What is recorded here

This green commemorative plaque records: Saturday Market Place. A separate charnel chapel of St. John stood here from 1364 to 1779, and a row of butchers' Shambles in front. The new Shambles was built with a Grammar School room above, and demolished in 1914 to enlarge the market place. Recorded plaque organisation: Rotary Club of Kings Lynn Trinity.

The charnel chapel of St. John in Saturday Market Place served as a significant religious site from 1364 to 1779, with a row of butchers' Shambles in front. A new Shambles was built above which was a Grammar School room, and it was demolished in 1914 to expand the market place.

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