| NORFOLK | NORWICH | GT. YARMOUTH | KINGS LYNN | NAME SEARCH | PUBLICATIONS | LINKS | MYSTERY | HOME |
| NORFOLK PUBLIC HOUSES |
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
 Said to have been rebuilt 1694 and reputed to have existed several hundred years before that. 5th October 1834 - Edward Tice informed His Friends and the Public that he had taken the Inn. Rent in May 1837 was £17 per annum. Sold by Auction, May 1837 for £880 (Including two adjoining cottages) To Let with entry on 11th October 1837. With extensive Stabling, Barn, Piggeries, Granary, Yards and Garden. Long frequented by Drovers to and from Norwich and Dereham Markets. Apply Mr. Bidwell, Thetford. Valued 25th July 1889 at £730. It was reported that Thursday 24th September 1953 was the first time in 23 years that 69 year old Albert Cannell had not served beer at the house. Earlier, the licence had been temporarily transferred to Mr. D. Carnelley, the Thetford footballer. When Mr. Cannell first arrived at the house, beer was 4d a pint, which was considered expensive since it had been 2d a pint in pre-1914 days. By 1953 it was 1s 1d a pint. During the 1914-18 war he had trained with the South Suffolk Regiment, but in France he was transferred to the 9th Battalion Essex Regiment. Closed by June 2019. Plans to convert into accommodation published September 2019 - confirmed May 2021 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||