NORFOLK PUBLIC HOUSES

Established 1732 according to an advertisement dated 1909.

Parson Woodforde and other clergy dined here 1788 and 1789.
The menu on the latter occasion was for 21 people and included -
`Whole Cod-Fish with Cockle Sauce, boiled breast of Veal and Oyster Sauce, hashed Calfs Head, Ham, boiled and roast Beef, a Leg of Mutton boiled. Pies and Puddings etc.' A Quarter of roasted Lamb was also provided. There is no mention of vegetables.
The meal cost three shillings a head and was described as very excellent and the innkeeper, Blanchflower was ``very civil.''

In 1842 the sign was described as ` a lettered sign-board following the prevailing custom of modern times, which had replaced a painted representation of a ship under sail, after the model of a man-of-war in the reign of William and Mary, which conveyed by no means a bad idea of what such a vessel was at that period.'

A dwelling at 4, St Julian's Terrace, in the parish of St John Sepulcher, Norwich was conveyed 27th October 1855 from Maria Middleton, late Norwich, now of Foulsham, spinster, to innkeeper Samuel Brewster of Foulsham.
Mr Brewster took out a mortgage on the property with the Alliance Benefit Building Society
 on 1st January 1856.
The property was conveyed to John Benstead Bugg senior and John Benstead Bugg junior, of Brundall, cabinetmakers, on 21st May 1856 

Copyhold property as document dated 1890 including a long stable, formerly a Skittle Ground, plus 2 acres of land.

As the Ye Olde Ship Inn 1912

The Licence registers record :-
House Closed - Licence not renewed 12th February 1962