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It is thought that by the late 13th Century Flesher's Row on the North Side of Watergate Street was already in the form of a 'Row' that is a system of first floor galleries running over undercrofts and public walkways running parallel with the street below.The Doncaster family owned property on this site in the 1290s.
The character of the Rows was maintained in the later 16th and early 17th century with the building of new houses for Bishop Lloyd, Alderman John Aldersey, and the Mainwarings in Watergate Street. The flax and linen market was apparently often held in the Rows of Watergate Street in the later 17th century,