ROW EIGHTY ONE ‑ (Palmer gives no name)
John Berney Crome's Row, 1840*2
Rumble the China dealer's Row, 1863*2
From King Street to Deneside:
“The well-known artist son of the famous old Crome,
resided and died at the house at the
north‑west corner in 1842. Many of the well known artists of the Norwich
school were drawing masters to the
influential local families”, wrote Harry Johnson.
“Prior to 1678 the space between this row and the opening
leading to Regent Road was waste ground which the corporation granted to
Benjamin England, who however made no use of it, and on his death it descended to George England his nephew and heir,
who in 1719 sold it to John Andrews, a
great fishing merchant. He covered the ground with fish‑houses and other
buildings. In 1775 John Smith purchased these premises”[1]
At no. 19 King Street, in 1864, was William Charles
Rumble, who was no relation of myself as far as I know. He was a china and
glass dealer. By 1874, the shop had been taken over by Thomas Bee.