ROW SEVENTY TWO ﷓(Palmer gives no name)

When powdered hair and pigtail were the vogue for gentlemen, perukes were made up in the house at the north‑west corner by William Haynes (during the 18th.century). This property formerly was the town hall restaurant, and today the Yarmouth Mercury offices and in 1928 printing works occupied the site.*2

From Hall Quay to Howard Street, at the north‑west corner is a house, which in the early part of the 18th.century was the property of William Haynes, who then pursued the then flourishing trade of a peruke maker. (wig maker) The house standing between Row 72 and Row 73 was in 1750 the property of Mr.John Fowler, and sold by the executors of his will in 1790 to John Eager, who in 1805 conveyed it to Samuel Crowther, who died in 1841. It is now occupied by the free press company as an office for their paper "the Independent". The first Yarmouth paper was printed in 1706, and was called the "yarmouth Gazette", or "loyal Packet". It was printed in Norwich by Henry Cosgrove, at his house near to St.Giles' Gate. *1

The 1936 row survey says‑ "Row 72 and 73 have some hooded entrance doors of the 18th century and a doorway with jamb posts of the 17th.century".

The Occupants, Row Seventy Two, 1886

( from Howard Street to Hall Plain)

Moore, Mrs.A.

Denew, J.M., printer

No residents listed in this row 1913 onwards.