BLUE BOAR - GREAT RYBURGH

c1935

Said to date from 1685
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26th March 1814. Sale of the BLUE BOAR at Great Ryburgh - "The present occupier and her family have kept the house as a public house for about forty years. Apply for details to the proprietor Mr. Theophilus Cates."

30th April 1814 - House disposed of by Private Contract.
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As the BLUE BOAR 1836 and by 2009

Lot no. 45 in the sale of the Bircham & Son, Reepham Brewery Saturday 8th June 1878. Let to Edmund Neale at an annual rent of £30. Situated near the Church, containing; Good Tap Room, Parlour and Bar, Upland Cellar, Store Room and Liquor Closet. 7 Bedrooms. In the rear is a harness room, also Enclosed Skittle ground, Straw & Hay Houses & Stable, Detached 2 stall Stable & 2 loose boxes with Wash house adjoining & Good ..(?)... Club room over, Good Garden and Pasture of land beyond with frontage to road. Site being altogether about 2 acres - Freehold.

Closed 1970

Licence not renewed February 1971.

Re-opened (date ?)

Selling Tolly Cobbold ales c1977

November 1982 - "Take a tip from Egon Ronay and Relais Routier and visit the Boar Inn".

18th November 1986 - Mrs. Margaret Corson said that the week's takings and staff tips were stolen by thieves, who also robbed two other Norfolk public houses. "Several hundreds of pounds were gone, but the staff would be recompensed out of her own pocket".

Closed 24th February 2024.

Plans to convert into five flats and two semi-detached homes announced July 2024.

Plans for conversion into flats rejected by North Norfolk District Council 29th July 2024.

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