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CHURCH STREET HOLT HUNDRED FULL LICENCE CLOSED 12.12.1962
HOLT REGISTERS TAKEN 17th September 1789 and 30th September 1794 & HOLT LICENCE REGISTERS PS 28/6/1 to 28/12/1 (1878 - c1962)
TRUNCH For Sale by Auction August 1847
Phillip Primrose of Trunch to Oldman Carter of Wereham in 1879,
Henry Primrose of Trunch 1883
MORGANS from 1896
BULLARDS  
WATNEY MANN   
Licensees :
JAMES SIMMONDS by April 1776 - 1788
ELIZABETH SIMMONS 1789 - 1790
SIMON SIMMONS 1794
ROBERT HULL to October 1812
JOHN SERGEANT GODDARD
See below
pre 1833
THOMAS WRIGHT
(Died Q1 1840 ?)
1836
ROBERT BERRISFORD 1839
JOHN SIMMONDS
age 25
*1841
RICHARD LOCKSMITH
age 50 in 1851
& farmer 8 acres
1845 - 1858
RICHARD MATTHEWS
age 33
1861
THOMAS POINTER 1863 - 1869
MARK EVERITT
age 39 in 1871
(Died Q2 1915 - age 85)
1869 to 1910
GEORGE FREDERICK FISH
age 57 in 1911
(Died Q1 1941 - age 82 ?)
22.08.1910
JAMES EGGLETON 16.08.1915
HENRY TURNER 30.04.1917
ALFRED ATTOE
(Died Q2 1935 age 70 ?)
19.11.1917
JAMES EGGLETON
(Died Q1 1948 age 80 ?)
12.06.1925
KNIGHTS S EGGLETON
(Died Q4 1942 - age 55 )
21.09.1934
ALICE ANNIE EGGLETON
(Died Q2 1968 - age 81)
04.12.1942
RONALD C EGGLETON
(Died Q2 1980 - age 66)
21.09.1945
GERALD ALFRED GEORGE
(Died Q1 1982 - age 61)
11.02.1950
RONALD CECIL EGGLETON 07.10.1955
to closure


It was reported 1st June 1833 that John Sergeant Goddard, formerly of Briston Half Moon, had died at Ramsbury, Wiltshire on Monday 20th May 1833.


The Norfolk Chronicle gives James Simmons as licensee in 1776, 1777, 1782, 1783 & 1784.

All of the Furniture and Effects of Robert Hull, late of the Half Moon, were for sale by auction Tuesday 20th and Wednesday 21st October 1812. About 300 lots, including seven feather beds, five bedsteads, sheets and blankets, carpets, chairs, settles, dining and other tables, brewing copper, saucepans, kettles, glass and china ware, glass and stone bottles, pewter measures, liquor casks and many more varied items were worth the attention of the public.

Lot No. 15 in sale of Trunch Brewery Wednesday 25th August 1847.
With Land - A Copyhold property  - Fine Arbitrary - Quit Rent 1s 0¾d



Morgans sales for 1960 were 19 barrels of beer and 9 spirits.


Closure agreed at First Joint Committee Meeting of Bullards and Steward & Patteson 29th March 1962. The licensee was said to be aged 47 and to have been a tenant for 7 years. Sales were given as 64 barrels in the previous year.
The possibility of S&P buying the property and in return, closing the CHEQUERS, was discussed.