospital of St. Mary. A man
named Cockrell, attempting to
escape from the police, entered
the chimney of a house in this
row and stuck fast, the chimney
had to be dismantled to free him.
Martha Stanninot, who lived
in this row, fancied herself
as Queen (i.e. was demented
with delusions of grandeur),
and would protest loudly in
church if King George’s name
was mentioned in the prayers.
“Queen Martha”, as she was
known, tramped all the way to
London on foot to lay her claim
before Lord North, who told her
that the next cartful of money
that arrived in Yarmouth would
be intended for her. Presumably
she then walked all the way
back! She died in 1788.
Frank Futter the furniture dealer,
married Julia Powell, whose
mother lived in this row until
the clearance. Mrs. Powell,
Julia’s mother, married twice,
firstly to Powell, and secondly
to Mr. Merkin. (see Row 22 for
details of the origins of Frank
Futter’s business) .
There is no mention of this row
in the 1936 Row Survey.
Row 28, about 1870
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The Occupants, Row Twenty eight, 1886
(From George St. to North Quay )
Here is the line of Row 28 on 26th June 1946, when
we see that the south side of the row is intact and the
north side has been demolished
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
Folkes, J.
Earl, R., porter
Dunnell, Mrs.
Morris, Mrs.
Harwood,T. engine driver
Sadler, Mrs.
Taylor, G., smacksman
Sharpin, W., bricklayer
Thompson, T., waterman
Mills, J., blacksmith
Thomas, H., fisherman
Lingwood, S., labourer
Simonds, J., cooper
Harwood, Mrs.
Betts, E.
Harris, J., bricklayer
Easter, Mrs. A.
Chelmsford, Mrs.
Tooley, G.
Brown,J., shoemaker
Hatch, H., hawker
George, J., fisherman
Ribbons, J., labourer
Folkes, D., Shoemaker
Palmer, Mrs.
Darn, Mrs.
Folkes, I., fruit seller
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The Occupants,
Row Twenty eight, 1913
(From 90 George St. to North Quay
North side:
3. Sadler, James
4. Wells, Robert
5. Yaxley, George
6. Sharpin, Mrs.
7. Simmons, James
South side:
13. Lovick, Frederick
...Bloggs Yard....
15. Sopp, Mrs.
16. Oxford, Frederick
17. Howard, Ernest
18. Bacon, William
20. Edmonds, Robert, Tailor
...Gooch’s Square....
21. Parrott, William
22. Jacobs, William
Row 28
23. Emery, Joseph
....Angel’s Passage....
Swinden’s map, 1738/58, Row 28
25. Brown, Patrick
27. Davis, William
26. Ward, Alfred
28. Nutman, Arthur
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30. Humphreys, William
19. Hackford, Mrs.
32. Rolfe, Miss
20. Hogg, George Charles
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
33. Ellis, Ernest
....Gooch’s Square....
34. Angel, Benjamin, chimney sweep
21. Parrott, Mrs.
22. Bland, Albert
The Occupants, Row Twenty eight,
1927
(From 95 George St. to North Quay (change
in numbering)
23. Emery, Joseph
27. Hunt, Alfred Edward
28. Haylett, William
North side:
29. Higgleton, Mrs.
1. Bell, Mrs Elizabeth
30. Green, Mrs. Emma
George Street end.
2. Algar, Robert
The Occupants, Row
Twenty eight, 1936
3. Love, Mrs.
15. Bayfield, Percy
4. Wells, Robert
(From 95 George St. to North
Quay (change in numbering
16. Baker, Robert Charles
17. Ebbage, Mrs.
5. Ulph, Mrs.
South side:
18. Johnson, Mrs.
6. Kirk, Thomas
14. Watts, George
29. Breeze, George
South side:
...Blogg’s Yard....
30. Green, Mrs. Emma
12. Love, George
13. Jacobs, Mrs.
31. Downing, Alfred
14. Watts, George
...Blogg’s Yard....
15. Bayfield, Percy
16. Edmonds, James,
Edward
17. Harris, Augustus
Victor
18. Johnson, William
19. Hackford, Mrs.
20. Hogg, George James
....Gooch’s Square....
21. Parrott, William
22. Bland, Albert
23. Emery, Joseph
27. Wright, Henry
28. Elson, Percy H.
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ROW TWENTY NINE,
HALF MOON ROW
(name from Palmer)
KINGS HEAD ROW
(Palmer)
Half moon Row, 1829
(Johnson, and names
following)
Kings Head North Row
Queens Head North Row
Edinburgh Tavern Row
Running from Howard Street to Market Place, this
row was known as “Half Moon Row” or “King’s
Head Row”, from the Public Houses at the opposite
ends.
In 1995 nearly half of this old row is still walkable
from the Market Place. The east entrance lies to the
left (south side) of no. 16 Market Place, which at
present is the Nationl Provincial Building Society’s
office. On the south-east corner of the row is the
Market Tavern, previously called “Growler’s”
There were many old houses, some with small
windows less than 18 inches square. Some cottages
in the row are depicted on the old photo., beside an
old warehouse, but I am unable to say whether these
were the ones still standing after the war. The shop at
the N.E. corner was the “Half -Moon Tavern”, known
as “The Edinburgh” after losing its licence, when
it had a notice in the window saying “Free Concert
Every Evening”. This would have been the N&P office
as above. The King’s Head Pub. was no. 16 Howard
Street, situated at the South-west corner, upon which
part of the Police Station now is. I understand that
they have a social club and their own bar there, so
perhaps they should call it by the name of the once
famous pub.
The 1936 survey said “8 or 9 houses of moderate
condition, and one house in a back court crowded.”
There remained one occupant here in 1952 on the
north side, Edward Netley, but the row was empty
in 1955.
The Occupants, Row Twenty Nine, 1886
(From Howard Street North to
Row 29, ab
out 1870
from North Quay
George Street )
1. Brook, Mrs.
2. Rant, Mrs.J.
3. Palmer, Mrs.
4. Bowen, Mrs.
5. Hewett, W. labourer
Houses in Row 29
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6. Archer, Mrs.
8. Russell, Mrs.
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
9. Burgess, J.
10. Ceiley, A., porter
The Occupants, Row Twenty Nine, 1913
(From 16 Market Place to Howard Street North)
North side:
1. Burcham, William (?Bircham)
2. Page, Charles Thomas
4. Goodrum, Adam Noah
5. Mallett, John
6. Thompson, William
7. Leggett, Miss
8. Sheffer, Mrs.
9. Clarke, Miss E.
Houses in Row 29
The Occupants, Row Twenty
Nine, 1927
(From 16 Market Place to Howard
Street North)
Detail of above house
North side:
1. Sherwood, William
2. Brooks, Albert
3. Gunn, George
4. Kent, Edward
5. Stanton, William
8. Love, Mrs.
9. Herne, Mrs.
10. Brown,
Frank
11. Fisk, Mrs.
Row 29, 1987
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Rows29,32,35.
(1758)
MarketPlace
Row29
Row32
Row35
Row 29 map
(Swinden)
Row 29, east end
, 21st February 2007
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ROW THIRTY
WHEEL OF FORTUNE ROW
(Palmer’s
name)
Barnaby The Baker’s Row, 1829
Wheel of Fortune Row
(names in Johnson’s notes)
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
This row, from Nine Parish Row to George Street,
was so called after the Public House of that name.
Near to this tavern, in George Street, in 1742, John
Thacker shot John Auger, and was hanged for his
pains. In 1995, the south side of this row still in
effect exists, since it is exactly followed by the
building line of nos. 1 to 21 Herries Close, where
on 14th. August 1995, I found a former occupier of
Row 129, Mrs. Wilson, to be hanging out washing
for her sister. The north side of the row was built
on the site now occupied by washing-lines, where
Johnson had described some old houses, as below.
The side of these modern flats should bear the row
number and name today. Swinden and Armstrong
both showed some gardens to the south of the row
dwellings, and going back in time it was usual
anyway to have more open space between the rows,
and less congestion of housing, more like today.
The yard shown on the maps, 1750-1906, is exactly
where Mrs. Wilson hung out her washing.
Row 29
, 14.8.95, above.
Johnson wrote - On some old houses
midway on the north side, was a tablet
inscribed “Built 1664, Restored 1904”.
Number eight in row thirty was advertised
in the auction of William Wright’s
properties on 12th. July 1894. It was a brick
and tile cottage, partly extending over and
under the adjoining property, containing
five rooms, and also had some outbuildings.
There was a small stone-paved yard, where
the water was delivered by an outside
tap. The water was “fresh from the water-
works”. It was next door to Mr. Archer’s
property on the east. The property was
rented to Jacob William Shreeve at a rent of
£6- 10s., and was payable quarterly, but the
landlord paid the rates. The property was
sold freehold. The row was not mentioned
in the 1936 survey.
The Occupants, Row Thirty, 1886
(From Howard Street North
to George Street.)
Hunter, W., mariner
Grimmer, Mrs.
Roberts, R.
Wright, Mrs. S.
Barnes, D.
Yarham, W.
Row thirty,
photo by P.E.Rumbelow
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High, J.
Shreeve,W.
