| Licensees : |
SAMUEL POWELL
Given 1841 as a carpenter - age 60 |
1836 |
WILLIAM SIMMONS
& shoemaker
age 45 in 1841 |
1841 - 1851 |
WILLIAM HOWE
& master blacksmith |
1854 - 1871 |
HENRY WRIGHT
& blacksmith & farmer |
by 1875 |
| ARTHUR EKE |
18.12.1893 |
| WILLIAM THOMAS CATCHPOLE |
19.10.1896 |
| ALBERT
EDWARD CHAPLIN |
17.12.1900 |
| ELIZABETH
BLYTH |
17.12.1906 |
| ( THOMAS BLYTH
) |
( 1908 ) |
| ( EDWARD BLYTHE
) |
( 1912 ) |
| Neither
Thomas or Edward mentioned in Licence Registers |
| DANIEL FROST |
10.02.1913 |
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In 1762 a weaver won a wager by going on foot from here to Norwich and back in a total
time of 5 hours 35 minutes.
``He danced several Hornpipes before 6 hours were expired.''
Appears as the DOG on Fadens map
of 1797.
Shown on Bryants 1826 map.Lot No. 34 in sale of Reepham Brewery estate, sold Saturday
8th June 1878, then in the occupation of Henry Wright at an annual rent of £20.
` A roadside house containing; Tap, Parlour & Pantry, Club room & Wash House; 4
Bedrooms; Also a cottage adjoining; Stable for 2 horses; Blacksmiths & Wheelwrights
Shops; Straw Yard, Garden & Pightle to rear. In front is an open piece of ground also
a small enclosed Pightle on the other side of the road; The whole surface being upwards of
3 acres. Copyhold of the Manor of Foxley & Bawdeswell.'
Purchased by Steward.
In 1881 the census gives the occupants as:
Henry Wright (35), wife Elizabeth (36), sons Herbert E (10), Edgar W (7) Sidney A (5),
Gerald (1) and Percy Charles (2 months), plus daughters Evelyn F (9) and May Eliza (3).
Lydia Williamson is given as a servant.
Advertised in the Norfolk Chronicle of 25th August 1900 as being available to let. `
With 3 acres of land and Blacksmiths Shop, 2 miles from Foulsham station, GER. Apply to
Steward & Patteson, Pockthorpe Brewery, Norwich.'
Licence dropped 1921
Sold 1922.
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