Location given as `Opposite the Hall in the Market Place' when Robert
Chiddick informed the Public, 25th January 1792, that he had taken the
house. (Previously at the
PORTER
HOUSE )
Given as Gaol Hill in 1801.
Advertised for sale by auction in the Norfolk Chronicle of
29th January 1820........`That well accustomed inn situate in St. Peter
Mancroft......fronting the Castle Ditches....... now in the
occupation of Mr. J. G. Ansell.............The above has been used as a Market House,
considered to be one of the best frequented inns in the City for more than 50 years...'
Sale held on Saturday, 12th February 1820.
Proximity to the Cattle Market suggests that this could be the same house described at St.
John Timberhill ?
See also CASTLE & LION