Cooper, J.
Read, G.
Worledge, Mrs.
Watts, G. Baker
Lark, Mrs.
Thacker, W.
Jones, C.
Watts, G.
Mack, R.
Dublack
Higgleton, Mrs.
Seago, W., fish hawker
Yarham, G., porter
Rix, W., labourer
Read, R.
Hornby, Mrs.
8a. Jessop, James
9. Bowers, Mrs.
10. Gallant, Walter
11. Stone, William
12. Durrant, Benjamin
South side: 13. Palmer, John
14. Jarrad, Mrs.
15b. Colby, Mrs.
15a. Williams, Benjamin
15. Stebbens, Mrs.
16. Brown, Mrs.
17. Foxhall, Frederick
21. Thomas, Horace, Martin
22. Pearce, Mrs.
23. Myhill, Frederick
24. Waller, Herbert
The Occupants,
Row Thirty, 1936
(From 55 Howard Street North to
George Street )
North side:
1. Banham, Benjamin Charles, Harry
2. Flanagan, John
3. Green, Robert
4. Saunders, William
4a. Esherwood, Robert
5. Henry, Mrs.
6. Darn, Miss
7. Shaw, Mrs.
8. Stanton, William
9. Bower, Walter William
10. Gallant, Walter
11. Stone, William
The Occupants,
Row Thirty, 1913
(From Howard Street North
to George Street )
1. Stone, Miss A.
2. Day, Albert
3. Burton, James
4. Marshall, Edward
4a, Ward, Thomas
5. Sutton, Henry
6. Bezance, Mrs.
8. Day, Albert
9. Harwood, Charles, Baker
10. Earl, Mrs.
11. Thacker, Charles
South side:
13. Palmer, John
14. Philpott, Walter
15b. Jarrod, Thomas
15a. Harvey, Mrs.
15. Mersham, Mrs.
16. Brown, Mrs.
17. Mills, Joseph
21. Byford, Robert
23. Reynolds, John
24. Francis, Thomas
South side:
12. Swallow, Reginald
13. Palmer, Mrs.
13. Palmer, John
14. Jarrad, Mrs.
15b. Colby, Mrs.
The Occupants, Row Thirty,
1927
(From Howard Street North
to George Street )
1. Balls, Charles Frederick
2. Flanagan, John
3. Green, Robert
4. Parsley, Albert G.
4a. Tilney, Edward
5. Sutton, Mrs.
6. Darn, Miss
7. Shaw, Miss
8. Pointer, James
Mrs Wilson, former
resident of Row 129.
This is the site of Row
30, seen on 14.8.1995.
The photograph was
taken along the north
edge of no. 1 Herries
Close, looking west.
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1772
Row 30 map
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
garden
or yard
Row 30
Row 30
Row 33
scale as on all maps
26
1906
27
59
28
58
29
57
56
30
31
32
55
54
53
53
33
34
R
ow
33
Ambulance
station, 1938
1985
line of Row
30 now
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ROW THIRTY-ONE NINE PARISH
ROW (Palmer)
(no additional names by Johnson)
Palmer said that it was not known why this row
was so called. Beneath a cottage on the south
side was a small vault of great antiquity, and
in the house above was a cupboard built in an
ancient and spacious chimney. The chimney
measured seven foot eight inches across and had
a spandrel on either side. Johnson wrote that:
“Palmer could not give a reason for the name
of this row. His own volumes in the reference
library contain some excellent sketches in colour
of the arches and cellars discovered in 1865.
Piggot’s directory for 1830 announces ‘Thomas
Cassidy the tailor of Nine Parish Row’.”
In 1995, this row was still in existence, although
only a few Victorian terraced houses remained.
The north side of the row was taken up by
warehouses on the Conge, standing on ground
left open throughout the war, after clearance in
1936-7. The terraced houses are now numbered
18-23, but were not so numbered at the turn of
the century when there were 34 family houses
here. George Street itself was re-numbered
several times, but the house at the north-east
corner was listed as no. 91 George Street in
1926. Some of the modern flats in Patterson
Close, nos. 15 and 16 are effectively part of this
row. The ancient archways found in Palmer’s
time under a cottage here, were drawn by
Winter, and the drawings are still to be found
within Palmer’s unique old personal copies of
his Perlustration, that are to be found in store in
the Central Library. Were these wine vaults, and
could there still be some archaeology underneath
the ground here, perhaps buildings belonging to
the White Friar’s Monastery?
In the Row Survey of 1936 “In this row is the rear,
and the wing of, a large building which seems to front
a secondary row off Row No. 34. It is a tall house,
now divided into 3 or 4 tenements, which seems to be
structurally sound. Beside this house, towards Row
34 is a small garden. It seems that 24 and 25 in Row
31 were part of this old house. In Row 31, nos. 8 and
9 were also fair houses with well proportioned sash
windows and with a brick string-course between the
first and ground floors. It was considered that nos. 30
and 31 could become good houses again if cleared of
out-growths in the rear courts”.
The Occupants, Row Thirty one, 1886
(From George Street to North Quay)
Miller, Mrs.
Milligan, W., mariner
Salter, G., labourer
Shreeve, R., bricklayer
Moore, J., bricklayer
Sprunt, J., fisherman
Hall, Miss
Dye, Mrs.C.
Nicholls, J., Labourer
Willshaw, T.
Dodd, W.D., fisherman
George, J., fisherman
Folkes, Mrs.M.A.
Dye, D.
Photos., 19th February 2007
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Stevenson, Mrs.
17. Howes, Alfred George
Spicer, Mrs.
South side:
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
Buxton, J.
18. Johnson, John
Gosling, E.
19. Carter, Ernest
Miller, Mrs.
20. Nichols, Mrs.
Amis, J.
21. Jones, William
Clarke, Mrs.
22. Farrell, Henry
Symonds, Mrs.
23. Milligan, Thomas
Cottson, J., sweep
24. Saunders, Charles Edward
15. Roberts, B.,
bricklayer
25. Dawson, Abraham
27. Allright, Thomas
16. Moulton, J.,
labourer
Shreeve Passage
28. Wright, Henry
17. Smith, J.
29. Bammant, Arthur
30. Kelsey, James
The Occupants, Row Thirty one, 1913
31. Wall, Mrs.
(From 91 George Street to North Quay)
32. Gosling, Mrs.
North side:
33. Gutteridge, Albert
1.and 2. Gardiner, William Ernest, shopkeeper
35. Broom, Charles, John
3. Thompson, Ernest
36. Burton, John
....Shreeve Passage....
37. Bayfield, Sidney
4. White, George
38. Gage, Mrs.
5. Moore, James
39. Jones, Charles Henry
6. Batley, Mrs.
7. Weston, William
The Occupants, Row Thirty one, 1927
(From 91 George Street to North Quay)
8. Todd, Mrs.
9. Hopwood, George William
North side:
10. Wilson, Isaac
1. Gardiner, William Ernest
10a. Lemon, Miss
2. Turner, Mrs.
11. Estcourt, Edwin
3. Harding, William
12. Bunn, John
.
12a. Bracey, Thomas
10. Gown, Miss
13. Brown, Alfred
11. Estcourt, Mrs.
14. Gravner, Alfred
11a. Knowles, Mrs.
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Row 31 from east end
,
19th Feb. 2007
Photos 19th February 2007
1
. The original drawings below, are in the
expanded 8 volume perlustration in the Great
Yarmouth central library.
In about 1850, these brick arches were discovered underground in this row; likely part of the Whitefriar’s
monastery. See
“North Quay”
, also
Whitefriar’s in Volume One
. Drawn on site by C.J.W.Winter
1
.
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Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
Row31
Detail of Henry Swinden’s map, 1738/58
Franz Maas offices now closed
after bankruptcy, photo. 19th
Feb, 2007. Building on the
site indicated
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....Shreeve Passage....
12. Thompson, Joseph
4. Thompson, Ernest
13. Whiley, Robert
5. Bunn, John
14. Brown, Alfred James
6. Westgate, Frederick
16. Fields, mineral water
manufacturers
7. Bayfield, Ernest, snr.
9. Hopwood, George, Robert
17. King, Mrs.
10a. Bales, Mrs.
South side:
10. Gown, Miss
18. Johnson, John
11. Estcourt, Mrs.
19. Howes, Mrs. May
22. Farrow, Henry
11a. Knowles, Mrs.
Row 31, 27th November 2004
23. Milligan, Thomas
12. Thompson, Joseph
13. Whiley, Robert
24. Saunders, Charles Edgar
14. Brown, Alfred James
25. Bloomfield, Mrs.
27. Wright, John William
4. Thompson, Ernest
16. Fields, mineral water
manufacturers
28. Carter, William John
5. Allright, Thomas
17. King, Mrs.
29. Watlow, John
6. Westgate, Frederick
South side:
30. Macdonald, Frederick
7. Bayfield, Ernest, snr.
18. Johnson, John
32. Johnson, William G.
9. Hopwood, George, Robert
....Shreeve Passage....
