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Fishermans Arms
39 - 40 SOUTHGATES ROAD
SOUTH DENES ROAD
NELSON WARD BEERHOUSE
later FULL LICENCE.
CLOSED 1999
Gt. YARMOUTH LICENCE REGISTERS Y/CJ/31 & Y/CJ/32 (February 1903 - February 1953) & PS 18/14/2 (1953 - 1973)
WYMONDHAM BREWERY

( Cann & Co.) Conveyed to Morgans 11.05.1894. (address as Exmouth Road)

MORGANS  
WATNEY MANN   
BRENT WALKER   
      
Licensees :
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EDWARD ADDY 1870 - 1876
ROBERT PITCHER *1876 - 1886
WILLIAM FARMAN 1887
(Licence not renewed 24th August 1892 owing to death of landlord )
HENRY TURRELL
20.09.1892
GEORGE HALES 1894
SAMUEL HALFKNIGHT by 1901
HENRY CHARLES HEWETT 17.01.1907
ELIZABETH REBECCA HEWETT 26.09.1919
THOMAS JOHN KEMP 30.05.1922
ROBERT THAIN HACON 05.12.1950
AUDREY MAY HACON 28.07.1959
STANLEY ANDREW HANDS 03.11.1959
CYRIL WALTER FELTHAM 09.02.1968
KENNETH REGINALD HUDSON 08.02.1974
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Owing to the proprietor retiring from business, the well-situated Beerhouse, standing near the Fish Wharf, on South Gates Road, was to be Sold by Auction, Thursday, 7th September 1876.
Sold for £1,140.


The body of 19 year old John Farman was discovered by William Halls, agricultural labourer, on the beach at Hopton on Good Friday morning (8th April 1887)  at about 6:30 a.m. Landlord of the Fisherman's Arms, William Farman, identified the body and confirmed that his son had been missing since Christmas Eve and was believed to have accidentally fallen from the Pier at 10:30 that evening. A reward of £2 had been offered by Mr. Farman for anyone who should find the body.

Advertised January 1891 - To be Let with Immediate Possession.

Messrs. Cann & Co. ( Wymondham Brewery) applied to extend the premises at the Council meeting of Tuesday, 14th April 1891.

On Tuesday 23rd August 1892 it was said that the Fisherman's Arms was undergoing repair and had no tenant. The former occupant was dead. The licence was not renewed.

The licence having been temporarily endorsed whilst alterations were carried out, it was granted to Henry Turrell, Tuesday, 20th September 1892, the works completed and the house then in a proper condition.

George Hales, Fisherman's Arms, South Denes Road, Gt. Yarmouth, formerly fishing boat owner, then beerhouse-keeper, declared bankrupt July 1894.

Full licence granted 12th February 1960.

Morgans sales for 1960 were :-
274 barrels of beer.
47 spirits (gallons)