NORFOLK PUBLIC HOUSES

October 1999

Land `formerly belonging to the White Horse ' is recorded in the rates list of 1767 but no reference is made to the house in the 1789 to 1790 Alehouse Recognizances.

Leased by Emma Watts to Morgans Brewery for 21 years from 28th October 1892.
Parties with interest in the property are given as :-

Mary Cooke 15th September 1893

William Watts 17th January 1894

Offered for sale by auction at the Royal hotel, Norwich on Saturday 6th May 1893. ` That important property.... Situate in West Street, let to Morgans Brewery Company on lease for a term of 21 years from the 11th October 1892, at a yearly rent of £98......... The tenants paying for all Repairs and Insurance, and thus forming A FIRST CLASS INVESTMENT. The premises comprise, on the Ground Floor - A Bar, Smoking Room, Bar Parlour, Private Sitting Room, Cellar, Kitchen, Pantry, Storeroom, &c., Front & Back Staircases, and WC. On the First Floor - Club Room, Sitting Room, and 10 Bedrooms, and WC. In the Yard, approached from the Street, are Stable, 2 Loose Boxes, Slaughter House, and Pound, Closets, etc. This Property is situate on an important main street leading to the Eastern and Midland Railway Station, and must always command a high rental as a business situation. Tenure:- Copyhold to the Manor of Felbrigg.''

Sold by the Trustees of John Brown
to Benjamin Cook 25th January 1894
(& ?)
Margaret Claxton Sykes 25th January 1894

Benjamin Cook 23rd November 1897

Sold by the Trustees of Benjamin Cook to
Arthur Humfrey Mason 5th October 1912.

Morgans sales for 1960 were :-
218 barrels of beer
94 spirits.