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| COMMON |
DEPWADE HUNDRED |
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CLOSED
c1984 |
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| HARLESTON BREWERY |
Sold to Mr Morse, of Norwich in 1828 for £540 |
| STEWARD & PATTESON |
Copyhold owned by George Morse. ( per documents
dated 1837 to 1851) |
| WATNEY MANN |
to closure 1984 |
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| Licensees : |
| JOSEPH LEGOOD |
1836 - 1845 |
| ELIZABETH
STAFF |
1850 |
GEORGE KNIGHTS
age 60 in 1851 |
1851 - 1856 |
ELIZABETH KNIGHTS
age 63 in 1861 |
* 1861 |
| JOSEPH GOLDSMITH |
1864 - 1865 |
| CHARLES UNDERWOOD |
1869 |
| WALTER WHITMORE |
1871 |
| SAMUEL
SCARLETT |
1875 - 1877 |
FRANCIS WARD
age 53 in 1881 |
1879 - 1883 |
| GEORGE CUNNINGHAM |
1888 |
| GEORGE TIBBENHAM |
1890 |
HENRY ELSEY
( Henry Elsie 1892) |
1891 - 1912 |
| GEORGE GRAY |
1916 |
| FREDERICK GEORGE GRAY |
1922 - 1925 |
| ARTHUR GEORGE FREDERICK GRAY |
1929 - 1937 |
JAMES JUBILEE ELMAR
& wife Daisy |
1940's to 1963 |
| DAISY MILDRED MAUD ELMAR |
to closure 1984 |
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Recorded 1775.
Appears as the NAGS HEAD on Bryants 1826 map
and in directories 1836 & 1879.
NAGS 1881A thatched building and one of
the last Norfolk houses to retain the service `Wicket' , a serving hatch. No bar
Lavatories were built onto the back of the building in the 1960's - access being provided
from inside the building for the first time.
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Seth Reeder, who was born in the house, advises that Fred Gray was also a butcher,
specialising in pigs. The wicket was initially constructed to separate the room for
hanging carcasses from the public area.
The cellar was at ground level in a lean-to brick extension to the main house. Beer was
carried from the cellar in jugs and then served as demanded at the tables.
James Elmar had been seriously injured during the First World War, suffering loss
of an eye and fibrosis of the spine.
The house closed 1984 following the death of Daisy
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Dated 1949.
The large sign above the door says -
'James J Elmar, Fully Licensed' . |
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Daisy Elmar with Donald Steward (of
S&P). It looks like he's after HER autograph.
Note the high backed Settle. Also note the USAF aircraft pictured on
the wall. Hardwick Aerodrome, an American Base, was nearby and many of its servicemen
frequented the house. |
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| An aerial view c1963 |
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The Three Nags sign during the
Steward and Patteson era.
Watney's supplied a new sign which did not have the horses on it, they instead chose to
depict 3 old women.
Daisy Elmar was outraged (you think sexism is new ), she refused point bank to allow the
sign to be hung. Watneys admitted that the sign-writer employed could not
paint horses! Daisy got horses, `but they were never as good as the ones
portrayed on the S&P sign' |
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Thank you Seth |
