The Shambles

This is the area known as "The Shambles". It may have been called that because of the building standards.

An interesting side note to these buildings is the origin of the terms "upper, middle and lower classes". It seemed that when you emptied your chamber pot into the street (as was the custom), if you were the "upper" class you didn't see any substances flow (float) past your window. If you were the "middle' class, you only saw it once, but if you were the "lower" class, you saw stuff from both other "classes. Check it out.