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 48 BLACKFRIARS ROAD		 NELSON WARD FULL LICENCE CLOSED 1924
Gt. YARMOUTH LICENCE REGISTERS Y/CJ/31  (February 1903 - February 1928)
LACONS  
Licensees :
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MARY BULL *1854
WILLIAM GOOCH 1855
Saturday, 23rd June 1855 - Fine of 5s for selling beer on a Sunday morning
ROBERT BARNABY *1856
GEORGE HUMPHREY 1857 - 1859
Tuesday 12th January 1857 - Fine of 10s and costs for having house open beyond the legal hour on Saturday night.
Monday 15th June 1857 - Ordered to put 5s into the poor box for having persons drinking in his house
Monday 3rd May 1858 - Fine of 5s for allowing six persons to assemble and drink at his house before 11:45 on Sunday morning.
JOHN DITCHAM
& master mariner
Age 54 in 1871		 *1864 - 1872
Monday 20th March 1865 - Fine of 5s for having house open on Sunday morning - his first offence.
Friday 15th January 1869 - Fine of 10s for having house open at illegal hours.
WILLIAM SNOWDEN
(ex Britannia, Norwich)		 28.11.1879 - 1886
JAMES WILLIAM AMIS by 1896
Convicted 18.03.1904 of selling out of hours.
Fine 40/- plus 9/- costs or 1 month in detention.
SAMUEL JAMES BARRETT 17.11.1905
GEORGE DANIEL MOORE 17.11.1911
WILLIAM FRANCIS GRAVES 19.11.1915
ELIZA GRAVES
(W. F. Graves given 1922, W. Graves 1924)		 16.06.1916


Mary Ann Bull applied for the licence Thursday 25th August 1852. Application refused. 130 licensees had petitioned against the issue of licence.

Mr Humphrey applied for a full licence Tuesday 6th September 1859 but did not attend the magistrates hearing and so it was refused.

Given as the OLD TOWER in the 1871 census.

38 Blackfriars Road 1886
48 Blackfriars Road 1896, 1900, 1904 & 1924


Licence renewal refused at the Principal Meeting for the Licensing (Consolidation) Act 1910, held 12th September 1924.
A notice of that meeting was published on 20th September 1924 and informed any person due compensation from the closure of the premises, to make their claim by 14th October 1924.

On Friday 19th September 1924, Messrs. Lacon & Co. informed the magistrates that the Average sales were; barrelage per year, based upon the previous three years was 74 at 14s a barrel; 443 dozen bottles of beer at 1s per dozen; 62 minerals at 3d a dozen. Over 12 years this would produce sales of £896 14s 0d. With added rent, depreciation and an unlicensed value of £280 taken into consideration, a net claim of £1030 16s was claimed, and granted.

Although apparently licensed to sell beer and wine, no wine sales recorded.

Closed 1924.