| Licensees : |
| JAMES CHAPMAN |
07.09.1874 |
| BETSEY NEAL PRIMROSE |
03.11.1879 |
| EDWARD BURTON |
26.08.1901 |
| ROBERT EDWARD THOMPSON |
17.02.1902 |
| ROBERT WALPOLE PALMER |
26.02.1906 |
| JAMES RICHARD ROPER |
01.07.1907 |
ROBERT WALPOLE PALMER
(Mrs ELIZABETH PALMER 1912) |
30.11.1908 |
JAMES RICHARD ROPER
See below |
11.01.1909 |
| CHARLES GORDON HICKS |
17.10.1921 |
| EDITH ELIZABETH HICKS |
09.11.1925 |
| WILLIAM HENRY MANN |
07.10.1929 |
| ARTHUR LLOYD JONES |
02.11.1931 |
| THOMAS BAKER JONES |
28.05.1934 |
| CHARLES GORDON HICKS |
30.09.1935 |
| ALFRED RODWELL |
17.09.1945 |
| DUDLEY ALBERT GRIMBLE |
29.11.1954 |
| ALEX FELDMAN |
24.01.1955 |
| HAROLD DAVEY SEMMENCE |
15.10.1956 |
HENRY GEORGE TRAYNIER
(also found as Trayner) |
10.12.1956 |
| THOMAS POTTER |
07.12.1959 |
| RONALD EDMUND COOKE |
11.01.1962 |
| CYRIL TAGG |
01.02.1968 |
| THOMAS MORGAN EVANS |
20.11.1969 - 1982 |
| BERTRAM WHESTON |
1982 - 1995 |
MICHAEL EDWARD ANNISON THACKER
&
TIMOTHY THACKER |
1995 - 1998 |
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Mr. R. E. Thompson and his wife Rebecca Louisa had married in Cape Town
in 1893 and subsequently came to England. They took the Bath Hotel in
1902 and were there to 1906 when Mr. Thompson became manager of a hotel
in Holloway, London. Mrs Thompson sued for divorce Wednesday 22nd
January 1908 on grounds of cruelty and adultery. It was stated that,
while in Cromer, she had been thrown down stairs and on another occasion
Mr. Thompson had threatened to `do' for her. Other evidence that he had
committed misconduct with his manageress was presented.
A decree nisi was granted.
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The Norfolk News of 16th January 1909 reported that the licence had been
transferred from Mr. Roper to Mr. Palmer on Monday 11th January 1909.
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c1910
1902
Originally building was built c1814 and was used as a subscription reading room. Bathing
facilities were added c1824.
Present building dates from 1836 when rebuilt following destruction by a storm.
As a bath house it was also the family home of school teacher Simeon Simons, until his
death in 1867 when it was sold to Henry Rust.
The house was next owned by brewer and wine merchant James Chapman who, in 1872, converted
the building into a hotel and added the western wing for use as a billiards room.
Mr. Oldman Carter, Brewer of Trunch, was summoned, as the proprietor of
the Bath Hotel, Monday, 20th May 1901, for failing to make proper
entries in his stock books of spirits received; also with neglecting to
cancel the certificates of spirits received. Although the first charge
was liable to a maximum fine of £100 and the second £50, the Chairman
imposed a fine of £5 and £1 4s 6d costs.
It was reported 3rd March 1906 that Mr. Robert Edward Thompson had
recently been declared bankrupt and a protection order had been issued
(26th February) in favour of Mr. R. W. Palmer, granting of the licence
to confirmed at the next transfer day.
Morgans sales for 1960 were : -
107 barrels of beer &
51 spirits.
Closed 1999
Became a private dwelling by early 2000's and offered for sale in
October 2018 for £1.2 million.
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