33. Gutteridge, Albert
10a. Balls, Edward
4. Thompson, Ernest
34. Chambers, Clarence
10b. Gown, Miss
5. Bunn, John
35. Allright, Thomas
11. Estcourt, Mrs.
6. Westgate, Frederick
36. Savage, Robert William
12. Thompson
7. Bayfield, Ernest, snr.
37. Sutton, Joseph
12a. Bean, Robert
9. Hopwood, George Robert
38. Gedge, Mrs.
13. Yaxley, George
10a. Bales, Mrs
39. Underwood, George Charles
14. Brown, Alfred James
17. Varley, Joseph
The Occupants,
Row Thirty one, 1936
(From 91 George Street to North Quay)
North side:
1. Gardiner, William Ernest
2. Jones, Alfred Frederick
3. Neville, Charles
....Shreeve Passage....
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ROW THIRTY TWO, Kings Head Row
(as named by Palmer)
Kings Head South Row (in Johnson’s notes, alternatively- Queens Head South Row).
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
Palmer wrote that his row ran from Howard
Street to the Market Place. The row was
named after a tavern at the south-east
corner. At the second house on the south-
east corner lived Josiah Curtis, town
crier for 32 years from his appointment
in 1786. H.B. Johnson, writing in 1927,
wrote “The richly designed teak front of
the Kings Head Tavern at the N.E. corner
excites attention. In the coaching days
when cock fighting was commonplace,
this hostelry was rendezvous for the
Gentlemen of Norfolk versus Suffolk. The
last of the robed town criers or Bell Men,
Josiah Curtis resided in this row for many
years, he died in 1818 aged 74. There
were some lofty flint and brick houses on
the south side, and the six light mullioned
window on the north side of no. 18 Market
Place is the envy of the antique dealer.”
(and where did THAT go to ?)
maps indicates that the Market tavern has
absorbed the site of Josiah Curtis’ house,
it would have been within the rear of the
modern building. A plaque should therefore
be erected here, on the right hand side. The
old west end of this row has been identified
as lying beween the two very grand
buildings in Howard Street shown on the
photo of Elsie and Hilda Blyth with the cart
outside their father’s shop, perhaps about
1910. Now the row entrance would lie in
the much less grand entrance to the Police
Station!
No mention was made of this row in the
1936 survey.
There was a John Plummer living in
this row from 1927 through 1936. It is
not known whether this man would be
any relation to John Plummer the dental
Surgeon, now practicing in Queen Street.
Nor would it be known if he could be
related to an earlier John Plummer who was
convicted of theft and at first sentenced
to death and later pardoned by George IV.
In 1995, row 32 could be approached from
the Market Place, where the east end was to
be found intact, lying along the south side
of the Market Tavern. Measurement of the
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Nevertheless, this seems an appropriate place to record the document appended below:
This is a transcript of a Royal Pardon: (with illegible words in dots)
Whereas John Plummer was at the General Session of Dire and ...mina and of the peace and jail livery holden
for Borough of Yarmouth. 13th Day of September instant.
Tried and convicted of stealing in a dwelling house to the value of 40/-, no person being therein, and had sentence of
death passed upon him for the same.
Know we ... in consideration of some favourable circumstances, ...bly represented unto us in his behalf are graciously
pleased to respond .... grace and mercy write him and to grant find in condition of his being transported to the coast
of new south wales or some one or other of the islands adjacent for and during the term of 14 years Mr ..... and
pleasure therefore is that you do give the necessary directions accordingly and that he be inserted for his said crime on the
said condition in our first next general pardon that shall ... out for the Norfolk Circuit did for so doing this shall be
your warrant
Given at our court at .... house the 21st September 1821, in the second year of our reign by his majesty’s
command,
Sidmouth.
signed by King George (IV).
N.B. Mr. Charles Sharpe, who photographed the document, wrote “for stealing £6 from South Quay, where
employed (as) a weaver”. But the above document of pardon clearly says 40/-.
The Occupants, Row Thirty Two, 1886
(From
Market Place to Howard Street North)
North side:
1. Stone, Mrs.,
(shrimpers)
2. Crowe, Miss
3. Dunn, Miss
4. Hudson, G., lumper
5. Golding, W., labourer
6. Gibbs, J., smacksman
8. Summans, J., labourer
9. Lark, W., cooper
(and general shop)
10. Withers, J., tailor
11. Grice, C.W., green grocer
(great naval man)
13. Lambert, H, labourer
14. Bacon, Mrs. M.A.
NB. brackets denote an unofficial entry by unknown
scribe
5. Stone, William
6. Crowther, Mrs.
7. Fisk, Mrs.
8. Spinks, Herbert
10. Crane, William
South side:
12. Lamb, William
14. Gown, Joseph
15. Rodwell, Mrs.
16. Brown, Miss
17. Knell, Mrs.
18. Wright, Robert
The Occupants, Row Thirty Two, 1927
(From 17 Market Place to Howard Street North)
North side:
1. Ceiley, Alfred Barney
2. Camp, Mrs.
3. Field, Charles Edward
4. Brown, Fraser E.
5. Prior, Thomas John
6. Vincent, Benjamin
7. Fisk, Harry Edward
The Occupants, Row Thirty Two, 1913
(From
Market Place to Howard Street North)
North side:
2. Kirk, Mrs.
3. Skippen, James Johnathan, bricklayer
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8. Brown, Frank
9. Goffin, Mrs.
10. Balls, Harry
16. George, Harry John
18. Wright, Robert
The Occupants, Row Thirty Two,
1936
(From 17 Market Place to Howard
Street North) North side:
1. Ceiley, Alfred Barney
2. Cooper, Miss
3. Field, Charles Edward
5. England, Frederick
6. Pompa, Joseph
7. Fisk, Harry Edward
8. Brown, Frank
9. Goffin, Mrs.
10. Trett, Joseph
14. Plummer, John
15. Burton, James
16. George, Harry John
17. Chambers, Ernest Albert
18. Wright, Robert
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
In 1952, nos. 2,7,8,9, on the north
side were still occupied. In 1955,
there was only James Allright at
no.16., whereas in 1952 there had also
been 14, 15, and 16 still occupied on
the south side of the row.
14.08.1995
19th February 2007 (looking east into Market.
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ROW THIRTY THREE
(Palmer gave no name)
Dr. Farmington’s Row, 1740 (Johnson)
Nightingale The Baker’s Row
This row now would lie along the
south pavement of Herries Close, such
that numbers 38 and 40 George Street
represent the south-west corner of the
ancient row. Running from George
Street to Howard Street, this row had
in it warehouses and messuages and
fishhouses belonging to John Harmer,
the son of a Yarmouth Merchant, from
whom they passed toThomas Manning,
hosier, son of the Rev. William Manning
of Middleton, Suffolk, one of the ejected
ministers of 1662. Thomas Manning
married Sarah, daughter of William
Coulson of Swanton Abbot, and settled
the above-mentioned property upon their
son, William Manning, merchant, (who
died in 1768, aged 72) upon his marriage
to Ann, only daughter of Samuel Allison,
sailmaker of Yarmouth, in 1721. Sam
Allison died in 1740, aged only 39. Their
son named William inherited the wealth
of his uncle, Dr.Manning of Norwich.
(They all sound wealthy except perhaps
the sailmaker) He married in 1761, Hester,
daughter of George Smyth of Topcroft Hall,
who had a house on South Quay but resided
for the latter part of his life at Ormesby,
and died there in 1825 aged 93. His wife
had died in 1806 (aged 60), and they were
both buried together in the churchyard of
Ormesby St. Michael. The nearest sail lofts
were very close, behind 55 North Quay,
see page 50.
Above, no. 21 in Row 33, July 1945.
row for support were found here together
with a bay-fronted shop, the whole making
a fit subject for the artist.”
In the 1936 row survey: “In this row
nos. 1 and 2 are fairly good houses, and
no.21 a good house on 3 floors, sash bar
windows, a good panelled door with hood
over, and ground floor windows with
wooden shutters. The wall in front of this
house across the row should be lowered”
(presumably to allow more light).
Numbers 1 and 2 were still occupied by
Arthur Ernest Brooks in 1956.
Harry Johnson, in 1927, related: “This row
proudly boasted two splendid entrances, the
east end containing two brick arches on the
north side, and some fine beams and posts
on either side. The west entrance design was
rare. It has a nicely detailed arch spanning
the row. The north-west corner house lent
beauty by reason of the overhanging first
floor apartment. Wooden struts across the
C.H.Harrison, the artist, was born in
a house in this row in January 1842.
His parents some time later moved to
St.Nicholas Road. Charles Harmony
Harrison was the son of a stone mason. He
grew up in a cottage on St.Nicholas Road,
attended the Congregational School, and
became apprenticed to a local builder as a
sign writer and decorator. He had enjoyed
art since childhood, and was entirely self
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Arthur Patterson, who had promoted
the idea in the press. In 1903 Patterson
published a memoir “Charles Harrison,
Broadland Artist”. The money raised was
added to the Harrison fund that provided his
widow with a small weekly allowance for
several years.
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
The Occupants, Row Thirty Three, 1886
(From Howard Street North to George
Street)
North side:
1. English, Mrs.
2. Brett, F., fisherman
3. Ramsay, G.
4. Layton, O.
Charles Harrison, the artist, as a
young man.
