Jacquie Wragg: Life on The Row

Unlike the pretty Church Street in Sturminster Newton, The Row is a mismatch of properties. However, surviving documents held at the Dorset History Centre reveal interesting information about some of the occupants and their homes which date back to 1650. This presentation will include details of residents in The Row affected by the Great Fire of 1729, a Waterloo veteran with a connection to Robert Young, the Dorset dialect poet, the draper who married his housekeeper and much more.