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Alehouse from 10.03.1952		 Closed May 1981
FREEBRIDGE LICENCE REGISTER PS 6/4/1 (1936 - 1960)
STEWARD & PATTESON  
WATNEY MANN  
NORWICH BREWERY to demolition 1983.
Licensees :
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EDWARD MASON
& bricklayer
Age 53 in 1891		 1864 - 1892
HENRY NEWSHAM
(Died May 1931, age 93. "Landlord of the Victory for about 22 years".)		 1894 - 1915
Monday 18th November 1895 - Fine of £1 and 11s 6d costs for permitting drunkenness on 9th November.
Monday 24th August 1896 - Reported to have been convicted during the previous year for permitting drunkenness.
THOMAS BRISTON
Died September 1921		 1916 - 1921
Mrs LUCY ELVINO BRISTON 1922
LUCY ELVINO HANCOCK
married John Kent, September 1928.		 1925 - 1926
JOHN KENT
(Mrs J Kent  1929 & 1930, Mrs Lucy Kent 1929 - 1933)		 by 1929 to 1949
Monday 2nd February 1931 - Fine of 10s and 7s costs for allowing gambling (a raffle) in his house, between 1st and 25th December 1930.
(The justices believing the offence to be non-serious)
JOHN EDWARD LEWIS 25.07.1949
ERNEST LESLIE BUSH 17.12.1958
WILLIAM OSWALD PERKIN 20.04.1960 - 09.1975
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JOSE & GEOFF WOODHOUSE 27.11.1978 - 1980+


Victory c1930
Sid Briston, Jack Ketteringham, Lucy Kent & Jack Lewis c1930.


Edward Mason applied for a Spirit Licence Monday 6th September 1869. He had been running the house for 5 years. It was 65 yards away from the Buck Inn. The house was said to be well conducted and an important house, and scarcely to be classed with common beer shops. Application refused. ( And again, Monday, 2nd September 1872)
An application for a wine licence was refused Monday, 26th August 1878.

Advertise To Let, July 1915, with occupation from 11th October.
The tenant of 21 years about to leave.
Apply Steward & Patteson Ltd.

It was reported January 1926 that Mrs. L. E. Hancock of the Victory had collected £3 16s 5d in boxes, for the Norfolk and Lynn Hospital.

It was reported January 1929 that Mrs. Kent of the Victory had collected £4 16s in boxes for the Norfolk and Lynn Hospital.
In February 1930 she raised a further £4 15s 6d for the same cause.

On Saturday 3rd October 1931 the Furniture and Effects of the Victory Inn, the property of Mr. S. Hancock, were to be Sold, at 4:45 pm.

Licence of the (Lords) BRIDGE INN, Tilney cum Islington  was removed to these premises 10th March 1952.

In May 1982 it was announced that the Victory was about to re-open following a closure of about 12 months. However, the event appears not to have occurred since the intended new licensees, John and Betty Edgeley arrived at the Tilney NEW INN in November 1982.


Demolished January 1983.
"Serious structural problems had been discovered during period of renovation in 1981-82."
Planning sought for erection of three houses on the site.


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