5. Collins, Mrs.
taught as an artist, it is thought. He had
by 1875 become a full-time professional
artist, specialising in watercolours and
Broadland scenes, something entirely new.
Earlier artists of the Norwich school had
not shown much interest in these remote
parts of Norfolk. In 1877, after 11 years
of marriage his wife died. He remarried
the following year, and moved to Wood
Green, North London. Even though living
in London, Harrison continued to paint the
Broadland scenes that he loved and was
familiar with. In 1879, deciding that he
would not make a fortune in the capital, he
returned to Yarmouth, and here during the
1880’s produced some of his best work.
Sometimes he was away on the Broads
for days at a time, painting and making
sketches from which he could later work at
home in his studio. (This note on Harrison
was derived from a short paper by Damian
Eaton.) By 1902 he was in very poor
health, and an exhibition was mounted
to raise money for him, at the Tolhouse,
but before it opened, he died of a stroke,
on 13th.November 1902. This exhibition
had been greatly encouraged by his friend
6. Hammant, J.
7. Wales
8. Randall, J.
9. Bullen, J.
10. Simmons A.
11. Parker, T., lodging house keeper
12. Fiske, Mrs.
Church, R., labourer
Simmons, T., labourer
Field, Mr., labourer
Burgess, J., shoemaker
Carver, Mrs.
Millican, J., fish dealer
Collins, Mrs.
Harrison, Mrs.
Harman, Mrs.
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The Occupants, Row Thirty Three, 1913
16. Hatch, Frederick
(From 52 Howard Street North to George
Street)
17. Rollings, Edward
South side:
North side:
19. Hovell, Robert
3. Hoy, James
20. Barnaby, Henry William
4. Bradford, William
21. Norman, Mrs.
5. Tammas, Mrs.
22. Slowley, Mrs.
6. Farley, Charles, William Royal
23. Mihill, Harry ( probably wrong
spelling- Myhill?)
7. Mobbs, James
8. Gillham, Mrs
9. Leeuwen, Thomas
The Occupants, Row Thirty Three, 1927
10. Brett, Frederick
(From 52 Howard Street North to George
Street)
11. Skipper, William Frederick
12. Ellis, Herbert Ernest
North side:
14. Gailey, Thomas
1&2. Claxton, Frederick Charles
3. Bracey, Mrs.
15. Durrant, William
4. Leeder, Mrs.
5. Allcock, Robert
6. Neal, Charles
7. Boast, Robert
8. Parfitt, Thomas
9. Leeuwen, Mrs.
10. Brett, Frederick
11. Skipper, William Frederick
12. Mollett, Walter John
14. Dalley, Mrs.
15. Durrant, William
17. Rollings, Edward
Charles Harmony Harrison
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Row 30
1772
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
lost row - thirty and a half
Row 33
1906
Harley’s gardens
(see Row 36)
30
Row 30
32
31
33
Row 33
34
35
36
37
38
Above, Mrs. Wilson, former
resident of Row 129. Photo
dated 14.08.1995. She is
standing in the line of the row,
which was slightly offset
with regard to the current
line of the houses.
1985
Row 33
Painting of the
Breydon water by
Charles Harmony
Harrison
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South side:
19. Clarke, Frederick
20. Barnaby, Henry William
21. Wilson, Mrs.
22. Daviss, William
23. Claxton, Charles Frederick
The Occupants, Row Thirty Three, 1936
(From 52 Howard Street North to George
Street)
North side:
1&2. Claxton, Frederick Charles
3. Bracey, Mrs.
4. Leeder, Mrs.
5. Allcock, Robert
This photo is on the line of the lost row, 30 and a half, see
map on previous page.
6. Neal, Charles
7. Howard, George
8. Bammant, George
9. Leeuwen, Mrs.
10. Brown, Dennis
11. Wright, John
12. Mollett, Walter John
14. Stone, George Edward.
15. Durrant, William
16. Kett, Edward
17. Rollings, Edward
South side:
This pavement runs along the line of row thirty and a half,
with the line of Row 33 along the edge of the garages on
the left (south). See map, previous page.
18. Grimmer, William
19. Clarke, Frederick
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ROW THIRTY FOUR
QUAY MILL ROW (Palmer)
(Johnson gave no additional names)
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
Part of row 34 still exists as a residential row in 1995,
and since its ancient course turned slightly southwards
as it neared George Street, its line is still traceable
throughout, coming to George Street along the south
side of numbers 33 and 31 George Street. As Palmer
described it “Running from North quay toGeorge
Street, this row was called Quay Mill Row from the
post wind mill that stood on the opposite side of the
quay. On the site of this row Mr.Edmund Preston
erected a house that he called “Millmount”, which
later was occupied by Samuel Nightingale, twice
Mayor of Yarmouth”. Subsequently the property (of
Millmount) was purchased by Sir Edmund Lacon, and
a large brewery store erected
on the site of the garden. On
the north side of the row were
previously the once popular
Cherry tree gardens, and
extending across its east end
was a house bearing the date
1635 and the initials “T.F.”
Cherry Tree Cottages
, 19th Feb. 2007
The Quay mill was depicted
on Corbridge’s map, together
with the mill house, granaries
and other buildings belonging
to it, and it remained standing
in 1799, when it was conveyed
by Robert Pettit and others
to William Palgrave, who
sold it to Mr.Howes, who
had it pulled down and the
dwelling-house erected. In
1810 the house was purchased
by Edmund Preston, who
greatly enlarged it, and laid
out the grounds, extending as
a garden to the river. He was
a solicitor, filled the office of
Mayor in 1818 and 1830, and
was Deputy Lieutenant for
Norfolk. He used to entertain
his friends at Millmount every
year on the occasion of the
water frolic. His first wife was
Phyllis, the only surviving
child of Jonathan Symonds,
who died in 1805 aged 26.
By Phyllis he had two sons,
James Symonds Preston, who
died in 1817, aged 17, and the
Rev.Henry Preston. No doubt
as a Solicitor, Edmund Preston
was well known to Charles
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Cherry Tree Cottages, 19th Feb. 2007
Palmer. Edmund Preston had two
further marriages, firstly to Frances
Maria, daughter of Thomas Smyth
of East Dereham, and secondly to
Hannah, the daughter of John Farr
of Covehall.
Beside the millyard early in the
18th. Century, was a large timber
and shipbuilding yard belonging to
Thomas Horsley. On the south side
of Row 34 were three Alms Houses,
sold in 1834 by the Guardians of
the poor. On the north side of
the row were the “Cherry-Tree
Gardens”, very popular with the
public. The garden house, then
still standing but divided into two
occupations, had four dormer windows, and the original
round chimneys at each end. In one of the rooms on
the ground floor, was a painting upon a panel over
the fire-place. In the garden was a vinery.
and winding up to the single first floor bedroom in
which the whole family slept. Arthur and his wife,
and the children - Archie, Henry, Gladys Lorna and
Naida. Another small stairway led to the attic, but
no-one ever ventured up there. The outside toilet was
shared with another family, the Westgates next door.
Westgate was a seaman. Mrs. Westgate was crippled,
with a hunched back. They had one son.
At the north-west corner of the row was a public house
called the “Quay Mill”, afterwards the “Hunter-Cutter”,
and then the “Pleasure Boat”. In an old house in
George Street, divided in Palmer’s time, had lived
James Sancroft, surgeon, who died in 1840 aged 80.
The house was taken down in
1870. There is an engraving of it
by Winter.*1
Arthur Simmons had his shoulder injured by a hammer
at work re-laying the road for the council. Despite
Simmons family
In 1920, Johnson described: “In
some of the old directories this
row was called Key Mill Row. A
large mill and granaries belonging
to Richard Pettit, stood at the
west end up to 1800. Upon the
site a fine house facing the river
was built and named by Edmund
Preston- “Millmount”. There were
almshouses in this row until 1842.
The Cherry Tree Gardens - a noted
place of public amusement- were
on the north side of the row. Iron
letters and figures were seen on the
house, “T and F 1638”. The “6” had been repositioned
at some time, probably when the front was cemented.
In 1927, Mr. Bottell resided here at 87. There were
some fine panels remaining in the property”. (more
about Millmount under North Quay)
two years treatment he was never able to work again.
Henry was working as a news delivery boy before the
age of ten to help the family finances. He worked long
hours and despite starting early in the morning it was
difficult in poor weather to finish in time for school.
As a result he received a caning daily (Ted Amis was
the master, at the hospital school). Newspapers were
collected from Middleton’s on the quay, and taken up
to the shop in Northgate Street prior to distribution.
At 14 he left school, and at 17 his signed up with the
Navy at the Norwich recruiting office, unknown to
his mother. On one of the ships, the officer in charge
was Nicholson, an old trawler skipper who had once
dated Henry’s mother. Nicholson was frequently
drunk, blaming Henry for an accident with the vessel
There was no mention in the Row Survey concerning
this row.
Arthur James Simmons moved here to no. 6 from 34
George street in 1933, when he left the army, and went
to work for the corporation. The house was entered
through a yard. Inside The front door there was a small
step down. There were two tables and a black stove
in this main room. The stairs were extremely narrow
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that was not his fault, Henry received two days
in solitary. The young lad soon had his revenge
however, setting a trap with a ball and chain that
Nicholson always used to jump on when drunk.
