A year or so ago I was involved in a project organised by the Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust that was researching theRows. Some of the results of which can be found here The Rows or on their facebook page The Rows of Great Yarmouth. During that time I pieced together a database listing the Rows and the various names I had found for each one. I thought it may be useful to reproduce that list here.
A few caveats.
- I do not claim this list is complete. You may well be aware of other names for these rows
- It’s a simple list and in most cases there are no dates against the names. It’s never that simple anyway as Rows were called different things by different people at the same time
- They have been shortened in that I don’t append the word ‘Row’ to them. Most did have that appendage – though not all
- The sources are varied but Palmer’s Perlustrations, the Yarmouth Independent 1916 list, and Harry B. Johnson’s 1926 list are all key. As for images, the collection at Picture Norfolk is one of the best publicly available collections of Row photographs and I am grateful for them making it available

Row 1
Common Ramp
Ramp
Rampart
Row 2
Bird In Hand
Black Horse
East and West
East and West Flegg
Row 3
Boulter the Baker’s
Boulter’s
Doughty’s
Row 4
Ecclestone the Grocer’s
Rolling the Baker’s
Rolling’s
Thornton the Grocer’s
Wiltshire Arms
Row 5
Burman’s
Chapman’s
Split Gutter
Row 6
Body Snatchers’
Browne’s
Douglas’s
Rackham’s
Snatch Body
Wigg’s
Row 7
Golden Keys
White Horse
Row 8
Ferry Boat
Yew Tree
Row 8½
Brown’s Buildings
Row 9
Bessey’s
Bessey’s Half
Row 10
Brown the Candlemaker’s
Freeman
Horn
May’s
North
Tooley’s
Row 11
North Garden
Rainbow Corner
Whitler the Baker’s

Row 12
George and Dragon
Row 13
Lacon’s
Lacon’s
South Garden
Row 14
Baptist Meeting
Brett’s North
Goymer’s Meeting North
Rev. Green’s Meeting
Row 15
Brett’s South
Goymer’s Meeting South
Jeffreys the Surgeon’s
Row 16
Lacon’s
Lacon’s Brewery
Row 17
North Say’s Corner
Say’s Corner North
Row 18
Say’s Corner South
South Say’s Corner
Row 19
Brewery
Lacon’s Office
Wrestler’s
Row 20
Bailiff Barett’s
Steward’s Chemist
Swan
Two Necked Swan
Wrestler’s Tap
Row 21
Fill the Auctioneer’s
Smith the Cabinet Maker’s
Row 22
Barnes the Grocer’s
Bumpstead’s
Feltham’s
Shuckford the Basket Maker’s
Shuckforth Basket Maker’s
Row 23
Baxfield’s
Fromrow the Barber’s
Tooke the Baker’s
Traynier’s Fish House

