ROW
NINETY THREE ‑ KING THE BAKER'S
ROW*1
King's
Head Row, 1698*2
Jolly
the Baker's Row, 1734*2
King's
Row*2
Rivett's Row*2
Wright's
Row *2
Shorten's Row*2
Parker's
Row*2
From Middlegate Street to King Street:
For almost two
hundred years, this has been known as a baker's row.
At the north‑east, and also
south‑west corners, there
have been continuously a baker's shop.
A low doorway with chamfered jambs may be seen at the south‑west
entrance. Many such examples could be found in the rows. *2
At the south‑west
corner was a
house which early in the
eighteenth century was called the "Kings Head".*1 In
1734 it was conveyed by
John Moneymount to Benjamin Jolly,
baker, and from that time, it
had been a baker's shop. The house was rebuilt
about the year 1760, and was later refronted, but at the back an old
door with chamfered
door‑posts still remained.
The winter of
1766 was a period of great
distress in consequence of the dearness of provisions and the
want of employment. In order to relieve the poor a subscription was
entered into to supply bread at a
moderate price, and the above premises were hired for the purpose. A system
was organised by
which upwards of
sixty thousand loaves were distributed at threepence, the price in the
shops being five pence.
Samuel King occupied these premises for many years, and hence
this was called
King the Bakers Row. There have
been in Yarmouth several families called King, but not related. Thomas William King, born in Yarmouth in 1802 was York Herald of the College of
Arms.
John Bell, the solicitor, of
row 97 and of Hopton Hall, was
an active manager of the charity above,
organising cheaper bread for the
needy in 1766.
Malcolm King the builder, a
resident of Burgh Road, Gorleston in 1991, came from
a fisherman's family of Hemsby. Of many
properties built in recent years by his firm, I recently owned
one at Corton. He built large estates of
houses at Belton,
and "Red Lodge",
Warren Road, and another estate now
commencing on the south side
of the Beccles road behind
the Bradwell service station.
His son Dale now runs the business. Malcolm was a very keen golfer at Gorleston links,
and went on the same golf holiday as a group to Portugal each spring. A block
of flats, which I think not very beautiful, he built at the south‑west corner of Nelson Road South, which he has called "King's Court". (also see
"fishing"). Walter King, a
fisherman I interviewed, was his Uncle.
The Occupants, Row Ninety Three, 1886
( from King Street to Middlegate Street )
Hurren, W., bricklayer
Hutton, H., smacksman
Warren, Mrs.
Tillyer, M., fisherman
White, J., lamplighter
Gilham, H., shipwright
Land, G.M., labourer
Rainer, Mrs.M.A.
Goate, J., boot maker
Rirk, J., painter (Kirk?)
Warner, Mrs.E.
Vincent, G.T., painter
Lacey, R., fish agent
Bradbrooke, E., mariner
Levi, Mrs.D.
Stone, McIvor W., rigger
Sutton, S., shoemaker
Robinson, W., painter
Ives, J., labourer
Roberts, Mrs.E.
Dowsing, G., mariner
Julier, Mrs.P.
Bowles, J.
Bloomfield, W., smacksman
Driver, J., smacksman
Edwards, Mrs.S.
Smowton, W., labourer
Herrod,
S., blacksmith
Bowles, J., twinespinner
Whiley, E., boot and shoe maker
Carter, W.J., coal carter
Catchpole, S., Smacksman
Bristow, J., mariner
Thomas, J., smacksman
Tillet, M., labourer
Mutton, J., smacksman
The Occupants, Row Ninety Three, 1913
( from 158 King Street to 14 Middlegate Street
)
North side
2. White, William Henry Jacob
3. Brown, Mrs.
4. Harmer, Walter
5. Frost, Mrs.
6. Bloomfield, William
7. Greenacre, Misses
8. Fisher, Thomas
9. Smith, Mrs.
10. Holmes, George
11. Andrews, Johnson John
12. Stolworthy, Harry
13. Carter, Mrs.
14. Brown, John Alfred
15. Dinsdale, Mrs.
16. Bishop, William Benjamin
17. Philpot, Mrs.
18. Pitt, James
19. Condon, John Robert
South side
20. Hurren, William
21. Hurren, Walter
23. Thompson, William Seaman
24. Nash, Mrs.
25. Brooks, William
26. Gilham, Mrs.
27. Littlewood, John
29. Jarmey, Mrs.
30. Brown, Frederick
31. Ramus, Ernest
32. Haylett, Joseph
33. Blyth, Joseph
33a. Pitt, Walter
34. Rising, Mrs.
34a. Linaker, Mrs.
35. Southwell, John William
36. Johnson, Richard
37. Johnson, Henry James
38. Hewett, Alfred
The Occupants, Row Ninety Three, 1927
( from 158 King Street to 14 Middlegate Street
)
North side
2. Day, Albert
3. Bessey, Stanley, A.
4. Pitts, James Lewis
5. Frost, Mrs.
6. Bloomfield, Mrs. M.A.
7. Greenacre, Miss C.
8. Fisher, Thomas
9. Smith, Herbert
10. Gladden, James William
11. Lewis, Mrs.
12. Stolworthy, Henry Thomas
13. Carter, Albert Victor
14. Brown, John Alfred
15. Dinsdale, Bertie
16. Bishop, William Benjamin
17. Baker, Mrs.
18. Dinsdale, Albert
19. Condon, John Robert
South side
20. Dixon, Mrs.
21. Hurren, Walter
22. Martins, John
23. Cooper, Sydney
24. Gilmoure, Mrs.
25. Brooks, William
26. Webb, Frederick, William
27. Littlewood, John
28. Parker, Charles
29. Masterson, James
30. Attridge, Jonas
31. Steward, Charles Henry
32. Johnson, Richard
33. Layton, Samuel, boot maker
33a. Pitt, Walter
34. Burwood, Miss
34a. Mann, Alfred
35. Huggins, Harry
38. Wolage, William
The Occupants, Row Ninety Three, 1936
( from 158 King Street to 14 Middlegate Street
)
North side
2. Blake, Mrs.
3. Miller, George Edward
4. Pitts, James Lewis
5. Frost, Mrs.
6. Gooch, George
7. Gooch, Mrs. H.
8. Fisher, Mrs.
9. Shipp, Mrs.A.
10. Gladden, James William
11. Perfect, William
12. Stolworthy, Henry Thomas
13. Anderson, George
14.Queenen, Mrs.R.
15. Dinsdale, Bertie
16. Bishop, Mrs.
17.Warden, William
18. Upton, Arthur
19. Condon, John Robert
South side
20. Dixon, Mrs.
21. Hurren, Mrs.
22.Eade, James
23. Cooper, Sydney
24. Gilmoure, Mrs.
25. Brooks, William
26. Webb, Frederick, William
27. Littlewood, John
28. Parker, Charles
29. Masterson, James
30. Attridge, Jonas
31. Steward, Charles Henry
32. Johnson, Richard
33. Black, George
33a. Pitt, Walter
34.Calver, Bertie William
35. Bessey, Ambrose
36. Harris, Bert.
38. Wolage, William