| Licensees : |
| - |
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| HENRY MINDHAM |
1757 |
| WILLIAM BRIGHTMER |
1789 - 1794 |
| ANN BRIGHTMER |
1795 |
| JOHN THURGER |
1798 |
| JOHN METCALF |
1799 |
| - |
|
| JAMES GARNER |
1822 |
JAMES NEWSON
Age 50 in 1841 |
1830 - 1850 |
| JOHN YOUARD age 40 |
1851 |
| JOHN HUDSON |
* 1851 - 1854 |
| ROBERT
GRANGE |
1856 - 1858 |
| SAMUEL RICHMOND |
1861 |
WILLIAM GILBERT
& flour dealer |
1863 - 1865 |
| Monday 16th May 1864 -
Fine of 6d and 7s 6d costs for having house open during the hours of
divine service on Sunday 8th May. "He thought the service was
concluded." |
| ALFRED JOHN WHARF |
1869 - 1871 |
WILLIAM
GREEN
& coal dealer |
* 1872 |
| HENRY VALENTINE CADEMY |
1875 |
| AMBROSE
CADAMY |
1877 |
ROBERT ADCOCK
malster |
1879 - 1881 |
| ROBERT MORTIS |
by 1882 |
| ROBERT LOWE |
01.05.1905 |
| RICHARD ROBINSON |
06.11.1905 |
| ROBERT THOMAS DRURY |
02.11.1908 |
| ELIZA DRURY |
02.07.1917 |
| GEORGE EDWARD LORD |
05.11.1928 |
| WALTER JAMES SALMON |
05.01.1931 |
NELLIE ELIZABETH SALMON
(previously Nellie Pigot, nee Simmons) |
01.03.1948 |
| JACK WHYSALL |
04.09.1950 |
EILEEN MAY WHYSALL
(Mollie) |
01.09.1958 |
ALFRED FOSTER
& wife EILEEN |
02.11.1963
to 1997 |
| .RICHARD &
SHEILA GRIFFITHS-JONES |
from 2001 |
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By 1754 Robert Curson was the owner. He died that year, passing ownership to his wife Ann
Curson who died 19.10.1757. Their son, Henry Curson then took possession (died July 1759
aged 37).
Believed to be owned by Thomas Curson in 1763.
For Sale by Auction Saturday, 18th July 1789. Then in the occupation of
John Brightmer, a Tenant at Will, at the
annual rent of £12.
Sale included, House, Malt-house, Stable, Buildings, Yard, Garden and
Bowling Green.
In 1798 Thomas Wordingham applied for a licence
on the behalf of John Thurger.
By October 1813 the house was owned by William Taylor.
Walter Salmon ran a small paraffin supply business from the outbuildings. Deliveries
are believed to have been made by donkey and cart.
The house boasts a superb cellar, which includes a well.
Licensee Jack Whysall maintained a personal supply of Winter ``K'' Ale, brewed by S&P.
A pin, not for sale, would be laid down and by June it is said to have matured into a
`classic treacle '.
Landlord Alfred Foster also ran a seafood freezing business from the adjoining
buildings. ``The first man to freeze whelks, exporting 6 tons a week......until supplies
ran out by 1990's''.
House closed 1997 and planning permission granted April 1999 to convert into 2 dwelling
houses.
But !
This historic house thankfully reopened 01.09.2001 as a Freehouse.
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