Licensees :
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JOHN BROWNE	1789 - 1794
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JOHN CARTER (Had previously appeared in the Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors 14th March 1831. Then described as late of Halvergate, Publican & Labourer.)	1829 - 1836
ROBERT WARNES Age 50	1841
ROBERT IVES	1845 - 1850
THOMAS SHARMAN age 47 in 1851	*1851 - 1865
JAMES SKIPPEN (Skipper 1877 & 1878) & carrier Age 28 in 1871	by 1868
ROBERT CHARLES HARPER Age 34 in 1891	19.11.1888
THURZA HARPER	14.02.1927
WILLIAM YOUNG	09.05.1927
CAROLINE E YOUNG	27.04.1936
JAMES WILLIAM BOND	14.02.1938
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2000

Recorded as the LION in Register of Blofield, Taverham & Walsham Hundred licensed houses taken 9th September 1789.

For Sale by Auction Saturday 28th March 1829 on the Petition of a Mortgagee, Commissioners and by a Commission of Bankruptcy issued against Samuel Costerton.
Then in occupation of John Carter who had notice to quit on the 29th September 1829.
Advertised again to be Sold by Auction Wednesday 11th November 1829. (Still in the occupation of John Carter as of 7th November 1829)

On the night of Thursday 13th June 1850, landlord Robert Ives arrived in Gt. Yarmouth with the intention of catching the Rotterdam Packet. Arriving late and missing the steamer, he went to the ROSE TAVERN and then on to the ELEPHANT & CASTLE seeking lodgings for the night. There were no vacancies available, so accompanied by a girl named Clarke, he was guided to a house of ill-fame, kept by a woman called Harriman. When he awoke in the morning, the girl was still with him, but the £24 in gold and 50s in silver, that he had been carrying, had been taken. Both the girl and the landlady were apprehended by the police.

Local Post Office run from the premises from 1995 until July 2000 when it was stated that ``New Post Office requirements make continuation unviable''.