| Licensees : |
| JOHN ALLEN |
1700 |
| WILLIAM RANNELLS |
1723 |
| THOMAS DIX |
1730 - 1737 |
ALICE DIX
widow |
1762 |
| AUSTIN WATTS |
1771 - 1805 |
| WILLIAM WEAVER |
1822 |
| JAMES BUTLER |
1830 |
| WILLIAM LEGOOD |
1836 - 1839 |
HANNAH LEGOOD
( Ann Legood according to Robson ) |
1839 |
JOHN CHAPMAN
age 51 in 1851
& butcher & carrier & farmer 30 acres |
1841 - 1853 |
| GEORGE CLARK |
1853 - 1863 |
| WILLIAM BARNEY |
* 1861 |
| ROBERT OSBORNE |
1864 |
| JOHN COOPER |
1864 - 1871 |
| CHRISTMAS STAPLETON |
1872 - 1877 |
MILES AUGUSTUS BAKER
& veterinary surgeon |
1877 - 1883 |
| EDWARD WOODHOUSE |
1883 - 1900 |
| FREDERICK WILLIAM SOLE |
1900 |
| MILES HALL |
1908 - 1921 |
| RICHARD ROBERT BONE |
by 1925 |
CUTHBERT BEDE SMITH
Brewery Rep. |
02.02.1926 |
ARTHUR LLOYD JONES
Brewery Rep. |
31.12.1929 |
| THOMAS BAKER JONES |
12.06.1934 |
| THOMAS EDWARD SLIPPER |
15.09.1936 |
ALBERT MURTON
also found as Albert Martin |
13.09.1938 |
WILLIAM M
SMITH
died February 1972 - House Closed |
17.07.1956
- 1972 |
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1906 - showing Primrose (Trunch Brewery)
A Red Lion is referenced in Aylsham from 1700.
Advertised as Family & Commercial Hotel
Licensee Miles Hall was reported to the South Erpingham Petty Sessions 6th
February 1920 by Deputy Chief Constable Welcome William Basham. On the 6th
February he had `unlawfully permit intoxicating liquor, to wit, Whiskey,
to be consumed on his licensed premises during such hours as
prohibited ...'.
TRUNCH Brewery to 1952 when purchased by MORGANS.
.Sales 1960 were Beer - 188 barrels : Spirits - 57
Closed by Watney Mann (East Anglia) Ltd 29.02.1972
following the death of William Smith.
Note : Captain Richard Beard appears at the house c1930.
He is presumed to be a manager since his name does not appear in the Licence Registers at
this house ( Previously at the Black Boys ). |