It was deliberately left loose, and Nicholson
broke his nose!
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
In the row, Henry Farman at no. 8, had a son,
Frankie who played the piano, as did his brother
who died of consumption. The three boys were
Donald, Peter and Frankie. The father worked for
the corporation. Henry Simmons ran errands to
the shops for Mrs. Parker (of no.10) at a tanner a
time. At the top of row 34 was a coal store, and
the young lads would fetch coal for the elderly
residents by the bucket.
Thomas Rosetti at no. 11, kept an ice-cream
stall on the sea-front, opposite to the Empire
Cinema. Rosetti kept a store of fizzy pop on
the beach during the season, buried under the
wooden ramp leading over the sand. This was
a temptation to the youngsters, who sometimes
at night went digging for it.
Row Thirty-four and a half, looking out
onto North Quay, 18th February 2007
Frederick King at no. 39, had the house opposite to
Simmons at no. 6, a rough lot these were, who drank
excessively. The King boys were aggressive at times.
One night a Scotsman fell asleep in the outside toilet,
having wandered in from the row, and was though
to be dead, but was merely dead
drunk! Mrs. Shuckford at no.37
was a large lady, her son was
Sidney.
Cherry Tree Cottages, 19th Feb. 2007
Prostitution.
This area being
off Howard Street, several of
the womenfolk in the row took
gentlemen callers. Most of the
pubs around here had their girls
hanging around - such as the Great
Eastern, the Blue House, Yare
Hotel, the Star, Gallon Can, to
name a few. The men took the girls
back to the Selbourne house. Illicit
trade in such as stolen watches was
also common-place.
The Occupants, Row Thirty
Four, 1886
(From George Street to North
Quay)
Laws, Mrs.
Bunnewell, Mrs
.Brown, Mrs.
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Prettyman, W.
The Occupants, Row Thirty Four, 1913
(From 87 George Street to North Quay)
Rivett, Mrs.
Waters, J.
Cherry tree cottages, built 1897
North side:
Hood, H.
2. Burrage, Bertie
Sampson, Mrs.
3. Farley, John
Taylor, Mrs.
4. Popay, Charles
Farrow, Mrs.
4a., Brown, Mrs.
Sharpin, Mrs.
5. Prettyman, Mrs.
Brindlay, Mrs.
6. Vasey, Robert
Gooding, W.
7. Sampson, Mrs.
Harding, Mrs.
....Kirkman’s Passage...
Goodsen, G.
8. Bayfield, Ernest
Crane, J.
9. Gallant, John
Withers, R.,
carpenter
10. Blake, William
10a. Turner, William
Baker, W.,
shipwright
10b. Ingram, Mrs.
Harwood, W,
carpenter
12. Thrower, James
13. Fryer, Herbert
Gray, R, bricklayer
14. Winter, Samuel
Clarke, E., maltster
15. Grimmer, John
Turrell, W.
16. Martins, Robert
Deuce, Mrs.
17. Plane, Henry
Manship, Mrs.
18. Parker, Alfred
Dence, Mrs.
19. Graves, William
MacDonald, Mrs.
20. Kettle, Frederick
Rogers, Mrs., laundress
South side:
Watson, Mrs.
21. Wenn, George
Hurrell, Mrs.
22. Wilson, Victor
Sharpen, Mrs.
23. Watts, George Henry
Frost, Mrs.
24. Gillings, James
Bultitude, M.
25. Baker, William Christmas
Long, Mrs.
26. Julier, Mrs.
27. Howell, Mrs.
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28. Goreham, Mrs., shopkeeper
15. Reynolds, George
29. Blyth, George
16. Martins, Robert
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
30. Smith, Samuel
17. Plane, Henry
32. Moore, Mrs.
18. Jackson, George Henry
33. Farman, Henry
19. Martins, Joseph Robert
34. Gooding, George
South side:
35. Bayfield, Harry
21. Garwood, William Edward
36. Beech, Arthur
22. Artis, Mrs.
37. Baker, John James
23. Plane, Arthur
38. Bacon, Ernest
24. Gillings, James
39. Benns, Arthur James
25. Stollery, Stephen
40. Rivett, Ernest
26. Julier, Mrs.
41. Westgate, Mrs.
27. Howell, Mrs.
42. Clark, John
28. Goreham, Mrs.
43. Besford, John
29. Leman, Mrs.
The Occupants, Row Thirty Four, 1927
(From 87 George Street to North Quay)
North side:
2. Vince, Mrs.F.
3. Wells, George
4. Popay, Charles
4a. Smith, Mrs.
6. Vasey, Robert
7. Galey, William
Kirkman’s Passage...8. Farman, Henry
9. Gallant, Mrs.
10. Parker, Mrs.
10a. Colson, Mrs.
10b. Steward, William
11. Rosetti, Thomas
The old pammented floor
remains, Bailiff Rowe’s house,
12. Thrower, James
13. Hall, John
Row 35, 29th December 2004.
14. Winter, Samuel
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30. Hurrell, Percy
31. Weston, Albert
32. Smith, Richard
33. Mays, Mrs. Emma
34. Goodings, George
35. Turner, Charles William
36. Beech, Arthur
37. Postal, William (Postle?)
38. Elf, William
39. King, Frederick
40.Underwood, Thomas
41. Dix, Edward
42. Clark, John
43. Nash, Mrs.
The Occupants, Row Thirty
Four, 1936
(From 87 George Street to 46 North
Quay)
North side:
2. Spanton, James
3. Wells, George
4. Majoram, George (Marjoram?)
4a. Smith, James Edward
6. Simmons, Arthur James
7. Galey, William
....Kirkman’s Passage...
8. Farman, Henry
9. Gallant, Mrs.
10. Parker, Mrs.
10a. Evans, Mrs.
10b. Steward, William
11. Rosetti, Thomas
12. Thrower, James
13. Hall, John
14. Winter, Samuel
15. Reynolds, George
16. Martins, Robert
17. Plane, Henry
18. Jackson, George Henry
19. Martins, Joseph Robert
20. Ditcham, Mrs.
South side:
21. Garwood, William Edward
22. Savory, Ernest Christopher
23. Plane, Arthur
24. Cannell, George
25. Stollery, Steven
26. Armes, Alec
27. Howell, Mrs.
Row wall north-west corner (North Quay).
28. Bullent, Harry
29. Durrant, Thomas
30. Hales, Mrs.E.
31. Farman, Mrs.E.
32 Boast, George Robert
33. Goodings, Harold
34. Goodings, George
35. Clarke, Charles
36. Beech, Arthur
37. Shuckford, Cyril
38. Kingham, Richard
39. King, Frederick
40. Howell, Alfred
41. Dix, Edward
42. Pull, Mrs.E.
43. Nash, Mrs.
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ROW THIRTY FIVE -
GLOBE ROW. (Palmer)
Bailiff Rowe’s Row, 1622, 1637,1669
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
Globe Row
Harman the Hosier’s Row
Freemason’s Arms Row, 1829
(names from Johnson’s notebooks)
This row was so named from a disreputable public
house at the south-west corner (prior to 1870).
The row ran from Charlotte Street to Market
Place. There was at that time a very old house
at the south-east corner, facing the Market Place
which had a “modern” front, but one of the old
apartments behind the shop was most original, with
its wainscotting and a richly carved chimney piece.
On the frieze was the date 1640, and the letters
“J.R.S.”, the initials of John Rowe and his wife. In
the latter part of the 18th. century, this house was
occupied by Daniel Boulter. He was a member of
the society of friends, and kept a shop in which
he sold “Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Sheffield,
and Pontipool goods” in the silversmith, jewellery,
cutlery, and toy line, with stationary, haberdashery,
gloves, perfumery and patent medicines. He
also dealt in natural curiosities, antiquities,
medals, coins and curious books, and many
other articles. During a long and useful life
he made a collection of “natural and artificial
curiosities”, together with some paintings,
prints, drawings and books. This he called
the “Museum Boulteraneum”, and published
a catalogue of it. Boulter died in 1802, and
was interred in the Friends Burial Ground.
His collections were sold off. There was an
engraved portrait of him.
Go to Palmer’s Perlustration (use bookmark
in pdf)
The above-mentioned house was early
in the 19th. century occupied by James
Harman, hosier, and on his death it passed
to Robert Breeze, ironmonger, who died in
1864 aged 77. Later it was Leach Hardware.
The Manclarke Family had a property in this
row. (The Rev.John Manclarke lived in the
old vicarage)
Globe Row, about 1870
In the Globe Row there lived a woman who
was prosecuted in 1866 for neglecting her
infant.*1 - Well before the advent of Social
Workers!
“A magnificent carved mantlepiece with eight pilasters
and Rowe’s initials- “J R S”, with the date 1640 is
one of the treasures preserved at Rowe’s residence at
the S.E. corner of this row. Leach and son occupy the
The panelling in Bailif Rowe’s house, but
no sign of the famous fireplace.
29th December 2004.
