Monument record 7198/405/2 - Rotten Row

Row of shops

{1} Although no medieval evidence exists for the exact location of the shops and stalls it is likely that they represent the row of properties shown in the centre of the market place in 1587. The same row is depicted in 1721 although the detailed plan of 1785 shows it actually comprised two blocks divided by a narrow footway. Although only 11 separate properties are depicted in Rotten Row in 1785, just before its demolition, it may be that the discrepancy with the medieval number is simply a result of combining of several shops being combined into one. In 1719 Bridges describes Rotten Row as dividing the sheep market from the Butchers Row. As no other row of shops is shown in 1721 or 1587 the Butchers Row may have been a row of stalls. The Rotten Row was finally pulled down between 1785-89.

<1> Foard G.F., 2000, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Kettering (Medieval + Post Medieval), (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN100747.

<2> Eayre T., 1721, A Plan of the Town of Kettering in Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Map). SNN100753.

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Oct 1 2009 11:12AM