KINGS HEAD - HETHERSETT

Licensees :
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Mr. HEWETT	1804
?	1817
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GEORGE BENNETT	1830
ROBERT TURRELL	1832 - 1836
WILLIAM TURRELL Age 65 in 1841	1839 - 1841
THOMAS SCRIVENER	1845
STEPHEN HUBBARD	1846
WILLIAM FORD age 35 in 1851	1851 - 1858
THOMAS GROUNDS Age 36 in 1861	1861 - 1865
Friday 8th September 1865 - Licence opposed by Superintendent Barrett owing to objections raised between August 1864 and August 1865 when Mr. Grounds had been convicted. The bench said the licence had been abused and refused renewal.
JOHN STANHAW Age 60 in 1871	1868 - 1872
WILLIAM PEACOCK	1875
JOHN MARTIN Temporary transfer	03.11.1876
JOHN PEACOCK	1877
CHARLES MILLER	1879
WILLIAM RACE	1881 - 1885
GEORGE MASTERSON	by 04.1886 - 1888
ALFRED CHARLES BRIGHTON Age 53 in 1891	1890 - 1891
WILLIAM CHARLES WILLIMOTT	1896 - 1900
GEORGE THOMPSON See below	by 1902 to1903
WILLIAM JOHN MEEK Age 52 in 1911	20.11.1903
ELLEN JANE MEEK	19.07.1918
ALFRED ERNEST HENRY LEE	17.09.1938
EDWARD SIDNEY TOVELL	07.01.1939
GEORGE THOMAS BELL	03.02.1940
BERTIE WILLIAM PALMER	15.11.1952
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GRACE & TOM FLYNN	1967
TOM ROWNTREE	1967 - 1971
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BOB & JACKIE ROSS	by 05.1983 - 1984
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ADRIAN HARVEY & SUSAN WHITMORE	2009
JUSTIN HARVEY & COLIN TICKLE	by 2021
PAUL MURFITT	07.2023

On Wednesday 16th December 1903, George Thompson was examined for bankruptcy.
He had debts amounting to £140 5s.
He had worked for 10 years as a manager at the paper making department of the Carrow Works, but in 1901 the department was closed. He received £200 as compensation and opened up an office in Norwich as a paper merchant. The business did not pay so he took the King's Head.
He quickly fell into arrears with the brewery and was given notice to quit at Michaelmas 1903.
He had spent £40 in improving the premises, particularly the bowling green, but had not been reimbursed. When he left he was disgusted with the place and left the fixtures for the brewers to help themselves. He had sold his furniture to settle some of his debt, but that had only raised £10.