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Maps, Row 35
premises, and underground (in the cellar) there still may
be found a nicely carved chimney piece from floor to
ceiling, nicely dentalled and enhanced by the panelled
apartment, now used as a glass-cutting room. Bailiff
Rowe was mentioned in one of Charles II’s charters
to the town. This house was Boulter’s antique museum
in the 18th. Century” Leach familybusiness
from Stalham on the day of her marriage, and never
returned there during her entire life, although it had
been her wish to do so. Her maiden name was Mary
Tyson, but she was affectionately known as “Polly”.
One son, Tom, was drowned from a fishing boat at the
age of 18. Other children of the family were Charles,
Mabel, John, Kitty, Alice, and William. William was in
the Airforce, and detained in Singapore, presumably
in Changi Jail. He died shortly after this as a result of
the abuse. Thomas Parker was an Irishman, who came
from poor stock in the south, and kept longboats on
the beach that were used to row visitors out to Scroby
sands. Parker told vivid and lurid tales of shipwrecks
and a bell tolling underwater! He made a goodly sum
from this work, but was fond of drink, and would
make straight for the nearest alehouse on his return.
As a result he severely abused his wife, and used
to kick her viciously, and was often only restrained by
his children and grandchildren. He wore a white linen
This Row was not mentioned in the Row Survey of
1936.
In 1952, Everson and Mancini were carrying on a
business as ice cream manufacturers, at no.2 on the
north side, and Mrs.Jones was residing at no.11 on the
south side, and they were still here in 1955.
Thomas Parker lived at no. 4 on the north side of
row 35 from 1913 and earlier, through 1936. Number
4 was the middle house with a courtyard at the front.
The Parkers had ten children here. Mrs. Parker came
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The Occupants, Row Thirty-five, 1886
(from Market Place to Howard Street
North)
North side:
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
Hoy, Miss S.
Skoyles, S., hearse proprietor (hearse with four
horses and plumes)
Neave, W., plate worker
Smith, Mrs.
Cooper, Mrs.
Legget, C., oyster dealer
Gibbs, Miss.
Thompson, potato stores
(presumably the market chip trader?)
Jeckells, Mrs.
Hacons warehouses
Drawing of Globe row entrance in Howard
Street by CJW Winter, about 1850
The Occupants, Row Thirty-five,
1913
suit every day to work, which had to be immaculate.
Polly had her ten children to cook for every day, whilst
Tom Parker spent all the money on the drink to pour
down his throat. Polly took lodgers in to make ends
meet, and somehow lived to the age of 83.
(from 19 Market Place to Howard Street
North)
1. Callow, John William
Parker himself was not a religious man, but on his
deathbed he called for the last rites, and the Irish priest
came along from St.Mary’s Church to see him. They got
drunk together, so presumably Parker died happy, and
the priest somehow got himself home again, although
he was so drunk that he could not be held up.
2. Hall, Lewis
4. Parker, Thomas
south side:
5. Blanden, Miss A.
The Parkers had a collection of wooden legs in a
cupboard left as gifts by the lodgers over the years. In
the winter the whole family retreated upstairs to live,
because of the water coming in down below. There
was an outside wash house at the front, but Parker
reserved this for his own use. He often went in there
when he was drunk. At other times Parker would sit
drinking cold tea with a tea-cosy on his head.
10. Seeley, Alfred
11. Beckett, Arthur William
14. Ellis, Mrs
The Occupants, Row Thirty-five,
1927
When Mabel Parker married, she moved into her
husband’s parents home on Row 90. The Symonds
also had ten children, yet somehow there was room
for them, although this house had only two bedrooms.
(see row 90)
(from 19 Market Place to Howard Street
North)
north side:
1. Caller, John William
2. Mutton, Arthur James
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4. Parker, Thomas
The Occupants, Row Thirty-five, 1936
(from 19 Market Place to Howard Street North)
north side:
south side:
10. Ceiley, Alfred Robert
11. Pillar, Henry
14. Ellis, Mrs
1. Brady, William
2. Everson, William Ambrose
Below: Hovell’s Mill,
a sketch by Stephen Batchelder,
25.6.04, from David Freeman’s autograph book
2a. King, Frederick John
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4. Parker, Thomas
south side:
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Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
10. Ceiley, Alfred Robert
11. Pillar, Henry; Hunn,E.
13. Mallett, J.
14. Bussey, Mrs.
Crosswell. H.
16. Gotes, J., cooper; Balls, Mrs.
Morley, R.
20. Barnaby, Henry William
21. Wilson, Mrs.
22. Daviss, William
Chimneys in Row 35.
Eccles Church tower,
on the beach before
being washed away by
the sea, as painted by
Stephen Batchelder.
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Stephen Batchelder, the Broadland Artist
Stephen Batchelder’s death was reported in the great
Yarmouth Mercury on June 25th 1932. He died on
June 19th, aged 83 years, and was then living at no.
7 Garrison Road. One of the most famous broadland
artists, he was born at Bolton in Lancashire on 17th
January 1849. His father was a Norwich man, whom
travelled around with a show of “Panoramas and
dissolving views”. When Batchelder was about ten
years old, the family settled in Preston, where for
a while the young boy Stephen had some regular
schooling. During that time he learned elementary
drawing and was awarded certificates for it. Upon
leaving school he started out as a photographer. The
family had by then returned to Norwich, and soon
Stephen left for Yarmouth, where he studied at the
school of art. He started his new career as an artist in
1882. He was assisted by a Mr Dimmock in Norwich,
who arranged exhibitions and introductions for him.
His best early pictures include “Barton Staithe from
Barton Dyke” and “River Bure from the entrance to
Hoveton Great Broad”.
In 1985 a water colour of Eccles Church was exhibited.
No doubt he made many similar paintings, but one of
Eccles church is in possession of Percy Trett (1995).
Another of Eccles, showed the church steeple in a
swirling sea, and was titled “The Lonely Sentinel”. In
July 1897 he painted “Jubilee Night from Mousehold
Heath”, a striking, large picture in oil, showing the city
of Norwich on the night of Victoria’s Jubilee.
raw sienna or indian yellow, shaded parts indigo and
Vandyke brown. Reeds - raw sienna shaded with grey
made of crimson alizarine and cobalt. Dark touches
- burnt sienna and Vandyke brown. All the deeper and
transparent colours can be used in the foreground.
Treetrunks must not be black, but grey, with warm
touches for shadows.
Warm highlights mean cold shadows; cold highlights
- warm shadows. For the colours of shadows study
complimentary colouring. Without that you will not
get on, and above all, remember that a picture has
soul as well as a body”
Phillip Rumbelow himself was, or became, a very
competent water colourist.
(From Reports in the EDP June 21st 1932, Yarmouth
Mercury, 25th June 1932. P.E.R’s Diary, Vol 7,
pp.161,164,165.)
Arthur Patterson wrote about him living in the houseboat
“Smudge”. Batchelder often entertained friends on
the boat for perhaps a week at a time. Familiar with
Broadland, Batchelder’s favourite pitch was on the
Bure among the moorhens beside alder covered
banks. Sometimes a half-circular awning was rigged
up on iron rods, with cord looped under it, below
the gunnel. A tight fit, it kept the rain out of the
living quarters.
Stephen Batchelder, painting, and portrait,
below.
Batchelder left two sons, S. J., and W. J., also two
daughters, Mrs. T. J. Hilditch, and Mrs. F. James.
At the funeral, Arthur Patterson dropped a bunch
of Norfolk reeds into the grave.
In a letter to Phillip Rumbelow, he had described
his palate and his painting method:
“As a good set of colours-
Madder brown, Crimson alizarine, Light or Venetian
red, Burned sienna, Yellow ochre, Raw sienna,
Gamboge, Indian yellow, Vandyke brown, sepia,
Cobalt blue, French ultramarine, Indigo.
Middle distance greens may be cobalt and sienna,
shaded with cobalt and light red, so as to keep
them grey.
Foreground- stronger colours, greens, indigo, and
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garden in front, resided for many years Cornelius
Girling Harley, who died in 1843, aged 75.
