Licensees :
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SAMUEL WRIGHT	1789
ROBERT KING	1794
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THOMAS FIRTH	1836
JOHN KIRCHEN	1839
WILLIAM TEDDER	1845
WILLIAM POOLEY age 40 in 1851	1851 - 1854
WALTER GOODRICH	1856 - 1861
WILLIAM COLEMAN	1865
WILLIAM HARDY	1868 - 1883
Fine of 1s and 14s costs on Wednesday 3rd September 1873 for permitting drunkenness on his premises on 23rd August.
JOHN HINNELS as HENNELS 1885, HEMELS 1890	1885 - 1890
FREDERICK BALAAM	1891 - 1929
HENRY GATHERCOLE	1933 - 1937
FREDERICK WILLIAM BROWN	by 1941 - 1956
FREDERICK HOLMES	02.05.1956 - 1970
KATHY & JOHN COLE	1970 - 1980
ALAN BIDWELL	1980 - 1981

With thanks to Clifford Flogdell for added information on the licensees.
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METHWOLD INNS & INNKEEPERS
1836 to 1970
by Cliff Flogdell

© Cliff Flogdell 2003

Shown on Bryant's 1826 map.

In a will executed 31.08.1813 the property of James King deceased included the Swan at Methwold which was left to his son James King and in Downham Market, the Queens Head was left to his daughter Bridget (and her husband James Blackbourn)

It was reported 19th August 1826 that fire had entirely consumed the house, a barn, stable and other outbuildings on Sunday 7th August.  A sow and pigs, a boar and cow had perished in the flames.