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 DEREHAM ROAD		 FOREHOE HUNDRED BEERHOUSE   CLOSED c1910
Mrs SARAH HOLLEY As recorded 1909
Licensees :
JOHN WARD
age 57 in 1861		 *1854 - *1879
CHARLES HOLLEY
& coal dealer
age 46  in 1881		 1881 - 1900
Mrs SARAH HOLLEY
(Retired publican 1911 - age 73)		 1904 - 1909+


George Pell (26) and Charles Fawkes (19), labourers were charged with feloniously assaulting William Barrett, and putting him in fear of his life, and of stealing his purse at Hardingham, on 21st February 1860.
The three had all been in Ward's beerhouse, but not together. William Barrett was chatting with a girl known as Happy Bilham.
Pell and Fawkes left the house at ten o'clock, the same time as Happy Bilham, Barrett and a man named Mail. The three passed the two accused who were outside Ward's house, Barrett continued on his way home and Bilham and Mail returned to the beerhouse. (Happy Bilham said she preferred Mail to Barrett since the latter was a married man.)
A mile from Ward's, Barratt was accosted by two men who he identified as Pell and Fawkes. Hit on the head with a stick and robbed of £2 17s, he informed the police the following morning.
The licensee of the DOG, George Lilley, testified that Fawkes arrived at his house at eleven forty-five and did not leave until four in the morning.
Footprints at the scene of the robbery were confirmed to match the footwear of the accused.
The pair were found guilty.
 



Said to date from 1775, but as yet not identified by name pre 1881.

There were objections to the beerhouse licence renewal of John Ward at the sessions held Tuesday 24th August 1869. After some discussion it was granted.


Licence referred to Compensation July 1909.
Mrs Sarah Holley then licensee and owner.
Premises confirmed as a beerhouse.
It was said that the accommodation at the COCK and at the UNICORN was far superior to that of the BELL, which was the inferior house in that part of town.
In reply it was confirmed that this was the only Free House in Hingham and a Fowl Market was held there every Tuesday.
Sales were 2 barrels of beer and 3 dozen minerals a week during the winter and 3½ barrels and 6 or 7 dozen in the summer.
In spite of acknowledging the hardship to an old lady of depriving her of her livelihood and not admitting a memorial from the Parish Council, the Bench referred the licence.

At the meeting of the Norfolk Licensing Committee, held Wednesday 15th December 1909 it was reported that Mrs. Holley was owner and tenant of the beerhouse. Generally compensation had been paid at between 9s and 14s a barrel. The licence of Mrs Holley had been taken away and she had no other means of support.
Compensation was allowed at 10s a barrel.

(John Ward is listed as an agricultural labourer in 1841, at Queen Street & 1851 at Baxter Row, there is no mention of him running a beerhouse until 1854.)