Cossins map of 1725 clearly shows both the Upper and Lower Head
Rows. New Street has been built to connect the Head Row to St.
Johns Church and Harrisons Almshouses built by John Harrison in
1631. It was after the building of New Street that the Head Row
was divided into Upper and Lower, or Nether, Headrow. The street
to the west of the junction with Briggate was called the Upper
Head Row, and that to the east the Lower Head Row. The Upper
Head Row ends at Burley Bar, after which it becomes Park Lane.
The map shows a gate across the road at this point, and a gate
is also shown across the entrance to Woodhouse Lane, marking the
position of Woodhouse Bar. Below the junction with New Street
the Lower Head Row runs eastwards to the junction with Vicar
Lane. The map shows clearly how narrow the Headrow is compared
to Briggate. Despite this it was used as a market place; Ralph
Thoresby, writing in 1715, tells us that the horse fair was held
in the Upper Head Row, and the pig and cattle market in the
Lower Head Row.