Headrush
At Austin Row ( Row 60 ) Great Yarmouth
Row 60 has a name plate saying Austin Row however it has also been known as Oxford Row, Randall's Row and Ostend Market Row.
Until the 2nd World War most Great Yarmouth residents lived in houses in the narrow passages known as The Rows that ran East to West between the river and the sea. The few main streets ran North/South. The Rows date from medieval times and recorded numbers of them have varied over time up to as many as 156.
At one time they were known by names such as after a resident or a business and therefore some had more than one name. A numbering system was introduced and I think this goes up to 145. Some had overhanging buildings and were therefore tunnel-like.
Many of them were destroyed in the 2nd World War and many that are left these days are passageways used as short cuts, although Market Row and Broad Row are lined with shops.
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A reconstruction of a Great Yarmouth Row can be seen in The Time and Tide Museum in Yarmouth showing what life would have been like at one time in one of the rows.
Headrush
At Austin Row ( Row 60 ) Great Yarmouth
Row 60 has a name plate saying Austin Row however it has also been known as Oxford Row, Randall's Row and Ostend Market Row.
Until the 2nd World War most Great Yarmouth residents lived in houses in the narrow passages known as The Rows that ran East to West between the river and the sea. The few main streets ran North/South. The Rows date from medieval times and recorded numbers of them have varied over time up to as many as 156.
At one time they were known by names such as after a resident or a business and therefore some had more than one name. A numbering system was introduced and I think this goes up to 145. Some had overhanging buildings and were therefore tunnel-like.
Many of them were destroyed in the 2nd World War and many that are left these days are passageways used as short cuts, although Market Row and Broad Row are lined with shops.
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A reconstruction of a Great Yarmouth Row can be seen in The Time and Tide Museum in Yarmouth showing what life would have been like at one time in one of the rows.