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Built in the 1750s, Martock's Market House originally held a row of shambles or butchers' shops.

Of the various theories regarding the origins of the Rows, one is that they might well be an echo of a Roman pattern of domestic building; a combination of workshops, shops, the Roman equivalent

Taken from alongside the River Devon, this picture shows its confluence with the lesser arm of the Trent as they flow past what is now Newark Marina.

There is an elegant clinker-built yacht in the foreground, and assorted rowing boats all around.

This yard is typical of the long rows of houses and narrow roads built on the declivity towards the harbour in the town; many of the houses typically feature dormer windows in their roofs.

We can almost feel the peace and tranquillity typified by a road deserted apart from a solitary horse-drawn delivery cart, standing near an attractive row of brick-built thatched cottages.

St Andrew's Church overlooks a row of 17th-century cottages that now have thatched porches. Each has two downstairs rooms divided by a cross passage.

It is possible to reach the Glen Beach from just below the row of houses.

Two paddle steamers are berthed on the opposite quay, and in the centre of the picture a lady is being rowed down to the river. We can just see the swing bridge in the background.

Here a little Victorian girl poses among the rowing boats laid up on the beach.

Two paddle steamers are berthed on the opposite quay, and in the centre of the picture a lady is being rowed down to the river. We can just see the swing bridge in the background.

Here we see a number of large rowing-boats that have been converted into house-boats.

A thatcher is just patching the long straw thatch of the cottage row; the nearer cottage butts against the former farmhouse, and has a pantiled roof with sloping dormer windows.

The row of shops can be more easily seen in this photograph.

Skoulding's shop (to the left) now has a window across the whole building.

To the left of the street is a gate, erected in 1766, which leads to Holy Trinity Church.The houses here, on what is called Our Lady's Row, are amongst the oldest in England - they are early 14th-century.To

There were to be three types of shopping: the open-air market, a variety of shops on three sides, and a first-floor row of shops that did not need a window display, such as hairdressers, opticians, photographers

The activities of yachts, fishing and rowing boats provide engrossing fascination to bystanders.

In this view, the horse and dog troughs are still attached to the Dryland Memorial, and a row of sitters is taking advantage of the shade. The war memorial is on the extreme right.

These old red-roofed houses on East Row are the first we reach if we are coming from Whitby.

A crowded rowing boat makes its way to the muddy shore.

Over the last 200 years or so, erosion has only managed to claim two rows of houses and a road.

Taken from the south shore, this view features two attractive clinker-built rowing boats still afloat as the tide streams out.

An earlier post office had been located in the row of houses on the left. The village, with its interesting thatched and Georgian houses, lost its post office in 1997.