Licensees :
WILLIAM BIRD age 66 in 1851 (Previously at the STAR INN)	08.1839 - 1854
Accused 7th August 1839 of selling wine, spirits and tobacco without a licence - Outcome to be discovered.
Mrs. ELIZA SIZELAND	1854 - 1865
Mr. SMEETH (Mentioned as late-landlord March 1867)	c1866
Mrs. JANE PORTER	1868 - 1869
JANE PARKER (Porter?)  manager	1871
JAMES SUTTON	1872 - 1883
R SUTTON	1886
Mr FENNER (9 Wellington Road - Royal Hotel Stables & Bar)	1886
EDWARD JULIAN HART	1888 - 1896
CHARLES GEORGE WILLIAM WEBB Secretary to Yarmouth Hotels Ltd.	28.04.1899
Yarmouth Hotels Ltd	1900
MARGARET GORDON  manageress	1901
GEORGE WILLIAM WEBB	by 1903
(J A HINTON - manager)	(1904)
JOHN WILLIAM NIGHTINGALE	22.07.1910
WALTER HOGARTH NIGHTINGALE	04.08.1911
ENOCH TAYLOR	25.07.1922
DORA JOSEPHINE HUMFREY	24.07.1923
MAURICE BERSET	03.03.1925
THOMAS PATERSON TAYLOR	16.06.1925
ALBERT ERNEST LARK	15.09.1925
CHARLOTTE TAYLOR	10.11.1925
DAVID CECIL THOMAS	19.12.1933
HARRY BURGESS	10.02.1939
THOMAS HAMILTON DENNY	08.07.1947
GERALD GLANFIELD BOYCE	24.08.1954
(Trust Houses Ltd)	(1955 & 1959)
PHILIP WALTER HUTCHINSON	10.12.1970
CLAUDE HERBERT TIMEWELL	11.02.1972
CLAUDE HERBERT TIMEWELL & NORMAN GEORGE GREEN	20.07.1972
CLAUDE HERBERT TIMEWELL & DOUGLAS WILLIAM PLUMMER	08.02.1974
CLAUDE HERBERT TIMEWELL	14.02.1975
RITA & GRAHAM DAVID JOHN ROSS	11.02.1977
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The VAULTS BAR c1930.
A Free House selling Marstons Burton Beers, Trunch and Worthington Ales.

BIRD'S ROYAL HOTEL & POSTING HOUSE when opened.

The first `Seaside Hotel' to be built at the resort.

The Opening Dinner of Mr. & Mrs. Bird was advertised 9th May 1840 to be held on the 20th May 1840. Tickets 12s each.

Mr. & Mrs Bird, late of the Star Inn, announced 27th June 1840 that the Delightful Marine Residence had been completed.
Gentlemen seated in the Hotel would enjoy a Panoramic view of the Sea, with its undulating bosom studded by hundreds of vessels coasting within 300 or 400 yards of the house...........

For the 1841 Season, Mr. & Mrs. Bird provided Hot and Cold Sea Water Baths for the accommodation of visitors, whenever required.


31st March 1842 - Mr. & Mrs. Bird thanked the Nobility and Gentry from all Counties for the support they had experienced for three Seasons and informed that in consequence of that support, at considerable expense, they had made Additional Bed Rooms, with Dressing Rooms and Hot and Cold Sea Baths.........
The same announcement advertised the need for an additional Chamber Maid, of good character, to join the staff.


Advertised 26th March 1842- To be Sold by Auction in April.
Mr. William Bird in occupation.