| Licensees : |
| ANN WRIGHT |
to November
1730 |
| . |
|
| MARY BENNELL |
1830 - 1839 |
SUSAN BENNELL
age 45 in 1851 |
by 1845 |
| JOHN JOSEPH LOWE |
15.10.1883 |
| HARRIET ANN HOLDCROFT |
16.05.1898 |
| ARTHUR EDWARD KIRBY |
1902 |
| EDWIN JOHN BURT |
05.10.1903 |
| WILLIAM ELLIOTT |
11.07.1904 |
| WILLIAM RAYNER |
22.07.1907 |
| SARAH RAYNER |
10.10.1910 |
| FREDERICK JOHN JEX BURRELL |
by 1922 |
| ERNEST ELLIS DAZLEY |
06.10.1930 |
| WALTER EDWARD WILLIAMSON |
02.10.1933 |
| WILLIAM FREER HYDES |
02.07.1945 |
| EDWIN ARTHUR SILLIS |
07.07.1947 |
| JOHN TURNER |
01.01.1951 |
| JACK TOZER |
05.10.1953 |
| JOHN KENRICK MAW |
02.03.1959 |
| HENRY ALEXANDER CHESSON |
01.02.1960 |
|
During the night of 16th November 1730, landlady Ann Wright was strangled by one George Smith, who had been let into the
house by servant Mary Taylor. The latter was perceived to have betrayed her employer and
was accused of Petty Treason and sentenced to death by burning. The murderer was sentenced
to death by hanging. Both the punishments were carried out at the Tuesday Market Place on
25th March 1731.
The Norwich Mercury reported that Smith was ` turned off ' as the fire was set to Mary Taylor,
`whose cries were very dismal to the spectators'.
Richard Johnson was paid £1/10/- for conducting the execution and two
un-named assistants were paid 2/6d for tending the fire. The total cost of
the event, including gibbet, faggots, 18 head porters, 10 constables and
12 javelin men, was £10/19/5d
Given as the QUEENS HEAD RESTAURANT in
1890.
Market day extension granted 1956.
Closed 31.01.1960. ( as S&P records )
The licence was surrendered and the property was sold to Dorothy Perkins Ltd.
19½ barrels of beer sold in the final year of trading.
The house was demolished and wrought iron arches that spanned from the building to
another on the opposite side of the road were taken down.
The arches were said by the Lord Mayor of the time to be unique and worthy of saving. It
was reported later that the arches had `disappeared'.
( One source gives the closure date as Thursday 7th July 1960 ) |
