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26 St. MARTINS ROAD
 FULLERS HOLE		 St. MARTIN AT OAK FULL LICENCE CLOSED 12.11.1932
NORWICH LICENCE REGISTERS PS 1/8/1 to PS 1/8/4 (1867 to 1953)
STEWARD & Co Hired to 1843
STEWARD, PATTESON, FINCH & Co Property purchased 1843
Licensees :
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GEORGE BIDWELL
(Mr. Biddell as reported July 1927)		 1822 - 1827
Convicted January 1823 of suffering bull baiting on his premises. Sentence to be discovered.......
CHARLES BAKER 1829 - 1830
WILLIAM HUMPHRIES 1832 - 1836
NICHOLAS BRIDGES 1839
JOSEPH SMITH
age 49 in 1851		 1842 - 1859
WILLIAM SMITH
boat builder
Died 31st August 1862		 1861 - 1862
MARY ANN SMITH
widow.
Married John White 12th May 1864		 1862 - 1864
JOHN WHITE by 1865
Tuesday, 23rd January 1866 - Mrs. Ann White, wife of John was ordered to keep the peace on a surety of £5.
WILLIAM SILLIS 13.10.1868
HENRY WARDEN 07.11.1874
Convicted 22.11.1874 of allowing consumption out of hours.
Fine £2 plus 18/6d costs or 14 days detention.
WILLIAM JAMES SADD 20.07.1875
NOAH SLATER 05.04.1911
Saturday 27th November 1917 - Fine of 10s for supplying intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises at 11:25 am on 22nd October.
Those present were Mr. Slater's wife and two daughters, plus two friends of his daughters.
Ale had been given freely.
"A private individual could give any refreshment in his own house, but a licensed victualler could not"
Convicted 05.04.1911 of allowing selling out of hours.
Fine 10/- or 7 days detention.




Many thanks to Margaret Todd for updates on the history of Smith / White / Bunn.
November 2025.

Address as Oak Street Gates in 1845.
As at Oak Street 1865, 1868 & 1869.
St Martin at Oak 1879.

Lot No. 5 (of 11) in the sale by Auction of property including Dwelling Houses and Cottages, to be held Friday 18th August 1843.
A Free Public House, without St. Martin's at Oak Gates, comprising a large and convenient house, very large garden, and a very fine meadow, abutting the river, by which a good business in letting boats is carried on.

On Monday 28th July 1862 Mr. William Smith of the King's Arms was seriously injured when firing the cannon, placed on the river bank near the ferry for saluting, when the barrel burst. Splinters struck Mr. Smith's leg very forcibly, and the injury so severe that it was feared that amputation would be necessary. He died five weeks later.

John White was known as the “Gateshead Clipper” who broke many running and “pedestrian” records around the country. In the Illustrated Sporting News and Theatrical and Musical Review of the 15th February 1864, at a race at Hackney Wick, he was described as "the very beau ideal of the athlete”. His trainer and backer was Bob Bunn, landlord of the STAR & CROWN, later (1871) of the ROSE INN.

On the afternoon of Monday, 16th September 1878, Mr. W. Sadd held an exceedingly good show of fruit, flowers, and vegetables in a marquee erected in his pretty garden on the banks of the river.
Mr. Sadd had a fine show of gladioli, asters, and fushias.
First prize of a silver lever watch was gained by Mr. W. Hardingham for a fine lot of dahlias. The prize offered for hot-house plants and fruit was a set of hot-water jugs.

 
Licence exchanged (in part) for the DUN COW, St Martins in 1932.

Licence provisionally refused 9th February 1932 and referred to Compensation.

Closed under Compensation 12th November 1932

House no. 362 on 1845 Magistrates list

 

 

 

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