House situated 118 yards away from Duke of York, near to maltings.
For Let
August 1868 - the HOPE & ANCHOR
- A roadside Beer-house doing good trade, with good Stable Room and
Meadow, suitable for a Dealer. Possession at Michaelmas next. (29th
September)
HOPE & ANCHOR in 1871
census.
Licence referred at Licensing Sessions 1908 since, according to magistrates - `Ditchingham
has one public house too many.'
Licence refused at Compensation Authority meetings of 21st and 23rd
June 1909. Reported as a beerhouse, owned by George James Betts and run by
licensee Arthur Laws.
Described as Leasehold property referred for compensation 11.10.1910 in Bullards records.
1911 census gives George Betts as in occupation, age 46, and property is
described as `Formerly Public House'.
Arthur
Laws is in occupation according to the 1915 Register of Electors.
