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QUEENS HEAD DOWNHAM MARKET index
BRIDGE STREET CLACKCLOSE HUNDRED BEERHOUSE CLOSED
JAMES KING to 1813
BRIDGET & JAMES BLACKBOURN from 1813
STEWARD & PATTESON   
Licensees :
GEORGE SMITH 1782
-  
ROBERT BENNETT 1822
GEORGE GARMAN 1830 - 1839
WILLIAM BROWN
age 31 in 1851
&  farmer 50 acres
1845 - 1851
JONATHAN EDMUND HUNT 1854
DAVID ADAMS 1856
WILLIAM LACK 1861 - 1869
WILLIAM LAWRIE
builder & stonemason
( as William Laurie 1875 )
1871 - 1875
HENRY DURRANT 1877 - 1883
GEORGE SPARKES 1888 - 1890
WILLIAM RUMBOLDS 1891
GEORGE HENRY KIRKBY 1892
CHARLES COLLINS
( Charles Collen 1904)
1896 - 1904

Formerly the BLACK BULL as document of 1708
QUEENS HEAD
by 1782.

In a will executed 31.08.1813 the property of James King deceased included the Swan at Methwold which was left to his son James King and in Downham Market, the Queens Head was left to his daughter Bridget (and her husband James Blackbourn )

Former owners include :-
Mary Parlett, Richard Saffery, Martin Southous
& William Lawrie ( a mason )

Original sign hung from a wooden arch spanning the road.

QUEENS HOTEL
1875 & 1888

S&P records state as sold Christmas 1907

Became a telephone exchange, Liberal club, fire station & electricians shop & dwellings.