ROW FIFTY ONE AND A HALF ‑

BRITISH LION ALLEY*1

Palmer says‑ "To the south of Row 51, fronting the Market Place, no. 36, is a Public House, which in 1736 was called the "Old Plow", and was then the property of Spencer Lane. It is now called the British Lion. On the south side of this house is a row, not numbered, called British Lion Alley, which is of the shape of a dog's hind leg, and runs into Row No. 51, near the west end of the same".

Johnson says‑ "This row is different from the other half rows in that it deviates to the north, entering midway into number 51 Row. The British Lion was a tavern at the north‑east corner and the remains of the beer cellars are still in evidence, their splendid half round windows above are fast disappearing from our streets".

It is not mentioned in the 1936 survey.