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 Despite all the cryptic, carved clues we cannot come up with a candidate for the 16th century builder, decode their loyalties in life or convincingly suggest why the building was built the way it was.
+In 1851 we find the building on the census record next door to the Royal Oak Inn. It is occupied by James Durrant, his wife Ann, their five children and a house servant. James is listed as a “town councillor and butcher employer 1 man and 2 boys”.
 In the 1850s Market Street was numbered and we can track the property as 21 Market Street.
-When the 1861 census is taken 21 Market Street is occupied by Ann Durrant, a 45 year old widow and butcher by trade. She lives on the premises with her daughter and four sons – two of which are butchers – and they also have a house servant.
+When the 1861 census is taken 21 Market Street is still occupied by Ann Durrant, now 45, a widow and a butcher by trade. She lives in the premises with her daughter and four sons – two of which are butchers – and they also have a house servant.
 In 1871 James Durrant is living at 21 Market Street and is listed as “butcher town councillor”. On the day of the census he has a visitor Ann Eliza Conrad and her four children. Ann is listed as an “architects wife” and there is still a live-in domestic servant.

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