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26 CHURCH STREET MITFORD HUNDRED FULL LICENCE CLOSED 1915
MITFORD & LAUNDITCH LICENCE REGISTERS PS 12/5/1 & PS 12/5/2 (1901 to 1975)
Thomas Ramsdale To 1855, leased to Arthur Morse Esq.
SUSAN DUNN of Dereham - Leased to BULLARDS
Licensees :
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JOHN BALLS 1836
WILLIAM VASSER
age 45 in 1841
1839 - 1841
JAMES JAMES 1845
JOHN MEACHEN
age 36 in 1851
1846 - 1851
HENRY OAKLEY
age 48 in 1861
1854 - 1865
JOHN FOX
age 50 in 1871
10.11.1865 - 1894
JAMES EGLEN
age 55 in 1901
26.10.1894 to 1916
JOHN EDNEY HOWE 24.11.1916
ERNEST BULLARD 12.10.1917

Address as 26 Church Street in 1871 census.

For Sale by Auction Wednesday 23rd May 1855 by order of the Trustees of the late Mr. Thomas Ramsdale, Deceased. Lot No. 12 of 17.

On Thursday 4th June 1857, landlord Oakley and passenger Wells, in transit from Wood Norton, were thrown from their cart when the horse was suddenly frightened by a passing railway train and ran up a steep embankment. Passenger Wells was much injured, but Oakley was only slightly bruised.

1915
Bombed during a Zeppelin raid at approximately 9:00pm on Wednesday 8th September 1915. Customers Harry & Sylvia Johnson were seriously injured. The roof was destroyed and the house never reopened as a Public House.

Referred for Compensation 01.03.1918.
Referred for Compensation again 06.04.1918

Licence extinct 08.03.1919.