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Licensees : |
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| ROBERT
BOBBIN |
1839 |
| FRANCIS EKE |
1845 - 1846 |
| FRANCIS WEBSTER |
1850 |
| HENRY FLOOD |
1854 |
| JAMES
NEWBURY |
1856 |
GEORGE SOUTH
Age 42 in 1861 |
1861 - 1869 |
| Monday 26th January 1863 - Fine of
£12 10s, the lowest penalty available to the magistrates, for selling
Gin without a licence. It was anticipated that the Inland Revenue
Commissioners would reduce the fine to £5 as they had done in a recent
similar case. |
| MARY ANN SOUTH |
1871 |
Monday 17th April 1871 - Accused by
Jemima France of using abusive language towards her. Mrs. South's son,
Edward, disappeared on 4th February and had been found dead in the river
on 11th February. Mrs. South "had the mistaken notion" that France had
been involved in the death of her son.
Mrs. South was ordered to pay 4s 6d costs and the Bench recommended that
she did not brood over the idea that her son had been murdered. |
Saturday 22nd April 1871 - Again
summoned by Jemima France, this time of threatening and abusive language
on 17th April following the previous hearing.
Mrs. South was ordered to keep the peace for six months.
Mr. South was ordered to bound over her accordingly in £20. Their son, a
relieving officer at Downham also provided a surety for £20. |
JAMES SOUTH
& shopkeeper |
by 1872 |
| FREDERICK GOSCAR |
26.06.1882 |
| JOHN DENTON GOODCHILD |
12.02.1883 |
| GEORGE THOMAS COSTON |
15.02.1886 |
WILLIAM KENT
& plumber |
08.04.1889 |
| Fine of 42/-
imposed 21.06.1915 for permitting drunkenness. |
| MARY ANN KENT |
07.07.1919 |
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c1900 - Image provided by Carl Wadlow.
Built in 1746 and became a public house at some time between 1752 and
1756.
Landlord George South held a spirit licence to 1862 but then gave it up.
Two months later, on 16th December 1862, his daughter sold half a gill of
gin whilst he and his wife were absent from the house. This breach of
licence was liable to a fine of £50. The magistrates imposed the
lowest possible fine that they were empowered to do and it was said that
in a similar case the Commissioners had further reduced the fine. See
opposite.
Referred for Compensation 08.03.1920
Licence extinct 25.01.1921
A Grade II listed building, converted to a private dwelling.
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