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40 MARKET PLACE
ROW 58
REGENT WARD FULL LICENCE See RED HOUSE
Gt. YARMOUTH LICENCE REGISTERS Y/CJ/31 - Y/CJ/32 (February 1903 - February 1953)
CHARLES RACKHAM of Gt. Yarmouth
LACON & Co by 1928
Licensees :
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Mrs LOUISA SMITH 1890
ALBERT CHARLES RACKHAM by 1901
GEORGE EDWARD STRATFORD 15.01.1904
ALBERT ERNEST LARK 12.04.1907
JOHN WILLIAM RICH 15.07.1907
DONALD ROBERT BOSWELL 01.01.1929
EDWARD ALBERT MOORE 08.02.1935
JOHN REGINALD HOWELL 07.03.1952


Previously the ELEPHANT & CASTLE.

Rebuilt 1831 as the DISTILLERY, but listed as the
ELEPHANT & CASTLE
to 1904.

On Thursday 11th April 1907, the Market Distillery, consisting of public bar, snug, saloon bar, lounge bar and wine cellars, with dwelling house, were offered for sale by auction. It was stated that the takings between 1896 and 1903 ranged from £3,381 to £4,113 per annum. Tenants fixtures and fittings were valued at £104 4s 6d and the trade utensils and stock to be taken at valuation.
Some years previously the vendor had been offered £14,000 for the property.
The first offer was £3,000 and at £4,700 the sale was withdrawn and a lease of 7 or 14 years was offered instead. The bids rose from a rent of £150 per annum to £190, when it was again withdrawn.

Known as the RED HOUSE from at least 1939.
(But  in Licence Register as the MARKET DISTILLERY to closure 17.09.1961 )

See p. 3 of `Gt. Yarmouth In Old Postcards' - pub. 1990

See p. 31 of `Gt. Yarmouth Revisited' - pub. 1996