ROW ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR. ‑ CAT AND MONKEY ROW
Cat and Monkey Row, 1750 (Palmer)
Dover Colby's South Row
Lambs Row
Laws Row
Trotter Bar Row
(Johnson)
Row One Hundred and Twenty Four map 1906
From South Quay to Middlegate:
"The
west entrance was worthy of close inspection. Under a series of arches there was a twelve foot doorway
unique in Yarmouth, of exquisite design. Two fluted pillars supported a bold
overdoor, this at the south-west corner belonged to no.37 South Quay. Lacons
had extensive maltings on the north side, leading to row 123".[1]
Miss Hackney
Row
no.124 ran from South Quay to Middlegate Street. It was formerly called Cat and Monkey Row, from the name of
the tavern on Middlegate. In the early part of the 18th century, the house at the south‑west corner was
occupied by Capt.Ridsdale, who had been Barrack Master; afterwards by James
Laws, agent for the London traders, (his son was Mayor of Beccles), and later
by William Briggs, a Yorkshireman, who settled in Yarmouth, became a J.P., and
eventually died in 1864, aged 63. At
the south‑east corner of this row, facing Middlegate Street, was a good
specimen of a second‑class house of the early 17th.century, comprising a
first and ground floor only, with an
attic having a large dormer window. *1
Charles
Hackney of no.5, was the brother of Florence May, who married William Linnaker.
Hackney senior's wife died in 1910. He was tall and bearded, and lived latterly
in the work-house at Northgate. He lived well enough since he had Sunday lunch
with his daughter, and then walked up the row to his son's at no.5 for his tea
and a pint of beer. He had returned from the first war badly wounded, one leg
amputated, to meet and marry a widow who already had the four children. No more
were born subsequent to the marriage.
Another son of Charles senior,
Albert Hackney (at no.2a), married May, the sister of William Linaker.
The
Hackney family tree
Charles Hackney
(died in work-house)
Ada
Annie Sarah Anne Roseanna Charles Edward Arthur
William Florence May (b.6/1/1881) (b.27/9/1882)
(b.10/12/1883)
(31/1/1885)
(3/11/1890) (b.1901)
lost leg m.
William
Linnaker
Also, Albert, another brother of above. m.
widow + children
m. May Linaker
Eileen Freddy Mary
George (Addy)
Charles
Hackney kept pigeons in the loft of no.5. During the day he would stand and
mardle with the men on the quayside.
The house had its yard and wash-house and outside toilet. There was one
large ground-floor room, one large first-floor bedroom, and the attic
above. The toilets in the yard at the
back were two together for nos. 4 and 5.
The Occupants, Row 124, 1886
Middlegate
to South Quay
Purdy,
J., smacksman
Futter,
Mrs.H.
Mayes,
J., lightsman
Fulcher,
Mrs.H.
Norton,
B., lightsman
Lawes
and Butler, sailmakers
Press,
B.H., malt-houses
Sudder,
J.
Littlewood,
H.
Wright,
R.W., mariner
Barber,
A., mariner
Waterson,
E., smacksman
Wendon,
W., mariner
Orridge,
J., ships steward
Lacey,
B., mariner
Stringer,
J., labourer
Norton,
R.
Bream,
Mrs.E.
Read,
Mrs.M.
Stringer,
J., porter
Back,
Mrs.E.
Lawes,
J., bootmaker
Riches,
R., smacksman
The Occupants, Row 124, 1913
from
139 Middlegate to 36 South Quay
North
side
1.
Bultitude, Arthur
2.
Thomas, Mrs.
2a. Bird,
Robert
3.
Watson, Mrs.
4.
Wright, Robert William
5.
Danbrook, John William
6.
Wilson, Samuel
South
side
8.
Carter, Mrs.
9.
Rollings, Charles
10.
Lenn, Robert
11.
Cook, Mrs.
12.
Dennington, Mrs.
13.
Clay, Mrs.
14.
Innis, Mrs.
15.
Parker, Mrs.
16.
Wigg, Harry
17.
Reynolds, Dennis
18.
Mitchell, Alexander James B.
The Occupants, Row 124, 1927
North
side
1.
Algate, Alfred John
2.
Grimes, John
2a.
Hackney, Albert
2b.
Turner, Bertie
3.
Watson, Mrs.
5.
Hackney, Charles
6.
Cook, Frederick
South
side
8. Lamb,
Robert
9.
Rolling, Mrs.
10.
Barwood, Henry Charles
11.
De'Ath, Sidney
12.
Hague, Albert
13.
Clay, Mrs.
14.
Yeates, William Arthur
15.
Nudd, Herbert John
16
Murrell, Harry Thomas
17.
Gay, Robert
18.
Mitchell, Alexander James B.
The Occupants, Row 124, 1936
139
Middlegate to 36 South Quay
North
side
1.
Jay, William
2.
Grimes, John
2a.
Popay, Robert
3.
Watson, Mrs.
4.
Rape, Philip
5.
Hackney, Charles
6.
Cook, Frederick
South
side
8.
Lamb, Robert
9.
Rolling, Mrs.
10.
Cope, Frederick Charles
11. Plane,
Charles
12.
Hague, Albert
13.
Brown, Frederick
14.
Huke, Frank
15.
Mc Cullough, Mrs.M.
16.
Rivett, Ernest
17.
Harmer, George
18.
Mitchell, Alexander James B.