ROW ELEVEN - NORTH GARDEN ROW *1
North Garden Row*2
Whitler the Baker's Row *2
Alms houses here were disposed of in 1842. There was a salt water
reservoir in the row. To the north of the row, 114 George Street had a boxed
out old shop front with many small panes of glass. A. H. Patterson, in the book
"Hayloft to the Temple", mentions that the Methodists had a Sunday
School in "The Garden Row".*2
Row Eleven, from St. Andrew's Church to George Street, was called North
Garden Row because it adjoined an extensive garden which had probably belonged
to the Carmelites, but which afterwards came into the possession of the church
wardens on behalf of the Parish Church. On the north side of the row were
several Alms Houses which 1842 were sold by the Guardians of the poor with the
approbation of the Poor Law Board, and there was an old house still standing in
it. *1
This space can be seen as a garden in the old 1758 map, as drawn by
Swinden and, as I have suggested, appears to be the only open space that might
have been taken up by Thomas Meadowe.*4
The only buildings on the north side are very small and must surely
represent the Alms Houses. Subsequently
these were absorbed by Lacons, and the south side became the barrel store. In
1906 many small houses still existed in this row which now had eleven small
dwellings on the south side, and one large one at the north-east end, which
probably was actually a building in George Street. On the north side there were
eight extremely small dwellings, and two larger ones.
Mrs. Westgate, and later her daughter, walked to school here from (see
Row 125) St. Nicholas Road. Her father was Herbert "Joe" Taylor, a
railway engine driver. He drove his engine and fish trucks up and down the
South Quay with a man in front with the red flag. Actually they were still
running engines in this way along the Dover seafront when I was a small boy
there in the 1950's and early 60's, so this was quite a recent practice. Out of
the fishing season Joe drove trains to London. St. Andrew's school closed in
1957 (Mrs Muskett the Lady Mayoress was then a teacher there). In the photo of
class six at St. Andrew's church school, 1926: From the left, back row:
unknown, Bessie Symonds, Jo Palmer, Florence Page, Minnie Roberts, Myra
Stangroom, unknown in shadow, Jean Bland, unknown. Second Row: Florrie Bailey,
Isobel Barnes, Olive Lovett, Joan
Elson, Annie Blake, Peggy Dinsdale, Joyce Randall, Peggy Jacobs. Third
Row: unknown, Joan Brown (with centre parting), Rita Topping, squatting, Olive
Lingwood (screwing her face up), Eva Meadows, Sylvia Whitehead, Doris Tuttle.
Front Row: Muriel Turner, Marjorie Cole, Sylvia Nash, Mary Cole, Joan Tripp,
Pat Spear, unknown, Marjorie Lambert. This was a segregated school, the class
was all girls. Children went to this school
from 5 to 7 years old, then leaving for the Priory School. There were no school lunches in those days.
Hours were 9 to 12 and 2 to 4. Olive
Lingwood was living in Howard Street at that time, over her father's
shop, the grocer's at no. 51 (see Howard St.).
*1 Palmer
*2 Johnson
*3 see Fuller's Hill
The Occupants, Row Eleven, 1886
(from George Street to North Quay)
Bell, Mrs.
Jenkins, H.
Wheen, J.
Smith, S.
Crow, G.
Smith, Mrs.S.
Read, C., maltster
Kirk, C.
Cattling, Mrs.
Carver, J.
Kirk, Mrs. E.
Bailey, J., fisherman
Bean, S., brickmaker
Turrell, J., labourer
Frosdike, R., Wherryman
Brown, S., fisherman
The Occupants, Row Eleven, 1927
(from 109 George Street to North Quay)
North side
1. Smith, William
2. Hicks, James
3. King, Mrs. Annie
6. King, Joseph Edward
7. King, Mrs.
8. Higgleton, Mrs.
9. Rawlings, Mrs.
10. Davies, William
11. Hunter, Charles
12. Carter, Leonard
13. Pillar, Frederick
14. Porter, George Benjamin
15. Gates, Mrs.
South side
16. Bartram, Edward
17. Hale, Mrs.
18. Allard, Reginald Ernest
19. High, Frank Aaron
20. Haylett, Mrs.
21. Waters, Mrs.
22. Waters, Thomas
23. Crane, Henry Cecil
24. Abigail, Mrs. Edith M.
25. Harman, Henry
The Occupants, Row Eleven, 1936
(from 109 George Street to North Quay)
North side
1. Pitchers, Harold Thomas William
2. Yaxley, Thomas, V.
3. Johnson, James
6. Chambers, Mrs.
7. King, George, Edward
8. Pestell, William
9. Tricker, A.L.
10. Davies, William
11. Hunter, Charles
12. Durrant, Daniel
13. Jarvis, Percy Harry
14. Porter, John
South side
15. Bartram, Edward James
16. Roberts, Albert
17. Sims, William
18. Allard, Reginald Ernest
19. High, Mrs.
20. Platten, William James
21. Waters, William22. Waters, Thomas
23. Crane, Henry Cecil
24. Abigail, Harry
25. Esherwood, Frank William