ROW FORTY FOUR ‑ ANGEL ROW
(Palmer)
(Johnson gives no additional names)
Running
from Charlotte street to the Market Place, Row 44 was known as Angel Row,
taking its name from the ancient Inn that then stood at the south‑east
corner. The Angel was one of the oldest
Inns in the town, and stood on the site now occupied by "Woolworth's"
Store. The same site before the war, was home to the Plaza cinema.
The Angel
Inn is depicted on Corbridge's map, with a sign projecting from the front, and
a balcony to the first floor windows,
which were brought further out by Palmer's time. The sign remained until long
into the 19th. century. Upon it was
an Angel holding a scroll.
Public
entertainers performed in the 18th. century at
taverns, and John Ives relates how, in 1736, he went to see the famous
Mr.Laisser at the Angel Inn. Another use to which Inns were put was that of
receiving subscriptions to publications. Thus in 1728, when Corbridge proposed to publish his
"actual survey", subscriptions were
"to be taken at Yarmouth at the Angel by Mr. Moore, and Mr.
Appleyard at the Wrestlers."
King
William IV, when Duke of Clarence, visiting Yarmouth, stayed at
the Angel accompanied by his Duchess (afterwards Queen Adelaide).
They had arrived by sea, but
left by road.
A number of
famous deaths have occurred here: The approach to the stables were at the back
of the Inn, through a passage at the south end of the house. In 1836, the Rev.
Richard Pillans of Larling was driving
his carriage into this passage, when his head caught the beam which supports
the house, and the sudden jerk broke his neck causing instant death.
Palmer
relates how - For many years previous to the election of 1865, the Angel was
used as the headquarters of the Tory party, and from the "leads" of
this house their candidates used to address the crowds in the Market
Place.
At the
other end of this row, at the south‑west corner, facing Charlotte Street,
was a public house called the "City of London Tavern". There in 1865 a foul murder was
committed. Some foreign seamen
belonging to a French Galliot (named
Secundus), delivering wheat at Watling's quay on the west side of the Haven
above the bridge, were drinking there at about 10 O'Clock in the evening, when
the Master required them to go back on board their vessel. One of the seamen
refused, and another tried to persuade
him, whereupon the former, named
Erenshussen, drew a six inch knife, and plunged it to the hilt into the heart of Heusman who fell down dead.
This
"City of London Tavern" was
formerly called the "Green Man and Boot". Foresters were great
frequenters of ale houses‑hence the sign, the Green Man, but,
conjectures Palmer, the Boot might have come from the french word boute‑
a cask ?
In the Angel
Row there was a pub called The "Cross Keys", which in 1752 was
devised by Robert Ward to his son Gabriel. There was also a public house
called "The Nag's Head".
The house
and shop at the north‑east corner had for a long time been occupied by a Chemist
and Druggist. It formerly belonged to Mr. Stacey, and was purchased from
him by Mr. Francis Markland of
Cheltenham, and occupied by his son, Edwin Markland.
All this is
again good evidence I feel, that Charles Palmer had ready access to many
of the deeds of the properties in
the town, no doubt held in the
store rooms of his offices as a Solicitor.
In 1898 another murder took place in row 44,
known as "the Angel Row murder". The murder occurred of Thursa Ann
Bensley, known as Maud Bensley, was perpetrated at a cottage in this row.*3
Johnson
states -"The long stable yard entered under a covered way at South is
typical of the Inns of the past. The beam at the entrance was responsible
for the death of the Rev. R. Pillans, who struck his head in
1836 whilst driving his coach into the yard. King William IV, when Duke of
Clarence, slept at the Angel. This Row
is also associated with the Angel Row murder,
and the City of London Tavern murder, at the S.W. corner in 1865".
This Row
was not mentioned in the 1936 Row Survey.
Nos. 1, 12,
13, 14, were occupied on the north
side in 1955, and nos. 24, 25, and 26 on the south side. Miss E. Houghton
had been here since at least 1926.
*1 Palmer
*2 Johnson
*3 Ecclestone's extracts
The
Occupants, Row Forty Four, 1886
(From Market Place to Howard Street North)
South side:
Dublack,
T., mariner
King, E.,
laundress
Jerman,
Mrs.
Leach, C.,
sugar boiler
Cardful,
Mrs.
Carter,
Mrs.
Royal, Mrs.
Tubby, R.
Palmer, W.
Royal,
Mrs.M
Hunt, Miss
Garrett,
E., Angel Hotel tap
Harbord,
J., labourer
Golder, J.,
bricklayer
Hughes,
Mrs.E.
Stygall,
C., carter
Barnes, W.
Money, F.,
coal carter
The
Occupants, Row Forty Four, 1913
(From
26 Market Place to Howard Street North)
North side
1. Danks,
Mrs.
2. King,
Mrs.
3. Smith,
Mrs.H.
4. Potter,
Mrs.H.
5. Leach,
Charles, manufacturing confectioner
6. Tillyer,
Mark
7. Docwra,
Montague
9. Chaney,
Mrs.
10. Yeates,
Charles
12.
Matthews, William Thomas
13. Lodge,
Edward
14.
Thompson, George
South side
19. Watts,
William
20.
Seabourn, Richard
21.
Bezance, Mrs.
22.
England, Richard
25. Moore,
Miss
26.
Wallbank, Mrs.
The
Occupants, Row Forty Four, 1927
(From
26 Market Place to Howard Street North)
North side:
1. Delaney,
Timothy
2. Wise,
George
3. Buck,
Mrs.
4.
Woolston, John
5. Leach,
Charles, manufacturing confectioner
6. Dyball,
Edward
7. Lea,
Henry
8. Corke,
George
9. Gown,
Charles, Isaac
10. Hunter,
Oscar
12.
Collins, John Edward
13. Wolff,
Mrs.Violet
14. Dyball,
Edward Thomas
South side
18.
Beckett, Albert Victor
19.
Jermany, Edward
20.
Seabourn, Richard
21. Yeates,
Charles
22.
Charles, Mrs.
25. Myall,
Carl Robert
26. Plane,
Ralph
he
Occupants, Row Forty Four, 1936
(From
26 Market Place to Howard Street North)
North side
1. Delaney,
Timothy
2.
Thompson, Thomas
3. Buck,
Mrs.
4.
Woolston, John
5. Leach,
Reuben
7.
Greenacre, William
9. Gown,
Charles, Isaac
10. Hunter,
O., 12.Childs, Mrs.Alice
13.Smith,
Ernest
14. Dyball,
Edward Thomas
South side
18.
Beckett, Albert Victor
19.
Jermany, Edward
20.
Seabourn, Mrs.
21. Yeates,
Charles
22. Childs,
Mrs..
25.
Houghton, Miss E.E.
26. Plane,
Ralph