Licensees :
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THOMAS RIX	1794
NICHOLAS WALTON	1796
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JOHN MANN	1826
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JAMES GRIMDERE	1830
SAMUEL EMMS (senior ? - see Jolly Farmers)	1836
JOHN BRETT age 50 (Mrs Brett died Monday 3rd April 1841)	1841
SAMUEL EMMS age 34 in 1851	1845 - 1851
JOHN KEELER & farmer age 48 in 1861	*1856 - *1888
Friday 21st April 1854 - Fine of 22s and 18s costs for having house open for the sale of beer at 11:50 am on Sunday 2nd April. (Apparently a second offence)
Friday 26th September 1855 - Fine of 5s and 11s costs for being drunk on 14th September.
Friday 10th October 1856 - Fine of £1 and 13s costs for having house open during the hours of divine service.
Fine of 5s and 17s 6d costs on Friday 22nd September 1865 for an assault on farmer Robert Peach
Friday 13th March 1874 - Fine of £2 and 12s costs for selling at illegal hours on the morning of Sunday 22nd February.
ROBERT BETTS age 51 in 1891	*1890 -  1901
Fine of £2 and costs Friday 5th September 1890 - see opposite.
FRANCIS WARREN	1906 - 1907

As the BALL 1794, 1796 & 1830

Offered for sale as the BALL Friday 26th May 1826, then in the occupation of John Mann.

Offered To Let September 1839, including Four Acres of excellent Land.

For sale March 1843, licensed for the sale of beer, with barn, stable and other outbuildings and about four acres of land, abutting on the London Road, within one mile of East Dereham Market-place.

For sale by Auction Friday 29th June 1846, unless sold previously by private contract. With four acres of arable and pasture land attached. ln occupation of a respectable year to year tenant.
Occupation from Michaelmas.

GREEN BALL in 1851 census.

On 5th September 1890, Robert Betts admitted that his house had been open on Monday 17th August at illegal hours with persons within, but said that no beer had been sold. He claimed that a man named William Cross had come in to get some milk and another man named John Mann had come for eggs.
Betts was fined £2 and costs.
Mann was fined 5/- and 8/3d costs.
Cross, who did not appear, was fined 5/- and 9/9d costs.

Objection to the renewal of licence was made on Friday 16th February 1906.
At the adjourned licensing session held Friday 9th March 1906 it was said that the RAILWAY TAVERN and the TUNS were more useful to the locality than the Golden Ball. It was argued that the house was considerably used and trade was about 46 barrels a year which equated to 70 glasses a day or 36 pints.
Licence referred to the Quarter Sessions.


Licence renewal refused 21st June 1906 and referred to Compensation.

Licence extinct 25th January 1908