Row 24
Blue Anchor
Foulsham’s
Pickard’s
Row 25
Coach and Horses
Cobb’s
Doughty the Leather Cutter’s
Doughty’s North
Fighting Cock
Golden Lion
Row 26
Bee Hive
Dr Smith’s
Half Moon North
Half Moon Tap
Horman’s
Lorimer the Grocer’s
Penny
Taylor the Surgeon’s
Wild the Baker’s
Row 27
Cobb the Currier’s South
Doughty the Leather Cutter’s
Doughty’s South
Well
Row 28
Conge
Row 29
Davy the Watchmaker’s
Edinburgh
Half Moon
Half Moon South
King’s Head North
Queen’s Head North
Row 30
Barnaby the Baker’s
Wheel of Fortune
Row 31
Nine Parish
Row 32
King’s Head
King’s Head South
Queen’s Head South
Row 33
Dr Farington’s
Nightingale the Barber’s
Nightingale the Hairdresser’s
Row 34
Key Mill
Quay Mill
Row 34½
Eagle Half
Half Eagle
Quay Mill Alley
Row 35
Freemason’s Arm’s
Globe
Harman’s
Rowe’s
Row 36
Ames’ the Shoemaker’s
Garden
Mouse the Pawnbroker’s
Neal the Shoemaker’s
Row 37
Absolon’s
Glass House
Row 38
Charles Moore’s
Ellis the Brushmaker’s
Ferrier’s
Row 39
Blowers the Cabinet Maker
Norman the Cabinet Maker’s
Row 40
Fulcher the Grocer’s
Taylor and Fulcher’s North
Wall the Linen Draper’s
Row 41
King the Baker’s
Rose and C
Rown
Row 42
Barn(a)by the Liquor Merchant’s
Hunt the Glazier’s
Jews’
Synagogue
Row 43
Dassett’s
Hogarth’s
Moon the Cabinet maker’s
Taylor and Fulcher’s South
Row 44
Angel
Markland’s
Row 45
Mortuary
Singen’s
St John’s Head
Woolsey’s School
Row 46
Nag’s Head
Sewell the Grocer’s
Sewell’s
Row 47
Golden Ball
Page the Pipe Maker’s
Pipemaker’s
White Swan
Row 48
Bartholomew’s
Law’s
Wheat Sheaf
William the Fourth
Unnumbered Row
Broad
Kingston
Kyngstone House
La Brodde
Old Broad
Unnumbered Row
Market
Row 49
Blake the (Linen) Draper’s
Vine
Row 50
Lane the Taylor’s
Richmond the Cabinet Maker’s
Symonds the Hairdresser’s
Row 51
Black Swan
Lamb
Row 51½
British Lion
British Lion Alley
Row 52
Buck
Bunting’s
Costerton the Surgeon’s
Dr Costerton’s
Row 53
Bank Paved
Turner’s Bank North
Row 53½
British Lion Alley
Row 54
Almshouse
Palmer’s Arcade
Smith the Baker’s
Row 55
Barber the Stationer’s
Clowe’s
Cobb’s the Printers
Gurney’s Bank
Meall’s
Meggy’s
Slill’s
Turner’s Bank South
Row 56
Excise Office
Savings Bank
Row 57
Carpenter’s Arms
Mr Brightwen’s
Sarah Martin’s
Star and Garter
Row 58
Elephant and Castle
Last the Baker’s
Red House
Row 59
Crown and Anchor
Mitchell’s School
Upcher’s
Woolhouse’s

Row 60
Bassingthwaite the Baker’s
Dene Side Austin
Ostend Market
Oxford
Randall’s
Row 61
Coalmeter’s
Ostend Quay
Ostend West
Popinjay
Quay Austin
S Palmer’s
Row 62
B(en) Dowson’s
Church’s
Homfray’s
Symond’s
Row 63
Bond the Druggist’s
Nall’s
Old Post Office
Post Office
Quaker’s
Sloman’s
Row 63½
Post Office Half
Tomlinson’s Half
Turnpike
Row 64
Bateman’s
James Burton’s Half
Mew’s
Pritchard’s
Row 65
Cup’s
Dakin the Brazier’s
Jay the Chemist’s
Mariners
Row 66
Dendy’s
Girling’s
Savings Bank
Stamp Office
Row 67
Mayor Ramsey’s
Nicholas Cutting’s
Star Tavern
Row 68
Bream’s
Regent Street
Thomas Lucas’
Row 69
Hurry’s
Regent Street
Rev. Welham’s
Row 70
Craske the Baker’s
Foreman the Baker’s
Male the Chemist’s
Row 71
Cubitt the Painter’s
Symond’s
Row 72
Haynes the Peruke Maker’s
Moore the Blacksmith’s
Moore the Whitesmith’s
Row 73
(S) Cobb’s North
Barker’s North
Boatswain’s Call
Miller the Basket Maker’s
Row 74
(S) Cobb’s South
Aldred’s
Barker’s South
Fasset’s
Peacock’s
Row 75
Old Fountain North
Poppy’s
Spilling’s
Row 76
Cory’s
Peer’s
Police Station
Samuel Tolver’s
Row 77
Coach and Horses
Norfolk Tavern
Old Fountain
Old Fountain North
Old Fountain Tap
Three Feathers
Row 78
Bett’s
Brown(e) the Grocer’s
Cambridge
Pot In Hand
Pot In Hand North
Starling the Hatter’s
Row 79
Jolly Maltsters
Lobster
Pot In Hand South
Three Pigeons
Row 80
Harbord the Pastry Cook’s
Hardware’s
Harmer’s
Lone the Pawn Broker’s
Miss Patterson’s
Worship the Attorney’s North
Worship’s North
Row 81
Crome’s
John Barney’s/Berney’s
Lettis’
Meyrick’s
Rumble the China Dealer’s
Row 82
Baptist Meeting North
Swindon the Historian’s
Worship the attorney’s South
Worship’s South
Row 83
J D Palmer’s
Aldred’s
Carter’s
Charles Palmer’s
Cooper’s
Sayers the Attorney’s
Row 84
John Ireland’s
Ship Tavern
Row 85
Arbon the Painter’s
Baptist Meeting South
Crown and Heart
Marsh’s
Old Library
Sir Sidney Smith’s
Row 86
Fielding’s
Fisher’s
J C Smith’s
Row 87
George the Fourth
Money Office
Steward’s
Row 87½
Unnamed
Row 88
Ames the Antiquary’s
Creed’s
Fowler’s the Grocer
Row opposite Queen Street
Woodward’s
Row 89
Hans Herring’s
Herring’s
Old Hannah’s Back
Row 90
Balls and Pownall Fruiterer’s
Bellamy’s
Harrison’s
Mews Half
Old Hannah’s
Row 91
Harrison’s
Mews Half

