| Licensees : |
| - |
|
WILLIAM HARPER
postmaster and likely landlord |
1664 |
| - |
|
ROBERT BROWNE
went to the
ANGEL,
Norwich |
1740 |
| JAMES JUDD |
06.1740 |
| BETTY RADCLIFFE |
1775 - |
ALEXANDER
RADCLIFFE
Died 1792 |
10.1785 - 1792 |
| ELIZABETH RADCLIFFE |
1792 - 1824 |
ROBERT EDWARDS
Age 72 in 1871 |
by 03.1829 -1886 |
(CHARLES HOWARD the younger
Bell Tap) |
(1845) |
| (WILLIAM
SMITH - Bell Tap) |
(1850) |
J. FIFE
manager |
1875 |
| (THOMAS SHELFORD BIDWELL) |
1888 |
BENJAMIN DUFFIELD
manager |
1890 |
| (T S BIDWELL & SUTTON) |
1890 - 1900 + |
Mrs. ATTWOOD
Died Wednesday 8th January 1908 after seven years as being manageress. |
to 1908 |
| BIDWELL
& Company |
1908 - 1912 |
| ERNEST JESSUP |
1916 |
| KATIE JESSOP |
by 1921 |
| GEORGE SAMUEL PEELING |
05.02.1925 |
| KENNETH CAMPBELL McCALLUM |
15.07.1926 |
| THOMAS HAMILTON DENNY |
11.04.1935 |
THOMAS GOULDEN
manager |
1949 |
| GERALD GLANDFIELD BOYD |
22.07.1954 |
| DAVID HALLIBURTON HADLEY |
22.10.1964 |
| - |
|
| ALAN &
SUE JUDD managers |
by 2004 |
| BRIAN &
MAGGIE BLAND |
by 2008 |
| STUART EVANS |
2009 - 2010 |
| CRAIG
LAWRENCE |
2010 |
| JASON
CHAPPELL |
Autumn 2010 |
| - |
|
Update
Sept 2011 thanks to Allison Cameron-Dicker, Duty Manager and Reception
since August 2005
Licensees added thanks to the researches of David Osborne. See link
opposite.
|
1997
Original building dates from c1490.
Said to have been an inn since c1540.
Was a Seminary for the Catholic Church.
The ghost of Betty Radcliffe is claimed to haunt the older areas of the
hotel, along with a few other departed characters.
Thomas Coke instigated Wool Fairs here followed by `Sumptuous Dinners for the Gentry'.
Turnpike meeting held here 28th March 1791.
The Norwich to Newmarket Mail Coach stopped here for Sups going up and
Breakfast coming down, as reported August 1791 when the host was Mr
Radcliffe.
Saturday 3rd November 1792 - Elizabeth Radcliffe informed the Nobility,
Gentry, Friends and the customers of her late husband, that she intended
to carry on the business.
Offered To Let by Auction, Monday 12th January 1824.
Then in the occupation of Mrs. Elizabeth Radcliffe.
The Opening Dinner of Mr. Edwards was held here Thursday 12th March 1829.
The excellent dinner was served in the best order with the dessert and
wines of the first quality.
In 1830 the coach the ROYAL MAIL called daily at 8:00pm on route from Norwich to London,
returning at 6:00am the following morning.
The Telegraph Coach Office, at the Bell Inn, was broken into on Thursday
27th June 1833, 4s 6d was stolen and a coat, waistcoat and trousers were
taken from a box belonging to G. Gardiner, Esq.
Robert Edwards informed the public 28th June 1845, that the Norfolk
Railway Company had instructed him to provide coaches from Bury St.
Edmunds, Eye, Diss, Garboldisham and Botesdale, via Ixworth, to serve
the Thetford and Harling Stations. Post Horses were at readiness in
Thetford to meet every train.
Repairs to part of the building, damaged by fire, were being carried out
during the week ending 28th February 1846. On Friday 6th March 1846
another fire was discovered in the unoccupied room number 4, where the
wood mantlepiece and wainscot had apparently been ignited by a spark
when the grate had been raked out the previous night. Fortunately the
fire was quickly extinguished and the engine was not required.
Valued 25th July 1889 at £2600, including a `dismantled Old Brewhouse and a Fitted Up
Butchers Shop'.
Owned by George Samuel Peeling of Barton Mills by 1926
House
renamed the BELL INN 2010 following
refurbishment.
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