The Old Dutch Chapel - Row 106, Great Yarmouth, UK
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N 52° 36.248 E 001° 43.588
31U E 413755 N 5828996
This blue plaque was placed by the Great Yarmouth Port Authority to advise that the wall, on which the plaque is mounted, is all that remains of the Old Dutch Chapel.
Waymark Code: WMQ8HY
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/10/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
Views: 1

The plaque has faded making the text difficult to read but it says:

The
Old Dutch Chapel

This wall is the last remaining vestige of one of the
most important of the old buildings in the Town,
locally known as the Old Dutch chapel or Town House.
The building, which dates from early fourteenth century
(once owned by Thomas Drayton in 1358), originally stood in the space now
occupied by the adjacent road between numbers 21 and 23 South Quay.
It was subsequently bought for the town and during it's long history,
served the function of the Staple or Mart House for dealing with the export of all wool from the Port,
a concert base for the Waits or Musicians of Yarmouth, a house of Morning Prayer for the use of the
Dutch Congregation, the town's Custom Office, a port dues office and the town's earliest theatre (housing
amongst others, a company of comedians from Norwich.)
During the time of use of part of the building as a church for the Dutch, the
congregation were required to look after the famous "Dutch Clock" which was once part of the building).
The building was damaged during the Second World War and later demolished to provide
an access road to the new library. The building's last remaing wall, containing some
of the oldest building material in the town, was restored by the
Great Yarmouth Port Authority in 1993 with the assistance
of a grant from English Heritage.

 The Great Yarmouth Port Authority
John B Mowson - Chairman
Michael C M Boon - Chief Executive and Clerk

March 1994

 

Blue Plaque managing agency: Great Yarmouth Port Authority

Individual Recognized: Old Dutch Chapel

Physical Address:
Row 106
South Quay
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk United Kingdom


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