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6 NORTH STREET TUNSTEAD HUNDRED FULL LICENCE CLOSED 28.06.1966
TUNSTEAD & HAPPING LICENCE REGISTERS 1794 & PS 11/4/1 to 11/4/3 (Feb 1928 to Feb 1974)
COLTISHALL BREWERY Lot No. 73, sold at auction 14th - 17th September 1841 (£520)
TRUNCH BREWERY Lot No. 5 in sale of Trunch Brewery Wednesday 25th August 1847.
STEWARD & PATTESON Purchased 23.10.1909 for £700
Licensees :
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Ө PHILLIS RISING 1744
JOHN TAYLOR 1789 - 1790
THOMAS BRADFIELD 1792 - 1799
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THOMAS HASDELL
( Mrs Nasdell died November 1827 - age 41)
by 1827 - 1846
BENJAMIN HARRIS
age 63 in 1851
& hay dealer
1850 - 1865
JOHN BATES
went to CROSS KEYS 1881
1868 - 1881
JAMES NEAL junior
Age 28 in 1881
1881 - 1883
FREDERICK SALLABANK  02.11.1886 - 1888
WILLIAM BENNETT
Age 49 in 1891
1890 - 1892
JOHN W. CRASKE 1895 to 11.1904
FREDERICK J. PALMER 29.11.1904 - 1912
ALBERT EDWARD PALMER 1916
JOHN JAMES CRAIGIE
(Died 30th October 1933 - age 47)
1920 - 1927+
Tuesday 5th February 1924 - Charged of allowing consumption at illegal hours at 10:50 pm on 19th January 1924. Mr. Craigie said he had been celebrating his 38th birthday and the guests present had been given their drinks freely. Not accepting the story given, the Chairman decided to convict. Mr. Craigie was fined £2 and  two guests were fined 10s each.
21st March 1927 - Fine of £5 for (his wife) serving two persons at illegal hours (10:35 pm) on 10th March 1927.
CHARLES HEDGE 23.05.1932
HENRY SAMUEL HIPPERSON 16.10.1939
HENRY JOHN WILLSMER
ex Police Inspector
11.12.1950
ERNEST THORNTON 21.06.1954
JAMES SOWERBUTTS 14.02.1955
WILLIAM ARTHUR SAUNDERS 25.02.1957
JOSEPH VINCENT LYSAGHT HICKEY 31.10.1960
MICHAEL CHARLES RIX
(S&P representative)
13.09.1965
Image provided by Morris Hedge, grandson of Charles Hedge.
c1932 image thanks to Morris Hedge.


Described as Freehold property in 1847 - Land Tax £1


Damaged by enemy action 31st December 1942

A provisional licence was granted to S&P 9th May 1951 for a new house to be built on the Millfield Estate. A condition was that the licence of the Cock was to be surrendered upon the new house opening. Although the provisional licence was renewed 2nd February 1953 the new house was never built.

51 barrels of beer sold in the final year of trading.

Closure confirmed 2nd February 1966 at S&P Property Rationalisation Committee Meeting on `Agreed uneconomic closures'.

The licence registers give date of closure as
28th June 1966.
Licence not renewed 1970.

Reopened as the Cockerel Tearooms c1980