The Winkle Market

Childish of me I know.............but the name of this house always makes me giggle..!!

In the 1880s The Winkle Market was a two-stalled stable, for Langstone House, with a loft over it. . In 1899 the whole property was purchased by Henry Russell, an oyster merchant, and it eventually became a winkle market.

In 1954, The Winkle Market was converted to a house.

(For those who may not know a Winkle is a small, edible mollusc with a spiral shell. The term "winkle" is sometimes used as a child's euphemism for a penis).