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NORWICH LICENCE REGISTERS PS 1/8/1 to PS 1/8/4 (1867 to 1965) YOUNGS & Co Owned by Charles Crawshay as recorded 17.03.1888 YOUNGS, CRAWSHAY & YOUNGS from 1897 BULLARDS 1958 WATNEY MANN

Licensees : -   ROBERT OLLEY 1735 JOSEPH WARNES grocer 1760 - 1761 JONATHAN MORRISON hotpresser 1763 -   M. NOLBROW 1810 JOHN LONDON 1820 THOMAS CASEY 1822 DANIEL SHORE Died Saturday 25th May 1839 `of inflammation.' 1830 - 1839 JOHN COOK 1842 ROBERT LARTER 1845 JAMES DAWSON age 49 in 1851 & carpenter 1845 - 1858 Monday 4th August 1856 - Charged of an assault on Policeman Day. Ordered to put 20s in the poor box, he claimed he was unable to pay. Upon being offered prison for a month, Dawson left the court and returned with the money. HENRY JAMES by 1859 Fined 1s plus 11s 6d costs 9th August 1859 for selling out of hours. ROBERT TIDMAN 13.10.1868 CHARLES FRANKLIN 10.10.1892 SARAH FRANKLIN 09.02.1897 ALFRED WILLIAM BELL 20.06.1899 EDWARD JAMES MOORE 21.07.1936 LEONARD VICTOR ARMES 04.10.1949 ARTHUR BUTTERFIELD 06.10.1953 ALAN SIDNEY GATES 01.10.1957 DAVID ROBERT ATTOE 30.09.1958 GEOFFREY ERIC OXBOROUGH 30.12.1958 RALPH REGINALD CULLUM 16.06.1959 HERBERT GEORGE QUANTRILL 23.07.1963

30.08.1953 Image by George Plunkett - shown by permission - Copyright © G.A.F.Plunkett 2002 Said to date from between 1620 and 1670 and known to have existed in 1749. The house was engaged for Freeholders, the Friends of Sir Edward Astley, Bart. and Thomas William Coke, Esq. on Wednesday 14th April 1784, being the Day of Election. (One of 53 such houses in Norwich) Address as Bishops Bridge 1830 - 1845 Thorpe Hamlet in 1879. As at Chalk Hill Road 1883. Bishops Bridge 1888. 1 Rosary Road in 1973 Rebuilt by Youngs, Crawshay & Youngs in 1920's On Tuesday 9th August 1859, Henry James was fined 20s plus expenses for being open at illegal hours. On the previous Sunday Police-constable Mansell had visited the house at twenty minutes past 11 o'clock in the morning. Seeing three men go to the skittle ground, he followed them and discovered three more men and a jug and glasses under a bench. Before he could inspect the contents of the jug, James succeeded in tipping it over. There was however, sufficient left in the jug to confirm it was beer. James claimed he had drawn the beer for travellers. Damaged by enemy action 27/29.04.1942 Renamed the BRIDGE HOUSE in 1975