{"id":4242,"date":"2020-03-31T20:01:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T19:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=4242"},"modified":"2026-04-02T18:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T17:45:53","slug":"staithe-road","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=4242","title":{"rendered":"Staithe Road, Martham"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Staithe Road<\/strong>, <strong>Martham<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Staithe-Road-cottages-row.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Staithe-Road-cottages-row.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Staithe-Road-cottages-row-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Staithe-Road-cottages-row-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>Staithe Road, cottages &#8211; see below<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tree-Cottages-Staithe-Road-1940-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21466\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tree-Cottages-Staithe-Road-1940-1024x695.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tree-Cottages-Staithe-Road-1940-300x204.jpg 300w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tree-Cottages-Staithe-Road-1940-768x521.jpg 768w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tree-Cottages-Staithe-Road-1940-1536x1042.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tree-Cottages-Staithe-Road-1940-2048x1389.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Tree-Cottages-Staithe-Road-1940-1200x814.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption>c1940. The same cottages as above but looking from the other direction. They are all named after types of trees. Photo courtesy of David Stretton.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Historically Staithe Road linked the village to the hamlet of <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=4139\">Damgate<\/a><\/em>. In the early part of the 19th century records sometimes referred to it as Back Church Lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" src=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelbarrow-Corner-entrance-to-Damgate-Road-1024x658.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21453 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelbarrow-Corner-entrance-to-Damgate-Road-1024x658.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelbarrow-Corner-entrance-to-Damgate-Road-300x193.jpg 300w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelbarrow-Corner-entrance-to-Damgate-Road-768x494.jpg 768w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelbarrow-Corner-entrance-to-Damgate-Road-1536x987.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelbarrow-Corner-entrance-to-Damgate-Road-1200x771.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wheelbarrow-Corner-entrance-to-Damgate-Road.jpg 1763w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Older locals call the junction of Staithe Road and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=4139\">Damgate, <\/a><\/em>Wheelbarrow Corner. Photo courtesy of David Stretton.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"> See also the page entitled <em><a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=14898\">The Jasmines<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"staithepics\">Photographs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Click a thumbnail for a close-up and scroll through all the images from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<a class=\"maxbutton-20 maxbutton maxbutton-back-to-places\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=370\"><span class='mb-text'>Back to Places<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staithe Road, Martham Historically Staithe Road linked the village to the hamlet of Damgate. In the early part of the 19th century records sometimes referred to it as Back Church Lane. Older locals call the junction of Staithe Road and Damgate, Wheelbarrow Corner. Photo courtesy of David Stretton. See also the page entitled The Jasmines. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/?page_id=4242\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Staithe Road, Martham&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4242","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32447,"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4242\/revisions\/32447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/marthamnorfolk.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}