The SHIP 1731
The ROYAL MAIL 1845
SHADES 1851 & 1854
The SHIP 1858
The EXCHANGE 1897

On Monday 29th February 1904m, Henry Foreman applied for renewal of the music licence. He said that on his Saturday night `Free and Easy', Mr. Langley played the piano in the music room which was up a 3½ ft wide passage.
There had been no complaint about people leaving the house, the Chief Constable had called on him some two years previously, but he could not remember the reason.
Sergeant Rayner said that there had been complaints about people leaving and there were other music licenses nearby.
Licence Refused.

At the Licensing Sessions Monday 12th February 1912 Chief Constable Payne objected to the renewal of licence since it was the least required for the requirements of the neighbourhood. 6 other houses were in the immediate area who catered for the class of customer who frequented the Exchange. The Shakespeare was 63 feet away, the Woolpack 71 feet, the Globe Hotel 73 feet, Smiths beer licence 470 feet, the Crown & Mitre 563 feet and the Plough 600 feet. (Although the Plough was about to be included in the closures).
For Morgans Brewery. Mr H. C. Gowen gave trade figures for previous years.

Year	Barrels of beer	Bottles	Spirits
1909	30½	164 dozen	8⅔
1910	74½	512 dozen	65⅔
1911	58½	572 dozen	49½

The increase in trade 1909 - 1910 was attributed to the new tenant, the reduction in 1911 due to the closure of Savage's Ironworks.

The Chief Constable reported that he had checked the house on several occasions to ascertain how well it was supported, his visits were recorded as:-

Date of visit	Time of visit	Persons present
Saturday 20th January	9:15pm	21
Thursday 25th January	9:25pm	2
Saturday 27th January	9:30pm	31
Thursday 1st February	8:10pm	0
Saturday 3rd February	10:05pm	20
Tuesday 6th February	4:10pm	6
Wednesday 7th February	8:50pm	2
Friday 9th February	9:25pm	2
Saturday 10th February	9:05pm	10
Sunday 11th February	1:15pm	0

The persons using the house were said by the policeman to be several young men and women of the labouring class. Some were young women under 20 years of age, but they were not of immoral character.
Licensee Arthur William Grange said that Tuesday was normally the busiest day, but the weather on the day of the Chief Constable's visit was very wet and few people came to town for the market. He stated that he worked for Messrs. Sommerfield and Thomas, and his wife and daughter managed the business when he was absent.

After 5 minutes discussion the Bench decided to refer the licence to the Compensation Authority.


Referred for Compensation 12.02.1912

Closure by compensation opposed at Licensing Authority meeting Friday 21st June 1912, but arguments for keeping open were rejected by the Bench.

Licensee name confirmed as Arthur William Grange and Registered Owner as Elijah Eyre's Brewery Limited when licence refusal by reason of closure by Compensation, published 23rd August 1912.

Licence extinct 24.03.1913