Licensees : |
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ELIZABETH
HARRIS (Bell) |
1789 |
JOHN SHORT (Bell) |
1790 |
JOHN SHORT (Buck) |
1792 - 1794 |
THOMAS SHORT
&wheelwright
(Insolvent as dated 8th April 1829) |
to 1829 |
- |
|
JAMES YOUNG
age 57 in 1851
& farming 100 acres |
1835 - 1870 |
WILLIAM JOHN GRAND
& farming 66 acres 1871
& farming 67 acres 1881
(Died at the Buck Inn 17.02.1921 - age 90) |
1871 - 1921 |
EDMOND B THORPE |
1922 |
ROBERT GEORGE ALDIS |
1925 - 1937 |
STANLEY
DACK |
by 1944 |
OLIVER
HENRY FISHER (Harry) |
c1964 -
1966 |
PETER
FREDERICK MELLOR |
11.10.1966
-
June 1987 |
- |
|
LINDA
JOHNSON
& RAY BADHAM |
November
2010 |
SHELLEY
COBB &
CHARLOTTE LEVERETT |
November
2012 |
HENRY WATT |
June 2015 |

1944 - Stanley Dack bringing ale
to two USAF personnel and friend.
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1996
Previously called the BELL.
Said to have been renamed after John Buck, a blacksmith who, in October 1792
was apprehended with a tub of illicit gin at his house. Apparently Buck
was a Notorious Smuggler and is mentioned in
Parson Woodforde's diaries.
Peter Mellor advises that the rent in 1966 was £50.00 per annum.
Following extensive renovations by the brewery in 1968
it rose to £200.00 per annum.
Later Rents....
1972 £320
1975 £1116
1981 £2004
1984 £3700

The Buck - 1966
Images kindly provided by Peter Mellor
Closed September 2014 - re-opened with new owners
Lacons, Saturday 6th June 2015.
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