Mr.Harley, son of Robert Harley of Yarmouth, was
by nature endowed with a vigorous mind, and was
well read in many subjects, especially Chemistry,
Geography and History. This was particularly
remarkable as he had from an early age been afflicted
with a sight defect, and an operation had been
performed, which had not improved matters. Indeed,
this had caused the loss of one eye, and severe
impairment of the other. He was in fact just able
to see enough to be able to get about outdoors. In
addition to this misfortune his frame was weak, and
he was unfit for any of the common employments of
the time. His impairment of sight was, however,
no barrier to acquiring knowledge, for his
friends were delighted to read to him, and they
in return had the benefit of his pleasant and sage
remarks. His memory was remarkably retentive,
and his judgement clear and sound. Many young
people, sons and daughters of his intimate
friends also were accustomed to reading to
him. He was good hearted, and in turn assisted
them in their studies by reason of his extensive
general knowledge. With the assistance of his
friends he kept up a literary correspondence,
and was held in high esteem by many eminent
men. He was a strenuous advocate of civil
and religious liberty, and for the advances of
science. It may well be said that in 1991 these
aims have been realised, although it seems at
the expense of an abandonment of the old art of
correspondence, and a great lack of following
of the Church. Although perhaps about a third
of the population today attend Church on an
irregular basis, it may be said that really it
has remarkably little influence at all upon the
general population. Actually, Cornelius Harley was
not quite totally blind, and could see just enough
in the one eye to be able to guide his steps. Tall
and very thin, with rounded shoulders, head bent,
and immaculately dressed, with a black coat and
white cravat, drab breeches, and white socks on his
skinny legs, he could be seen daily wending his way
to the public library, using his stick, or perhaps
to the houses of his intimate friends. His head was
completely bald except for a tiny fringe of hair
at the back from ear to ear. Mr. Harley resided
for many years in this row, his household being
managed by a most faithful and attached servant,
usually known as “Old Betty”. After many years
the house at the end of the row, was converted
into a beer house. The people who frequented it
would laugh at the lank figure of Harley, picking
his way so carefully to and from his home. Their
rude jesting upset him greatly, and all the annoyance
at last compelled him to move to a house on
Church Plain adjoining the Guild Hall. He died
there suddenly, and painlessly, and was buried in
the chancel of the Parish Church, where there was
(Palmer gave no name)
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
A. H. Patterson the Naturalist’s Row
(name suggested by Johnson)
Neil, the shoemaker’s Row, 1828
Mouse, the Pawnbroker’s Row, 1830
Row thirty-six ran from George Street to
Howard Street or Charlotte Street. At a house on
the north side of this row, with a small enclosed
The line of the row in Herries Close
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Arthur Patterson,
right side of left-hand picture, and on
the right, in his house-boat (see next page).
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a flat stone inscribed to his memory. For nearly
half a century he had kept a daily weather journal.
This would now be most interesting, especially as
it seems that the climate is getting ever drier due
to the build up of the so-called greenhouse gases,
mainly carbon dioxide, in the global atmosphere.
It remains to be seen just how much of a tragedy
this will be. In theory, if carried to sufficient
extreme it may reduce the polar icecap, and thereby
could consign Great Yarmouth to the Status of
Dunwich. Personally I think that climate change is
inevitable, and continuous irrespective of mankinds
efforts. At this time the motor car is surely the most
destructive force in existence. The greatest cause
of premature death in this country, if not the whole
of the civilised world, is the motor car. (In the
“undeveloped” countries it is measles that is the
greatest cause of premature death.)
The front yards have iron railings in a dwarf
wall, an example which could be adopted and
applied in many rows. For these reasons the houses
opposite are much more open and with better light”.
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
In 1952 Albert Artis lived at no. 21 (south side),
and at no. 22 was William Alfred Mewse, who was
still residing here in 1955.
Arthur Patterson
was born on
October 19th. 1857, at no. 8 in this row.
He was in fact registered as Henry Arthur,
but soon became known as Arthur Henry.
Arthur’s great-grandfather had been a
Scottish Highlander, a soldier who had
fought under General Wolfe at Quebec in
1758, and who had moved to Kings Lynn
and later to Norwich, and who worked
there laying pavements. His son was a
shoemaker in Lower Westwick Street
and Castle Meadow, and was a staunch
methodist. Arthur’s father William had
been born in Magdalen Street, Norwich,
in 1818. He moved to Yarmouth with his
wife Mary Ann in 1845. His mother died
of tuberculosis in 1860, having had eight
children, of whom Arthur was the only
one that would survive to pass the age
of 21. Arthur was only three when his
mother died. Arthur was brought up as a
In his will, Harley had left £100 to the Yarmouth
Hospital, and made provision for his faithful
servant. There is an engraved drawing of him by J.P.
Davis. The family of Harley had previously been
millers, and in 1770 the corporation had granted
a lease for 60 years to William Harley to build a
flour mill upon the Denes. This was long known
as “Harley’s Mill”. Harley’s mill was at map ref.
TG52880815, on the site of the beach railway
station, now the coach station car park. It was
burned down in 1852 (paper by G.Rye, Norfolk
Archaeology). The only part of any of the Dene
mills that still exists, is below the roadway and
house at Gordon Terrace, where in 1994 the cellar of
the south mill, “Hovell’s Mill”, can still be found.
In 1850, the mill itself, then known as Greengrasses
Mill, was moved to Hamilton Road, but the cellar
remained below ground at Gordon Terrace, later
built upon with the afore-named terrace. (map ref.
TG52880742) Greengrass’s mill was transported
through the town to its new site on rollers. It was
demolished in 1907, sold by auction on 9th. October
1907, with all its equipment, and a nine year old
pony.
Johnson’s notes state that: Arthur H. Patterson, the
East Coast Naturalist, author and cartoonist, author
of 22 books, and numerous pamphlets etc. was born
in this row. John Mouse established a pawnbroker’s
business opposite the west entrance upon the site
of the White Friar’s convent. Here also, the Roman
Catholics commenced in Yarmouth. Twenty years
ago (from 1927) the residents petitioned for a post
to prevent barrows causing a nuisance.
photo about 1910
Arthur Patterson
Phillip Rumbelow
Ben Dye
In the Row Survey of 1936 “Mostly of well kept
small houses but few have enough light. No. 17 is
opposite a clearing, better lit. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and
6 on the north side are set back. These houses date
from 1860, and are an example of replanning with
more air space. The houses have good entrances,
with doorways in a style 40 years earlier (1800).
Methodist, and every Sunday was spent at
the Methodist Sunday School and Temple
on Church Plain. He also went to the day
school there. At the age of 15, he was
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appointed Pupil Teacher, under Mr.Wallis,
at the day school. After that school was
closed, he taught at the Trafalgar Road
Board School. He had been introduced to
Breydon and the Breydoners at the age of
13 by John Bessey, landlord of the Bowling
Green Tavern, where he was delivering
newspapers. On February 5th. 1880, Arthur
married Alice Elizabeth Paston, daughter
of a sawyer and lay Methodist preacher,
whom he had met as a youngster at the
Methodist School. They initially lived in
Market Road. Arthur had several jobs, and
started some writing for additional income.
He started his own small zoo, displayed
on the beach and in the Market Place, and
in 1885 he was offered a job as keeper at
Preston Zoo. He became very ill there
however, following many adventures,
in the course of travelling to Chile, and
then through Europe with the “Boxing
Kangaroo”. He returned to Yarmouth
to become a warehouseman, and from
this time onwards, tended to go out onto
Breydon in the very early hours, spending
his evenings at home writing notes. He
had already published several books and
articles, and he established a following
of such locals as Ben Dye and Phillip
Rumbelow, who became such an interested
observer of the local scene and its natural
history. Rumbelow was then a very young
man, and must have
learned a great deal from
Patterson. Ben Dye the
Baker, had his own shop
at 10, Row 60, and his
maternal grandfather was
William Graves, the pipe
maker in the Conge.
articles were brought to life by his talented
drawing and vivid cartoons. It had been
in November 1892 that he obtained
employment as school attendance officer,
at which he was most successful, and
which provided him a reasonable income
until he retired, and which, no doubt gave
him greater opportunities for his nature
rambles. In May 1935, long overdue
without doubt, he was elected an associate
of the Linnaean Society. He died on
Sunday 27th. October 1935 at Northgat
e Hospital. (This brief biography derived
from Beryl Tooley: “John Knowlittle”)
The Occupants, Row Thirty Six, 1886
(From Howard Street North to George Street)
1. Bly, Mrs.
2. Morley, J.
3.Ingram, W., tailor
4. Flowers, R., warehouseman
5. Folkes, S.
6. Ingram, Mrs.
Patterson assumed
the pseudonym “John
Knowlittle” at the
age of 39, and wrote
regularly for the
“Yarmouth Mercury”,
“Evening News”, and
“Eastern Daily Press”,
also articles for such
as the “Zoologist”. His
Filby Broad, 22nd November, 2005.
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7. Cook, Mrs.
8. Moore, W.
9. Jillings, W., baker
10. Marston, Mrs.
11. Rumbold, J., mariner
12. Sturgeon, E., fisherman
Darby, J.
Hunn, E.
13. Mallett, J.
14. Bussey, Mrs.
15. Crosswell, H.
16. Gotes, J., cooper
Balls, Mrs.
Morley, R.
The Occupants, Row Thirty Six,
1913
(From 48 Howard Street North to George
Street)
North side:
1. Grave, Thomas William (later spelt
Graves, which is more likely correct)
2. Morley, Mrs.E
3. Daniel, George
4. Chandler, Alfred
5. Hacon, Charles Henry
6. Brown, George
7. Carter, Robert
8. Johnson, Mrs.
9. Chase, Mrs.
10. Allard, Mrs.
11. Leman, Frederick
South side:
13. Martin, Michael
14. Miller, James
15. Garwood, William
16. Denny, Herbert
17. Yarham, Frederick
18. Stanton, Edward
19. Harbord, John
20. Allen, Mrs.
21. Hunn, Edward
Jephtha
22. Revett, Ernest,
insurance agent
Filby
Broad
2003.
