Licensees :
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HEZEKIAH MARTYN LAYTON beerhouse and general shopkeeper	1859 - 1886
Miss L LAYTON	*1888
GEORGE NOAH GRAY	1894 - 1896
LOUISA GRAY	by 1900
ARTHUR JAMES PALLANT	09.09.1910
THOMAS MACK	29.09.1911
CHARLES ALFRED HASTINGS	15.11.1912
HENRY JAMES GODDARD	14.11.1913
LOUISA GODDARD	02.02.1917
HENRY JAMES GODDARD	15.08.1919
GEORGE ALFRED GODDARD	29.05.1923
ARTHUR CROPPER	31.10.1934
ALICE MARY CROPPER	06.12.1949
ALBERT WILLIAM STOCKLEY	13.10.1953
ELLEN RUTH STOCKLEY	24.07.1962
SIDNEY BONNEY	11.09.1962
JOHN LOGDON BARTRAM	31.10.1967
KEITH WALLACE READ	23.07.1970
ERNEST E CLARKE	10.12.1970
TREVOR JAMES HUNT	07.12.1976
DOUGLAS LOWE	20.03.1978
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Stood to the left of the HAVEN BRIDGE HOTEL, just visible on the right of this image.


Mr Hezekiah Martin Layton applied for a full licence Tuesday 6th September 1859 but did not attend the magistrates hearing and so it was refused.

Advertised as a freehouse in the early 1900's
``The noted stout house -
Lacons Fine Ales
All beers drawn from the wood.''

Chief Constable B. W. Smith objected to licence renewal at the Annual Licensing Sessions Friday 12th February 1932.

Damaged by enemy action during WWII.

Full licence granted 12th February 1960.

Closed and for sale by February 1995.

Trading as CROPPERS BAR in 2000's but for sale again by April 2010.