| Licensees : |
| Mr TOOLEY |
1764 |
| JAMES RUMP |
1822 - 1830 |
| JONATHAN RUMP |
1836 |
WILLIAM COOPER
age 50 in 1841 |
1839 - 1845 |
| WILLIAM
SIZELAND |
1850 |
| WILLIAM CULYER (49) |
1851 |
| WILLIAM FILBY |
1854 - 1858 |
JOHN BUNTON
age 43 |
1861 |
| T GIBSON |
1865 |
LEWIS MINN
age 31 in 1871 |
1869 - 1877 |
| GEORGE ARTHUR CLAXTON |
1879 - 1883 |
| Mrs LUCY KEELER |
1888 |
| THOMAS FARROW |
1890 |
HENRY WILLIAM PEACOCK
age 41 in 1891 |
1891 - 1892 |
| JOHN SCARFFE |
1896 |
FREDERICK DANE
age 38 in 1901 |
1900 to 1924 |
| CRAWFORD MONUMENT |
04.01.1924 |
| FREDERICK CRAWFORD MONUMENT |
02.01.1948 |
| ROBERT
ALEXANDER BISHOP |
07.01.1973 |
| LAURIE
HAISMAN |
? to closure
1983 |
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The Eagle - 1910
Shown on c1757 estate map.
In 1830 the coach the REGULATOR called every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at 11:30am, on
route from Holt to London. The coach returned every Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at
7:30pm.
The coach the SELF DEFENCE left for Norwich every Monday, Wednesday & Saturday at
11:30am.Landlord William Culyer treated the 11th Hussars to a meal of dumplings as they
were preparing to depart for the Crimea. The commanding officer, one Lord Cardigan, also
shared the meal.
G. A. Claxton advertised Bass, Allsops Ales and Guinness Stout in bottles as being
available at the premises, then known as the EAGLE HOTEL. Good layers for
cattle were also advertised.
The Labour Club was run from upper rooms in the 1920's.
The sign in 1976 depicted HMS Eagle, an aircraft carrier.
Closed at the end of March 1983.
The property was described as
` behind the plush bars the living accommodation is a damp, draughty
slum'. Norwich Brewery had advised that it would be too expensive to
improve the living quarters and denied the accusation of asset stripping
without any regard for the local population.
Delicensed 1985
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