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THE STREET LAUNDITCH HUNDRED FULL LICENCE CLOSED 1920
MITFORD & LAUNDITCH LICENCE REGISTERS PS 12/5/1 to PS 12/5/2 (1901 to 1975)
ELIJAH EYRES offered for sale by auction 22nd July 1878 - Copyhold (Still listed as Eyres in 1882)
MORGANS  
Licensees :
MARGARET WHITER 1870 - 1875
THOMAS CLAMP
Age 29 in 1881
1877 - 1879
ALFRED ASHFORD to 05.1882
WILLIAM GREEN 28.04.1882 - 1888
JAMES CASON by 1890
JOHN CASON 27.11.1908
HENRY THORPE 07.04.1911
ERNEST LYON 16.10.1914
JOHN GOLDEN MASON 18.02.1916
THOMAS EVERITT 26.05.1916
JOHN GOLDEN MASON 25.05.1917
GEORGE HECTOR GOODRICK 04.07.1919

The Castle (and Royal Oak sign)
The Castle, at some time after closure, is shown behind the sign for the Royal Oak which is out of view to the right, set well back from the road.

Mrs. Whiter is named at the GOLDEN BALL in 1864 and 1868.

Originally a beerhouse.
Full licence application by beerhouse keeper Margaret Whiter denied on 31st August 1870.

The licence of Mrs `Whiting' is noted as `Requiring attention'
- August 1871

Ale-house licence granted 27th August 1873.

Advertised March 1882 as being To Let with Immediate possession.
Apply Elijah Eyre & Co, Lady Bridge Brewery, Lynn.

Objection to the renewal of licence was made on Friday 16th February 1906.

At the adjourned licensing session held Friday 9th March 1906 it was said by Police Sergeant Powles that the house was the least suitable of the three houses in the village of 466 persons. The tenant was aged 65 and had been at the house for eighteen years and would encounter difficulty in securing other employment if the house were to be closed.
Licence renewed on condition that gates at the back were to be kept unlocked.

Referred for Compensation 5th March 1920

Licence extinct 25th January 1921