| Licensees : |
| - |
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| ROBERT
THURSTON |
1794 |
| - |
|
| LEVI SCOTT |
1829 |
| |
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| THOMAS MANN |
1834 - 1836 |
JAMES CURTIS
age 65 in 1851
Died Sunday, 8th August 1852 - age 67. |
1838 - 1852 |
Mrs HANNAH CURTIS
age 58 in 1854
(Died 11th February 1879 - age 87) |
1852 - 1872 |
| ALFRED CLAXTON |
1875 - 1885 |
JOHN AVES
Died 3rd August 1910 - age 64. |
1888 - 1910 |
| ALICE & SAMUEL JOHN FOLKES |
1910 - 1922 |
| January 1922 - Landlord (un-named in
report) fined 5s for permitting gambling. See opposite. |
| ARTHUR ERNEST YALLOP |
1925 |
SIMEON HOWLETT
(Simeon as given 1929, 1933 & 1937) |
1927 - 1957 |
| Mrs MAY
PROVIDENCE HOWLETT |
1957 -
12.1983 |
| JACKIE NOY |
12.1983 -
closure 1984 |
| Closed
April 1984 to August 1989 |
| CAROL & JOHN TURNER |
1989 - 2005 |
| ? |
2005 - 2008 |
| DAVID &
GILL BRAKE |
from 2008 |
| ALEX & LIZZIE BRAKE |
to 2025 |
| KAYLEE GROUCOTT & KAGISO SEKGAOLELO |
24.11.2025 |
Adelaide, youngest daughter of James Curtis, married Mr. Frederick
Cox of Lowestoft on Tuesday 2nd March 1852.
|
20.07.1996
For sale 9th August 1862
`A substantially built house of brick and tile containing :-
2 Front Sitting Rooms, Large Club Room, Bar, Back Kitchen, Pantry Large Cellar and 5
Bedrooms. Also Stables for 8 horses, Gig House, Hay Loft, Piggeries, Yard & Pump. Well
planted Garden and Pightle of Capital land containing 1A 3R 20P. In the occupation of Cann
& Clarke or their Undertenant'
It was reported Saturday, 4th February 1922, that the
landlord of the Bird-in-Hand had been fined "the previous Monday" for
permitting gambling by charging 3d for a guess as to "How many Pips in a
Pumpkin". The winner was a farmer who had guesses Forty, and was
rewarded with a bottle of whisky.
One of the current bars is situated in what was a stable.
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