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THE GREEN EARSHAM HUNDRED FULL LICENCE  
EARSHAM LICENCE REGISTERS PS 21/3/1 & PS 21/3/2 (1932 - 1967)
Note : February 1959 to Feb 1964 missing
HARLESTON BREWERY Sold 1828 to Mr Mayhew of Metfield for £700
DISS LOWER BREWERY to 1876
YOUNGS, CRAWSHAY & YOUNGS From 1876
BULLARDS 15.12.1958
WATNEY MANN 1967 - Closed by Watney Mann (East Anglia) Ltd 19.05.1976
Freehouse ? Reopened and selling Adnams ales by 1985
FREEHOUSE 2015
Licensees :
HUMPHREY BALEY to 1782
JOHN BULLOCK to 1786
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WILLIAM NEAVE / NEEVE
See opposite.
1828 - 1843
JOHN COCK
age 48 in 1851
& plumber & glazier
1845 - 1851
JOHN BUXTON
(Previously at Wacton Dukes Head)
October 1851
JOSHUA STEWARD 1854 - 1858
WILLIAM BARKHAM / BACKHAM
& farmer 20 acres
1861 - 1871
Wednesday 24th February 1864 - Fine of 5s and 12s costs for being drunk and behaving in a riotous manner on 12th February. In default 14 days hard labour at Norwich Castle. The fine was paid.
Licence renewed "on trial", Friday 25th September 1868 following complaints of drunkenness and disorder being reported. "Not long ago" a sweep had robbed a man there whilst drunk. Lately the house seemed to be better conducted.
Mrs ANN BARKHAM 1872
JOHN PALMER 1875 - 1876
RICHARD GRANT 1877 - 1881
CHARLES HAZELL / HAZILL
& posting house
& coal & wholesale merchant
1888 - 1897
Mrs SARAH A HAZELL 1900 - 1908
THOMAS WILLIAM GOWING 1912
D BALDWIN 1916
WILLIAM CHARLES WILLIAMS 1922
Friday 3rd February 1922 - Paid costs of 10s having pleaded guilty to allowing gaming, in the form of a raffle or guessing competition just previous to Christmas. Police Superintendent Fuller said he believed the offence was committed in ignorance.
THOMAS BARLOW
(ex member of the Metropolitan Police)
1925 - 1930
April 1927 - Fine and costs totalling £2 for selling lemonade with a dash of beer, to members of a football club, at illegal hours (5:40 pm) on 26th March. In defence it was claimed that the "shandies" were less than 2 per cent proof alcohol and exempt  from the licensing regulations. The Bench disagreed. Two members of the football club were fined 10s each.
JOHN BERRY LAWRENCE by 1932
GEORGE ROBERT RAYNER 20.04.1934
FREDERICK CHARLES SMITH 29.06.1934
JAMES HARRY HODGE 21.01.1949
PHILIP LAURANCE RADFORD 29.09.1950
ARTHUR FREDERICK BADKIN 29.02.1952
WALTER EDWARD EASTER 10.10.1952
JAMES EDWARD SINDLE 04.12.1953
FREDERICK WALTER DUNHAM 23.04.1954
EDWARD LANCASTER 07.03.1958
RAYMOND FREDERICK WEBBER by 03.1963
GEORGE LESLIE QUICK
Went to FALCON
1964 - 1976
Closed for 18 months to August 1978
JACK CROWE 04.08.1977 to 11.1978
JAMES FREDERICK IRONS 27.11.1978
VYTAUTAS Von SILEIKA
(Jean & Vick)
by 04.1980 - 04.1983
PETER FOLKARD
Died December 1985
05.1983 - 1985
Mrs. GRACE FOLKARD 1986
RICHARD O'CONNOR 1988
DIANE, SALLY, TRACEY & MARY ANNE BARHAM from 12.1989
VANESSA REECE here 08.1992
STEPHEN GIRDLER to 2012
... 12.11.2012
JON BINGHAM &
AMY BEEVERS
by 02. 2015
LUCY BALL &
CRAIG GRANT
by 11.2021

CROWN - PULHAM MARKET
c1910

The Norfolk Chronicle of 13th April 1782 reported ......
To be Lett, and entered upon immediately, that old accustomed House known by the Name of the CROWN, at Pulham Market, Norfolk, now in the Occupation of Mr Humphrey Baley; consisting of a kitchen, two Parlours, and six Chambers, also a very good Brewing-Office, Stable, and other Conveniences. The household Furniture, Brewing Utensils, and Stock, to be taken at fair Valuation.

The Creditors of John Bullock of the Crown, were to meet there Friday, 17th March 1786 and were to make their claims against the Estate and Effects of John Bullock, which had been assigned to Mr. John Swann, surgeon and to William Cole, miller, for the Benefit of his Creditors.

Lot No. XVI in the sale of Harleston Brewery properties 3rd July 1828.
In occupation of William Neave.


In 1836 the Board of Guardians for the Depwade Union agreed to pay Mr. Neeve, landlord of the Crown, £12 per annum for the use of room, stabling and hostler, this being their choice for board meetings.

Offered To Be Sold By Auction, Thursday 2nd January 1840.
Possession at Michaelmas.
Apply to Mr. Neave, the Proprietor........(Lot No 1)

Notice was published 4th March 1843 that William Neave had conveyed and transferred all of his Estate and Effects to Trustees for the equal benefit of his Creditors.

Offered for sale by auction April 1843
"For many years past in the occupation of Mr. Neave : comprising a well-situated bar, large kitchen, and every suitable domestic office...."

William Neave conveyed and transferred all of his real Estate, personal Estate and Effects to his Trustees for the Benefit of his Creditors - Dated 2nd March 1843.

As reported 3rd October 1868 the police had recorded that a great deal of drunkenness and disorder had been recently going on in the house. Not long previously, a drunken man had been robbed by a sweep. The conduct of the house had since been much improved and the licence of Mr. Barkham was renewed on trial.

Lot No. 19 in the sale of the Diss Lower Brewery Thursday 30th March 1876. Purchased by Youngs, Crawshay & Co.



An application for alterations and improvements was approved on Friday 22nd September 1949.

No change recommended at First Joint Committee Meeting of Bullards and Steward & Patteson 29th May 1962.
Sales given as 129 barrels.

A fire in the thatch was discovered at 10:00 am on Friday 8th March 1963 by fishmonger Stanley Webb. Before fire appliances arrived, the son of the licensee, Ian Webber, used a hose on a section of the burning roof, whilst neighbours played water from another angle.

The CROWN - February 1998
February 1998

Freehold sold for £295,000 by December 2014.

Advertised for sale August 2019 for £475,000

Many thanks to Janelle Penney for the newspaper transcription
taken with permission, from © film provided by the
British Library Newspaper Library
Thanks also to Robert Campbell.
and Kate Chenneour.