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
The Occupants,
Row Thirty Six,
1927
(From 48 Howard
Street North to George
Street)
North side:
1. Grave, Thomas
William (later spelt
Graves)
2. Carter, Thomas
Harry
3. Myhill, Mrs.
4. Platten, Robert
Stokesby ferry (not the cruiser), 2003.
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Patterson on the Broads.
5. Hacon, Charles Henry
6. Stevens, Benjamin
7. Wiseman, Albert
8. Jenkins, William
9. Brady, William
10. Harbord, Frank
11. Childs, Arthur
South side:
13. Matthews, Harry E.
14. Miller, James
15. Jones, Robert W.
16. Fulcher, Mrs.
17. Yarham, Frederick
19. Bailey, Mrs.
20. Allen, Mrs.
21. Sinclair, William
22. Griffin, George
The Occupants,
Row Thirty Six,
1936
(From 48 Howard Street
North to George Street)
North side:
1. Graves, Thomas
William
2. Carter, Thomas Harry
3. Myhill, Mrs.
4. Bailey, Harry
5. Hacon, Charles Henry
6. Stevens, Mrs.
6. Boulton, Alfred G.,
decorator
7. Wiseman, Albert
8. Jenkins, William
9. Alger, Lester
10. Harbord, Frank
11. Campling, William Fraser
South side:
13. Gardiner, Harry
14. Griffin Arthur
15. Bean, William Gordon
16. Fulcher, Mrs.
17. Yarham, Mrs.
19. Bailey, Mrs.
Top right, Ben Dye
, Arthur Patterson’s friend, was
at first a baker, but lost his sight, probably due to
retinitis pigmentosa, a congenital disease commonly
inherited in Yarmouth. He became a taxidermist which
he could stilll manage, although blind. Left is Ben’s
grandson, Jack, also seen as a youngster, centre.
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21. Sinclair, William
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ROW THIRTY SEVEN
GLASSHOUSE ROW
(Palmer)
Glasshouse Row (Johnson)
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
Absolon’s Row, 1790
From North Quay to George Street, this row was so
named from the glass manufactury in the row. An
advertisement in the “Norwich Mercury” in 1758 gave
notice that “The glasshouse in Yarmouth has been at
work for some time, where persons may be furnished
with the best goods of all sorts, which can be obtained
at reasonable prices.” Lord Nelson accepted two pieces
of glass of Yarmouth manufacture on his visit in 1805.
Yarmouth glass was made at a factory in this row some
200 years ago. Many fine specimens could be seen
at the Tolhouse Museum between the wars, but were
destroyed when the Tolhouse was bombed. W.Absolon
presented two glasses of his make to Lord Nelson
when the latter visited the town. A.H.Patterson, alias
John Knowlittle, (see Row 36) attended a school in this
row. (Notes from H. B. J.)
In the 1936 row survey, this was described as: “A
much improved row, the houses set back, but on the
north side is a poor place and alley which should be
demolished. The lower end of this row towards the
Quay could be opened out by reducing the yard walls.
South of Row 37 is a half row of very dilapidated
property, thoroughly unfit for habitation. All should
be cleared away”. As Palmer said, “at the north-
east corner of row 37 there was a large house, the north
part of which was in 1825 fitted up as a chapel for Roman
Catholics. The rest of the house being occupied by the
resident priest, who was at that time the Rev. Joseph
Tait. At the extreme end of the shop could be seen two
carved Corinthian pilasters of wood, which were on each
side of the recess that contained the alter. These were said
to have been brought from some other chapel, and were
good specimens of woodcarving. Mass was celebrated
for the first time in the town since the reformation in
this house. Behind that house there was a large garden
extending about 2/3rds of the way down the row, and
at the extreme west end there was summer house. The
chapel was dismantled and the premises sold after the
erection of St.Mary’s church on Regent Road in 1850.
The above house was depicted on Corbridge’s map, as
it appeared at the commencement of the 18th.century. It
was then in the occupation of Samuel Artis, (see Row 96)
who died in 1748, aged 67.
Repairs to no 51 North Quay in Row 37, 1993.
At the north-west corner was an old house now divided
into two occupations, no.51, which was the property and
residence of Christopher Eaton, merchant and maltster,
who died in 1799, aged 76.” (This is 51 North Quay)
This house of Eaton’s suffered much neglect over the
five years to 1991, and I first photographed it in 1987.
At this time only one of the rear tiles had slipped out
of place, and a pane of glass had fallen from the front
right side dormer window at least ensuring adequate
One of Absolon’s very fine presentation
glasses.
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Photographed in 1987.
19th February 2007.
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R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
ventilation in times to come. From an examination
of the maps, especially comparing 1855 with 1906,
it can be seen that the original front, perhaps with
the patterned brickwork seen at the rear still, was
still in place, as the front was at that time a foot or
so further back. By 1906 this had been completely
removed, and a new front built on further forward
in line with the rest of the street. A full description
of this house can be read under the heading- “North
Quay”. The alley was clearly “GlassHouse Passage”,
where the glasshouse once was. The half row of very
dilapidated property was “Red Lion Alley”. Red Lion
Alley is the opening with the arched top through no
54 North Quay. The ancient wall on the
right, in Red Lion Alley was the back
wall of the stable of 55 North Quay, and
I think was the last vestige of the White
Friar’s Monastery, see under 55 North
Quay.
Dr. David Stuart, who had made a
particular study of Yarmouth glassware
and the glass industry, felt that there
was only a warehouse in the row, and
no furnace, due to the fire hazard,
but although it certainly seems true
that Absolon used glass from London
and Bristol, I see no reason why there
should not have been a glass furnace
here at an early date. After all, there
were such hazards as iron foundries in
the rows elsewhere. Thanks to Dr David
Stuart for allowing me to photograph
his glass collection.
Some examples of Absolon’s
glassware, in the collection
of the late Dr David Stuart,
photographed 1994.
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Top left page, and below “Bladder Senna”. Bottom left, souvenier of St. Nicholas Church. Bottom right, glass
numbered 25, bottom of the glass depicted on the next page.
Various types of dishes and glasses
were produced, all for display, and
certainly now very expensive, rare and
collectable.
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Marriage certificate, Isaac Jacobs and Edith Savory, 7th December 1913.
R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
Photo found by me in a pile of rubbish in
51 North Quay
(NW corner, Row 37, 1988
The Occupants, Row Thirty Seven, 1886
(From George Street to North Quay)
Phillips, J., painter
Rowland, J., yachtsman
Gibbs, C., shop assistant
Pottle, A., fisherman
Stewart, W.
King, J., labourer
Inchly, Mrs.
Tuttle, Mrs.
Neave, R., railway porter
Aldred, Miss
Stanton, G.H.
Greenwood, J., smacksman
Miller, J., labourer
Russell, G.
Smith, B.
Balls, J., smacksman
Wright, W., maltster
Watson, Mrs.
Myhill, G., labourer
The Occupants, Row Thirty Seven, 1913
(From 85 George Street to North Quay)
South side:
5. Savory, Mrs.
6. Fuller, Mrs.
7. Munford, James
9. Saunders, Edward
10. Tite, Robert
11. Howes, Harry
North side:
18. McDonald, Frederick
19. Taylor, Mrs.
Glasshouse Passage.....
21. Smowton, Samuel
22. Hatch, Robert
23. Balls, Walter
24. Curtis, John
25. Mobbs, Mrs.
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Small blue presentation glass, hand
painted.
The Occupants, Row Thirty Seven, 1927
(From 85 George Street to North Quay)
South side:
5. Spinks, Herbert
6. Cutler, Miss M.
7. Munford, James
8. Sadler, James George
9. Scott, Arthur
10. Whiley, Arthur
11. Wilson, Thomas
North side:
18. Simmons, Charles
19. Taylor, Mrs.
20. Harding, William
...Glasshouse Passage....
21. Bacon, Ernest
22. Shipton, Frederick
23. Platford, Robert
24. Brown, Albert Edward
25. Mobbs, Charles
The Occupants, Row Thirty Seven, 1936
(From 85 George Street to 51 North Quay)
South side:
5. Watson, James
6. Batterbee, Alfred
7. Munford, Mrs.
8. Sadler, James George
9. Scott, Reginald
10. Whiley, Arthur
11. Green, Edward
North side:
18. Yaxley, Frederick
19. Stolworthy, Mrs.
20. Harding, William
....Glasshouse passage.....
21. Taylor, Robert
22. Shipton, Frederick
23. Platford, Robert
24. Scott, Ernest
25. Mobbs, Charles
Absolon’s fine glassware and porcelain
was
individually crafted and numbered.
West End, Row 37, 1987.
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R o w s
Twenty-
eight to
thirty-
eight
N o r t h
Quay
95 (1926)
90 (1913)
94
93
Watlings
malt-house
43
92
91
44
45
Row 34
46
47
48
49
50
Row 34
1/2
51
25
23
21
19
Row 37
53
14
15
16
17
1819
2021
22
(1991 numbers)
54
4
3
2
1
17
15
13
11
8
7
6
5
Red Lion Alley
55
56
57
9
7B
7A
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
8
10
12
St Andrew’s Mortuary
Part of
1906 map
, to show relationships of adjacent rows and properties.
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