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 LANGHAM ROAD		 NORTH GREENHOE HUNDRED FULL LICENCE CLOSED by early 1980's
NORTH GREENHOE REGISTER 10th September 1794 and NORTH GREENHOE LICENCE REGISTERS PS 27/8/1 (1903 - 1961)
Transferred to HOLT DIVISION from 07.02.1936 - PS 28/11/1 to PS 28/12/1 (1932 - c1962)
LETHERINGSETT BREWERY 1794 - 1804
REEPHAM BREWERY to 1878
BULLARDS Conveyed from Bircham & Sons (Reepham Brewery) 26.11.1878.
WATNEY MANN to closure
Licensees :
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JAMES REEVE - at the HART 1789 - 1794
Ө JOHN RUSH
At Jolly Farmers		 1798
THOMAS GRAVELIN 1799 - 1804
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JAMES RUSH
& baker
(Died Q2 1852 - age about 56)		 1836 - 1846
SAMUEL PLATTEN
age 29 		*1851
JNO PLATTEN 1854
SAMUEL PLATTEN
Died Q1 1868 - age 47)		 1856 - 1868
(Mrs Elizabeth Platten ?) SAMUEL PLATTEN 1869
JOHN B GUTTERIDGE
Age 29		 1871
MATTHEW MORTERS
(Died Q2 1886 - age 76)		 1875 - 1879
JOHN PAGE
& butcher
(Died Q2 1913 - age 73)		 1881 - 1911
JOHN ERNEST PAGE
& pork butcher		 06.11.1911
ERNEST ROBERT PAGE
& pork butcher
Died December 1953 - age 82		 1912 - 1953
HILDA NELLIE PAGE
(Died March 1991 - age 92)		 04.12.1953
FRANK EDGAR PIKE
Died December 1983 - age 79)		 01.01.1954
ROBERT IVOR HUGHES
(Died September 1978 - age about 72)		 05.02.1954
ARTHUR JOHN LAWRENCE
(Died February 1995 - age about 77)		 22.11.1957
CHARLES GEORGE COX
& wife WINIFRED
(C. G. Cox born 20.10.1906. Died March 1977)		 1966 - 1977
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Image thanks to Thom Costall
Charlie at the door.
Note the Bullards roundel to the left and the Watney roundel to the right, a typical feature of all Watney houses to the 1970's.

 Image thanks to Thom Costall
Image thanks to Thom Costall

The HART, For Sale by Auction Friday 25th October 1793.
In occupation of James Reeve at a rent of £5 15s 6d.

Lot No. 27 in sale of Reepham Brewery estate Saturday 8th June 1878.
Let to Matthew Morters at an annual rent of £21.
` A good brick and flint roadside house containing:
Parlour, Tap Room, Bar; 2 Bedrooms; Good Cellar with Scullery & Store Room over, Yard in rear in which are Enclosed Skittle Ground, Detached Wash House, 3 Stall Stable with Loft above & Cart Lodge & a garden beyond; Also a short distance from the Public House an Enclosure of Arable land., comprising about 1½ acres next to the Holt road. Also included an adjoining House with Bakers Shop (Let for £7 pa) Plus another House with Drapers shop (Let for £7 pa) - Freehold'
Purchased by Bullard.

The house is referenced as `Formerly the HART' in conveyance documents dated 26.11.1878. Sales of 109 barrels of beer reported at First Joint Committee Meeting of Bullards and S&P 29.05.1962. No change recommended.

A 1976 memo in Watney Mann records reads....
` A jovial village pub.....but Charlie is due to retire soon.'

Image thanks to Thom Costall
Charlie and Winn at the bar.
Images thanks to Thom Costall.

Image thanks to Thom Costall
September 1971

According to one source the business closed in 1986, but another internet source describes the the house as the former Jolly Farmers when listed 2nd July 1984, as a Grade II listed property.