Monument record 7206/374 - Butcher's Row

Area shown on map equates to block of buildings comprising a group of shops rather than an individual structure.
Shops are first mentioned in the late 14th and early 15th century when there are various references to a tenement and shops in 'le Newe Shoppes', implying the presence of shops at an earlier date. The insubstantial nature of some of these structures is clear, for one is described as 'a little shope called a lenetoo lying in the market and adjoining to the new shops there'. The isolated block of buildings on the market in 1771 can perhaps be equated with the 'new shops', while the row of buildings on the eastern side of the market may have been in origin a medieval row of shops for properties here in 1771 they are described as 'in the Butchers Row'. (1)

<1> Foard G, 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Wellingborough (Medieval + Post Medieval), (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN100339.

<2> 1771, Survey of Wellingborough Hatton manor 1771, (unchecked) (Document). SNN100360.

<3> James, W., 1803, Wellingborough Town 1803, (unchecked) (Map). SNN100362.

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Apr 25 2008 9:35AM