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3 THEATRE STREET MITFORD HUNDRED BEERHOUSE CLOSED c1922
MITFORD & LAUNDITCH LICENCE REGISTERS PS 12/5/1 & PS 12/5/2 (1901 to 1975)
SAMUEL BIDWELL c1812
? Hired by Steward, Patteson, Finch & Co - First supplied during the year 1840 to 1841
STEWARD & PATTESON to closure
Licensees :
JAMES WILSON
according to Robson
*1839
JAMES WHARTON
& jobbing gardener
Beer retailer in Theatre Street 1845, 1846 & 1850
*1845 - *1850
JOHN BAKER
age 43
(House named as Bell, Theatre Road)
1851
JAMES WHARTON
& jobbing gardener
Named at house 1861, 1863, 1864 & 1881 (age 70)
As James Warton 1858
*1854 - *1883
WILLIAM EASTOE
age 44 in 1891
*1883 - 1891
HENRY RIX *1892 - 1894
FREDERICK BARNARD 1896
ERNEST THORPE 1900
JIMMY ISBILL
(James Isbill - age 44 in 1901)
by 1901
WILLIAM LOYNES 17.10.1913
JAMES GENT WELLS 13.10.1922


Address a 3 Theatre Street 1891 & 1901

On Friday 3rd March 1905 it was said that the CHERRY TREE was next door and the EAGLE only 85 yards away. The house was said to do good trade, and being an ante-1869 beerhouse a considerable compensation would have to be paid if the licence were to be refused at the Quarter Sessions.
James Isbill said he had been the tenant for five years, prior to that he had been a postman for twenty-two years, for which he had a pension of about £24 a year. There was a living to be made from the house without the pension. It was frequented by the Theatre people who often lodged there. Six or seven inquests were held every year. Steward & Patteson reported sales of 112 barrels of beer per year.
Licence provisionally renewed and matter referred to the Quarter Sessions.

Referred for Compensation 10th March 1922.
Licence extinct 21st February 1923

House sold by S&P 1923