| Licensees : |
| - |
|
| - |
|
| WILLIAM
NEWMAN |
1794 |
| - |
|
| Mrs TAYLOR |
1812 |
JOHN WYRE
according to Overseers accounts |
1815 |
JOHN WIER
age 76 in 1841 |
1833 - 1841 |
JOHN PRINCE KENT
& joiner |
1845 |
JOHN P KENT
& carpenter |
* 1851 |
H KENT WIER
& carpenter |
1854 |
JOHN PRYME KENT
& master carpenter & parish clerk 1861
& carpenter & wheelwright 1871
wheelwright, well sinker & pump maker 1877
& parish clerk 1881
& joiner, wheelwright & well sinker 1883
& builder 1891 |
1856 - 1893 |
Miss SUSAN JANE KENT
spinster |
12.03.1894 |
| THOMAS BALLS |
23.12.1907 |
| (FREDERICK KENDALL
according to Kelly) |
(1908) |
| ERNEST KENDALL |
13.07.1908 |
| HERBERT SENDALL |
from 1920 |
| EDGAR
PALMER WOODROW |
20.10.1924 - 1929 |
| WILLIAM ALFRED SANDS |
by
03.02.1930 |
| HAROLD
HOUCHEN (Houshen ?) |
29.04.1940
- 1942 |
| ARTHUR T
DUNTING |
undated |
| WILLIAM
A BERRY |
11.02.1946 |
| ARTHUR
FREDERICK SIMMONDS |
04.11.1963 |
| JAMES
JORDAN (Jimmy) |
c1978 -
c1982 |
| STAN &
SHEILA ....... |
- |
| MIKE &
YVONNE ........ |
- |
| DAVE &
PAULA ........ |
- |
| JOHN &
SYLVIE SMITHERS |
- |
NICOLA &
STEPHEN TULLOCK
and JOANNA KITCHENER |
1999 - 2002 |
| HELEN
HIGGINS & KEVIN WILLS |
24.06.2002 |
|
1955
Said to date from 1540.
Rates for the property were paid by Mr Robert Eastoe in 1758
Johannah Wier, wife of John Wier, died Thursday 9th May 1833.
A wall mounted plaque reads J P K 1847
Is this when John Pryme Kent took on the licence?
Lot No. 17 in sale by auction of the Elsing Hall Estate.
(Originally scheduled to be Saturday 25th June 1955, but revised to Saturday 16th July
1955)
The property is described :-
`Built of brick with pan-tiled roof....occupying a prominent corner position in the
village.... Containing - Bar with (Tenants) fireplace, fitted cupboard and tiled
floor; Card Room with wooden floor and fireplace; Servery with tiled floor; Smoke Room
with wooden floor and fireplace....Outside lavatories for Ladies and Gentlemen...The
property is sold with the benefit of a 7 day Full licence....Rateable value £22'
Closed by Watney Mann (East Anglia) 15th October 1976
Reopened as Freehouse 1977 following refurbishment.
Major internal changes undertaken 1983/4
Closed owing to the Covid epidemic (March) 2020 but in May 2021 the
public were advised that structural work was being carried out and the
house remained closed.
Recommended by Breckland Council to be awarded the status of " Asset of
Community Value" - January 2021
Reported October 2022 as having been
"CLOSED". |
