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SHROPHAM HUNDRED BEERHOUSE ? CLOSED 20.09.1965
GUILTCROSS REGISTER TAKEN 19th September 1789
THETFORD BREWERY Owner Thomas Vipan. Sold May 1837
FREEHOUSE Supplied by Steward & Patteson 1838 to 1841
DISS LOWER BREWERY to 1876
YOUNGS, CRAWSHAY & YOUNGS Freehold sold by YC&Y Partnership to YC&Y Company for completion 1st February 1898
BULLARDS Closed by Bullards 1965
Licensees :
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ANTHONY GREEN 1789 - 1794
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WILLIAM CHILDER
& cattle dealer
1836
WILLIAM CHILDERHOUSE
age 49
(Died Q4 1841 ?)
1841
JOHN COOK / COOKE
(Died Q4 1852 ?)
1844 - 1850
JAMES LARKMAN
age 26 in 1851
& blacksmith

1851 - 1861

ISAAC EVERITT
& dealer
age 35 in 1871
(bricklayer 1881)
1863 - 1871
CHARLES EDWARDS 1872
SAMUEL EDWARDS
& carpenter
age 34 in 1881
age 64 in 1911
(Died Q1 1927 - age 80)
1875 - 1922
Monday 24th April 1893 - Fine and costs of 11s, or 5 days,  for selling intoxicating liquors after 10:40 pm on 7th April. Customers John and Robert Watts pleaded guilty of being on the premises and were each fined  8s 6d or 5 days. Shepherd, John Peck, pleaded not guilty and was fined 10s, including costs.
JOHN EDWARDS 1925 - 1933
JOHN HERBERT EDWARDS 1937 - 1940
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...... WEBB c1962


Although situated in Shropham Hundred this house appears in Guiltcross Registers in 1789, 1794 and on Bryant's 1826 map
as RULE & COMPASSES.
In 1846 directory and in 1847
as RULE & COMPASS.

SQUARE & COMPASSES
1836, 1845 & 1854

Rent in May 1837 was £13 per annum.

Lot No. 22 in the sale of the Diss Lower Brewery Thursday 30th March 1876. Purchased by Youngs, Crawshay & Co.