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WILLIAM PORTER
(William Porter & Sons 1839) |
1822 - 1839 |
JOHN PORTER
See below |
1845 - 1856 |
| WALTER
TILNEY |
by 04. 1857 -1859 |
| Monday 17th January 1859 - Fine of
10s and 16s 6d costs for having five men in his house, drinking grog, at
10 minutes to midnight on Sunday 9th January. The men were seen leaving
at about half past 12. |
| ROBERT VINCENT |
1861 - 1864 |
ANDREW BARLEY / BURLEY
(Died January 1903) |
by 1865 |
Monday 7th August 1865 - Paid 11s 6d
costs having been accused of striking Mrs. Mary Ann Gibson on Monday
31st July.
(At the same hearing, Mary Ann Gibson had been ordered to pay 11s 6d
costs having assaulted Mrs. Jane Burley on the same day in July) |
| Monday 21st October 1872 - Fine of 1s
and £1 1s 6d costs for an assault on Philip Edmonds."An offence
committed under the greatest provocation". |
Monday 3rd January 1881 - Accused of
selling beer out of legal hours (11:15 am) on Sunday 26th December 1880.
A constable observed a man exit the house with two large bottles,
containing 25 pints of beer.
Fine of 10s and costs. |
| CHARLES HEWSON |
17.11.1884 |
| HENRY BETTS |
12.08.1889 |
| ALFRED ROBERT THROWER |
11.11.1889 |
| ROBERT JOHN AVIS |
24.07.1893 |
| STEPHEN ARTHUR THROWER |
01.01.1894 |
| CHARLES COBB |
14.10.1895 |
| FREDERICK REED |
04.01.1897 |
JOHN PHILLIPS
(?)
(John Phillippo 1904 & 1906) |
1901 |
| ERNEST JOHNSON BEANEY |
22.07.1907 |
BENJAMIN PITT
Age 64 in 1911 |
27.07.1908 - 1912 |
John Porter was described as "late of the Hanging Chains" in April
1857 when he charged his son, Edward, of breaking the banisters in
his house as he resisted attempts to be turned out. (Edward was
committed to 21 days detention for default in paying 5s for damages
and expenses.)
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Address 1858 as 68 Norfolk Street.
Also known as the HANGING CHAINS
from weighing machine apparatus which included an arm projecting over
Norfolk Street.
This arm was used to lift wagons onto an adjacent steelyard.
(One use was the weighing of loads of bark on the way to Tanneries at
Gaywood). Gantry dismantled 1913 and the mechanism was subsequently removed
to the Greenland Fishery Museum.
Walter Tilney advised April 1857 that he had taken the old-established Inn
and would provide Dinner as usual on Tuesdays at one o'clock for 1s 6d,
which included a glass of Ale.
Up to mid 1864, Mr. Abel Porter was running a business as a Corn, Hay and
Flour Factor from the "Hanging Chains". In July he removed to the
NORFOLK ALE BREWERY
opposite, where he would continue that business as well running the retail
ale and spirit store.
In 1883 an advertisement read :-
`ANDREW BURLEY - CARMAN
Goods carefully removed to any part with the greatest care & despatch.'
Advertised To Let, 13th September 1884 - Particulars from the Brewery, Setch
Bridge....
The Lynn Advertiser of 23rd January 1903 carried an
obituary for Andrew Burley...
`For 30 years the landlord of the Blue Lion, died at his
residence in Norfolk Street aged 76
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The Lynn Advertiser of 30th July 1909 reported that John and Fred Pitt, sons
of the landlord had a narrow escape from being killed on the night of
Tuesday 27th July. They had gone to bed as usual on Monday night, sharing
the same bed. At 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning they were suddenly awakened by
a cracking in the roof, and before they could move, the whole roof fell upon
them. They managed to crawl from the debris with only a few small injuries.
The iron bedstead was doubled up underneath them and one of the legs had
pierced the floor. All of the furniture, bedding and pictures etc., were
damaged, and it was a long time before they could find their wearing
apparel.
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At the Licensing Sessions Monday 12th February 1912 Mr. A. O. Stopes,
managing director of the Colchester Brewery Co. Ltd. asked the Bench not to
close the King George in New Conduit Street, but to accept either closure of
the Shakespeare or the Blue Lion. He pointed out that since the Compensation
Act had been in operation his firm had already lost 6 out of the 19 houses
they had in Kings Lynn.
The Bench accepted the Blue Lion.
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At the Sessions held 11th March 1912 the representative of Cooper Brown made
no objection to the licence being referred to the Compensation Authority.
Police Sergeant Hunt stated that he had visited the premises on six
occasions since 28th February 1912 and had not found any customers in the
house. Chief Constable Payne objected to licence renewal on the grounds of
redundancy, with the Duke of Edinburgh 120 feet away, the Sandringham
Restaurant 351 feet, the Lynn Arms 350 feet and the Duke William 422 feet,
the Blue Lion was the least wanted for the neighbourhood requirements.
Licence referred to Compensation Authority.
Referred for
Compensation 11.03.1912
Closure by compensation unopposed at Licensing Authority meeting Friday
21st June 1912.
Licensee name confirmed as Benjamin Pitt and Registered Owner as
Colchester Brewery Co. when licence refusal by reason of closure by
Compensation, published 23rd August 1912.
Licence extinct 24.03.1913
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