Row 91½
Cloister
Greyfriar’s
Row 92
Bethabara
Carrington’s (1776)
Hurry’s (1798)
Old Meeting House
Unitarian Chapel
Row 93
Goddard the Whitesmith’s
King the Baker’s (1734)
King’s Head
Rivett the Baker’s
Row 94
(A) Wood’s
Joseph Cotman’s (1745)
Prenice/Penrice Back
Row 95
Draper the Butcher’s (1863)
Kittywitches
Row 96
Bush Tavern
Fuller’s South
Old Meeting South
Town Arms (1642)
Turk’s Head
Wilgres/Wildgres North
Row 97
Barnes (1690)
Bayly the Surgeon’s (1874)
Bell’s
Blick’s (1785)
Buck
Lawyer Bell’s
Nightingale the Confectioner’s
Norfolk Hero’s (1878)
Row 98
Urquahart’s Back
Row 99
Castle
Le castel
Row 100
Fuller’s South
J F Costerton’s (1814)
Sons of Commerce
Sowell the Painter’s (1836)
Sowell’s
Spooner’s (1699)
Row 101
Charles Symond’s
Penrice Stable
Reynold’s (1781)
Victualling Office
Row 102
Arnold the Brewer’s
Benett the Cooper’s (1863)
Packet Office
William and Bell’s
William’s (1760)
Row 103
Andrew’s (1720)
Chapel
Custom House
Custom House North
North Custom House
Royal Exchange (1698)
Saffrey the Brewer’s (1836)
Row 104
Custom House South
Dr Collier’s (1898)
Friendly Society
Martin’s (1750)
Robert Warmington’s (1790)
Swanard’s (1583)
Row 105
Chapel (1715)
Doughty the Grocer’s (1870)
Dr Penrice’s (1837)
Rev. Cooper’s (1802)
Row 106
Couldham’s (1578)
Dutch Chapel
Gaol
Gaol North
Palgrave’s
Three Cranes
Town House
Row 107
Chapel Paved
Old Post House
Post House (1660)
St George’s East
Step Paved
Row 108
Anthony Taylor’s (1771)
England’s (1676)
Free Library
Gaol Paved
John Fisher’s
St George’s Paved West (1802)
Walking/Waking
Row 109
Dr Borrett’s
Dr Meadow’s
Lion and Lamb
Red Lion (1746)
Row 110
Bellamy the Butcher’s
New Prison
Perry the Oatmakers (1836)
Perry the Oatmeal Maker’s
Prison
Row 111
Lucas’s
Luson’s (1756)
Sir Eaton Traver’s
Steward’s
Row 112
Brown the Maltster’s
Chambers the Sailmaker’s
Holmes South (1623)
Tomkins School
Row 113
Errington’s (1714)
Ferrier the Surgeon’s (1836)
Tilson’s (1626)
Tilson’s South
Row 114
Lieutenant White’s
Willis’s Half
Row (1867)
Row 115
Batchelor’s
Nathaniel Fish’s (1714)

