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For Sale by Auction Friday 12th September 1845. Including Baking Office, Brewhouse, Yard, Warehouse, Stable and other Outbuildings; Also four newly-erected Cottages near or adjoining. In occupation of John Stapleton and others as under-tenants to Mr. Elijah Eyre, Brewer, being under notice to quit at Michaelmas 1845. ~ On Wednesday 16th March 1853, 19 year old William Ladell, was charged, and found guilty of stabbing George Parker, with intent to murder. On 14th October 1852 he had entered the premises in a quarrelsome mood and had knocked glasses from a table, refusing to pay for the damage, the landlord put Ladell's hat in his cellar and carried the troublemaker off the premises. Ladell then knocked Parker down, entered the house again and struck Parker on the head. In the ensuing scuffle Parker was stabbed twice. The sentence was four months' imprisonment with hard labour. ~ The licence of John Howard was opposed by Messrs. Eyre & Co. at he Petty Sessions 26th August 1870. The grounds were `insufficiency of qualification'. The decision was adjourned to the next sitting. It appears from directory entries that he never took charge of he house. ~ A spirit licence was applied for Monday, 30th August 1875 to replace that of the White Horse which had been closed by the Marquis Townshend. Application denied. (The Marquis Townshend was the senior figure on the Bench). The decision left the Crown as the only house in the village with a spirit licence, the Rangers being somewhat remote from the centre. ~ Described 1878 as standing on the corner of roads to Fakenham and Bagthorpe, adjoining the Churchyard. Morgans sales in 1960 :- 61 barrels of beer 13 spirits (gallons) Reopened as CAT & FIDDLE in early 1980's
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