| Licensees : |
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| JOHN PORTER |
here
1781 - 1794 |
| Ө |
JOHN BAILEY |
1798 - 1799 |
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RICHARD RUDD
See below |
1836 |
| Robert ?
RUDD |
1839 |
JOHN WELTON
age 50 in 1851
& baker
Died 26th November 1868 - age 69 |
1841 - 1868 |
Mrs CHARLOTTE WELTON
age 65 in 1869
(re-married to Robert Burges by November 1869) |
1869 |
ROBERT BURGESS
& harness maker |
1871 to 1883 |
JOHN HINSLEY
(also as Hensley) |
05.05.1883 |
| MARY ANN HINSLEY |
06.03.1899 |
EDWARD GRAVELING
Age 39 in 1911 |
23.06.1902 |
WILLIAM VALENTINE ALLEN
& farmer at Lowes Farm |
14.10.1932 |
| ALFRED JAMES CLARKE |
13.10.1950 |
| RONALD FRANK THOMAS GIBBS |
23.10.1953 |
| JACK DOWSE |
25.03.1955 |
| ERNEST BOND |
01.03.1957 |
| PAUL & MARGY WAYMAN |
c1980 |
| PAULINE & ??
.......... |
undated |
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| SEAN & PENNY CHAPMAN |
June 2014 |
BEN HANDLEY
General manager |
June 2017 |
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Map ref : TG 070351
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It may be a coincidence:-
On Tuesday 21st May 1816, the New Dwelling House and
Shop, late in the occupation of Richard Rudd, plumber,
glazier and painter, situated in Row 113, Gt. Yarmouth was
to be Sold by Auction with immediate possession.
The Row was known as Blue Bell Row.
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July 1994
Sign showing Bluebells.
A flint cottage dating from the 17thC and recorded as an Alehouse.
Described in 1726 as a long rectangular building.
Including some acres of land, a barn & stables.
Supplied by the Letheringsett Brewery from 1781 to about 1796.Jane -
wife of John Porter was buried - April 5 1797
Shown on Faden's 1797 map.Supplied as a freehouse by Steward
& Patteson (for the first time) in the year November 1845 to November
1846.
Beer was served straight from the cellar until the first bar was installed in the
1970's.
Part of the Stody Estate .
The sign in 2008.
Showing "Established 1836", but the Bell / Bluebell is named from at least 1781.
(The house is recorded as the BELL in 1789, 1836 and at later dates , but as the
BLUEBELL in 1818, 1850 and at various other times to at least the 1990's)
Known as the HUNNY BELL and trading
as such by 2008.
Closed early 2017.
To re-open July 2017 under new owners (leasehold).
Closed at end of May 2024, new leasehold owners having been sought over the
previous two years.
Plans announced by the Stody Estate, June 2024, to keep the business viable
by reducing the trading area and by building a housing development of twelve
dwellings, some of which would be "affordable".
September 2024 - It was reported that plans to develop the site had
"evolved" and the trading area would remain and guest accommodation
added.
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