Row 116
Hastings the Pawnbroker’s
Plummer’s
Plummer’s School (1835)
Sam Hurry’s (1750)
Thomas Hurry’s
Row 117
Ballast Keel
Gallon Can
Josh Peartree’s (1700)
Matthew Ward’s
The George (1774)
Row 118
Blue Bell
Hall the Blacksmith’s
White Swan
Row 119
Bradnack’s
Couldham’s (1534)
Dawson’s (1675)
Dove
Robinson the Grocer’s (1834)
Row 120
Drum (1800)
Duncan’s Head (1790)
Humber Keel (1834)
Row 121
Captain Christmas’s
Huke the Carpenter’s
Huke the Joiner’s (1916 List)
Huke’s
Row 122
Martin the Shoemaker’s (1834)
Spread Eagle (1800)
Row 123
Colby’s North
Dover Colby’s North Wall (1796)
Fulcher the Pawnbroker’s
John Fisher’s (1754)
Quay Angel (1800)
Row 124
Cat and Monkey (1750)
Colby’s South
Dover Colby’s South Wall
Laws and Lamb the Butcher’s
Trotter Bar
Row 125
Gun
Mack the Tinsmith’s (1867)
Row 126
Calver’s
Good the Grocer’s
Kemp’s
Robin’s Half (1678)
St Peter’s Half Alley
Row 127
Foundry
Scott the Baker’s
Thomson’s
Yett’s Foundry
Row 128
Bond
Factory
Garwood the Glazier’s (1830)
Spanton’s Factory
Woolverton’s
Row 129
(St) Peter’s Paved West
Druids
Friends
Gregory Harrison’s
John Taylor’s (1789)
New Quay Paved (1916 List)
Newcastle Tavern
Row 130
Old White Lion
St Peter’s
St Peter’s East
St Peter’s Paved Row East
White Lion North
Row 131
Becketts
White Lion South
Woolverton the Cooper’s (1834)
Row 132
Adam the Barber’s
Cook Ellis’s
Delf’s
Dover Court
Marsh’s
Orfeur’s/Oefeurs
Pleasant’s (1916 List)
Present the Butcher’s (1836)
Row 133
Bellamy the Baker’s
Crisp the Carter’s
Graves the Pieman’s
John Cooper’s North
Lee the Pawnbroker’s
Spratt the Shoemaker’s
Trendle’s (1624)
Union (1707)
Row 134
Erchard’s/Echard’s (1537)
Knight’s the Baker’s
New White Lion
Wake’s
Row 135
Emm’s
Hayes the Butcher’s (1867)
M. Butcher’s (1916 List)
Old Prison
Tomlinson Arms (1870)
Row 135½
Blanchflower’s Half
Cock Half
Row 136
Almhouse
Bracey’s (1714)
John Cooper’s South
New Fountain
Three Herrings
Row 137
Cart and Horse
G D Palmer’s
Grief’s (1856)
Horse and Cart
Rose and Crown
Row 138
Dog and Duck (1836)
Union
Row 139
Matthew the Baker’s
Mission to Seaman (1898)
Paget’s
Row 140
Dene Well
Earl St Vincent
Ives the Antiquary’s
Liverpool Tavern
Pigeon
Stevenson’s/Steven’s
Row 141
Child the Blacksmith’s
Houghton the Baker’s
Nelson Tavern (1845)
Spotted Cow (1836)
Row 142
Felstead’s (1649)
Fishing Boat
Kerrison’s Coffee Tavern
Mariner’s Compass
Peacock
Pigeon’s
Tavern Fishing Boat
Thaxter’s (1666)

Row 143
Grosse’s (1590)
Maye the Baker’s (1630)
Morling the Grocer’s (1836)
Pleasant the Grocer’s
Woodroffe the Grocer’s (1652)
Row 144
Jone’s
Mayer’s
Neave’s
Southgate the Butcher’s
Thorndick’s
Row 145
Fourteen Stars (1834)
Hat and Feather (1730)
Nag’s Head (1700)
Nottingham Arms (1867)
I never knew there were so many Rows my dear mother live in one of them
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Many (most) are gone but several remain complete or in part
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would be nice to know how many of the rows still remain
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This site will help answer that question. https://www.greatyarmouthpreservationtrust.org/the-rows
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