ROW ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX ‑ THREE HERRING
ROW
MR.JOHN COOPER'S SOUTH ROW
ALMS HOUSE ROW (Palmer)
Bracey's Row, Mayor 1714
John Cooper's Row
Alms House Row
Three Herings row
New Fountain Row (Johnson)
From South Quay to Middlegate Street:
"Andrew Bracey resided at the north‑west
corner. Prior to National Board Schools, Dames schools and Academics were
general in Yarmouth. In the three herrings row, a teacher in nautical subjects,
Richard Sutton, resided and had his class. He was the son of Thomas Sutton, who
died on Nelson Column in 1827. (see Row 85)
The covered portion spanning the row, is eagerly snapped by
photographers, the shrimper's sign‑ "Live And Boiled Shrimps Sold By
The Catcher", is no longer to be seen in the row".[1]
“Called Three Herring Row, from the sign of a
public house at the south‑west corner.
It marked the south boundary of the custom house quay, and was called
Mr.John Cooper's South Row, also Alms House Row, because in it were some houses
belonging to the Hurry family, used for that purpose, which were afterwards the
property of Baron Alderson.
In
the latter part of the 18th.C., the above-mentioned house was the property of
Stephen Godfrey, who devised it with other property of considerable amount to
his niece, Sarah Elizabeth, the wife of Samuel Paget Esq. The front, which
remained for the most-part unchanged, except the ground floor, which was boxed
out, is a fair specimen of the style prevalent in the 17th.century.
At
the north‑west corner of row 136 was a large house with a cut‑flint
front, which early in the 18th.C., was the property of Andrew Bracey, Mayor in
1714, died 1731, aged 79. The house passed to his grand‑daughter
Margaret, married to James Milleson, on her marriage, and he then passed it to
Mrs.Margaret Le Grice, who in 1767 to William Manning. In 1790 Manning sold his
house on the quay to Thomas Custins, after which time the front was encased in
white brick, and the house divided into two occupations. Under Custins' will
the house next to the row was sold in 1805 to John Shelly, grandson of John
Shelly, who lived in Friars Lane. Shelly their son, the purchaser of the house
in due course, was a partner in the firm of Thomas Hurry and Co.
At
the north‑east corner of row 136, fronting Middlegate Street, was a
public house rebuilt in the 19th.century, called "The New Fountain".
This property was purchased in 1769 by William Norton. In the 18th.century, there was on the South
Quay, a public house called the "Three Kings", kept by Robin Sadd,
who, said Dr.Carlisle, writing in 1745, when he landed at Yarmouth on his way
from Scotland, "standing at his own door near to the south end of the
quay, had an inviting aspect and a manner, that I could not resist him. It was
perhaps not second best, but it was cleanly. I stayed two nights with
him".”[2]
The Occupants, Row 136, 1886
( from Middlegate Street South)
Groft, J., slaughterman
King, J.
Jessop, Mrs
Durrant, Mrs
Church, Mrs
Tubby, C., smacksmanWoodhouse, Mrs
Gilbert, J., fisherman
Collins, J, smacksman
Errington, J., pensioner
Gilbert, Mrs.L.
Harris, G.
George, R.E., fisherman
Lawson, J., fisherman
Debenham, Mrs
Starkins, J.
Hill, R.
Martin, W., smacksman
Turner, J., smacksman
Huke, Mrs.
Whittleton, T., fisherman
Purdey, R., boat owner
Collins, R., smacksman
Hibbin, J.M., blacksmith's forge
Hill, R., smacksman
Todd, Mrs.
Chittleburgh, Mrs.
Brown, J., fisherman
Crome, Mrs.L.
Forder, J., fisherman
Rouse, J., carter
Bullen, J., carter
The Occupants, Row 136, 1913
( from Middlegate Street to South Quay)
north side
1. Hambling, Herbert Henry
2. Wilson, John
3. Seaman, James
4. Castle, Arthur Thomas
4a. Reynolds, George
5. Collins, John
5a. Greenwood, William
6. Skoyles, Sidney, William
7. Johnson, Charles, Thomas
8. Berry, John
9. Black, Andrew
10. Temple, Mrs
11. Huke, George Alfred
south side:
13. Taylor, Mrs.
14. Meadows, Ernest
15. George, Robert Edward
16. Nockolds, William Henry
17. Smith, Mrs
18. Blanden, Harry, Charles
19. Turner, Mrs
20. Drury, Joseph
21. Myall, Robert Charles
22. Blyth, Samuel Henry
The Occupants, Row 136, 1927
1. Wilson, Bertie Albert Charles
2. Wilson, Albert
3. Gowen, Walter Peter
4a. Ellis, Arthur Charles
4. Clark, George Arthur
5. Cummings, John
5a. Greenwood, Mrs.
6. Blyth, Percy
7. Castle, Arthur
8. Westgate, Wallace
9. Parker, Thomas
10.Yaxley, Ernest
11. Huke, George Alfred
south side
12. Thomas, James
13. Martin, Frank
14. Brown, William
15. Hunt, Frederick, gardener
16. Childs, Mrs
17. Oldman, William
18. Blanden, Harry, Charles
19. Kerry, Ernest Edward
20. Watson, Arthur Albert
21. Lowther, Robert
22. Blyth, Samuel Henry
The Occupants, Row 136, 1936
north side
1. Wilson, Bertie Albert Charles
2. Daniels, Alfred John
4a. Brown, Ernest
4. Warren, John
5. Cummings, John
5a. Greenwood, Mrs.
6. Blyth, Percy
7. Castle, Arthur Thomas
8. Westgate, Wallace
9. Parker, Thomas
10. Long, Charles E.
11.Willis, Charles
south side:
13. Martin, Frank
14. Brown, William
15. Hunt, Frederick, gardener
16. Childs, Mrs
17. Oldman, William
18. Manntripp, Robert J.
19. Kerry, Ernest Edward
20. Thomas, John
21. Lowther, Robert
22. Blyth, Mrs.E.