Row forty nine was
narrow and dismal, there being few houses in it. Between
this row and Market row, was an old public
house‑ the Maids Head, now
pulled down, and houses and shops built on the site‑ before
Palmer.*1
Entrance to the row from the Market Place
The West end of Row
49 along the North pavement of Stonecutters Way
On the north wall of
the Vine Tavern is an arched recess bricked up, well worth notice. The buildings have
wooden struts crossing
the row, quite general in many of the rows. There is a half timbered
house now rarely met with. John Blake, the linen draper, had his shop in the
Market Place.*2
The row survey
(1936), says‑ "This row runs from the Market place westward,
and on
it's south side is a large warehouse of hardware, with
business premises opposite, across the row.
No. 7, south side, is a tiny
tenement, and no. 10 may be another tenement, both should be vacated, lacking
air and light. Otherwise the whole row
is occupied with business premises, and
so could remain".
*1 Palmer
*2 Johnson
The Occupants,
Row Forty Nine, 1886
(from Howard
Street North
to George
Street )
Wright, M.W.,
carpenter and undertaker
Wholesale
warehouses
The Occupants,
Row Forty Nine, 1913 onwards
(from Howard
Street North
to George
Street )
This row was
not then in existence