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THREE JOLLY BUTCHERS HARLESTON Index
MENDHAM LANE EARSHAM HUNDRED - CLOSED
   Exors of THOMAS POOLE As recorded 1839
S. G. GILBERT Esq. as recorded 1850
Licensees :
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LYDIA MASON
(1839 according to Tithe Map)
*1836 - 1839
WILLIAM MASON
according to Robson
1839
LYDIA MASON
Age 77 in 1851
1841 - 1850



It was reported 21st July 1838 that Charles Branch was committed to the (Norwich) City Gaol having been found guilty of burglary of the dwelling house of Lydia Mason, widow.

It was reported 2nd November 1850 that a fire, starting out in an outbuilding of the Three Jolly Butchers, had spread to the thatch of the main building before the fire engine arrived. The fire had taken place at about nine pm on Thursday 24th October 1850 and although there were fears that the old building would be destroyed, the fire fighters were able to drench the thatch with water and pulling it off. The fire was extinguished by about half-past twelve. The house was kept by an old woman named Mason and owned by S. G. Gilbert Esq. and was insured.

It seems that although the building was not totally destroyed, it ceased to operate as a public house from the date of the fire until it re-opened as the SIR ROBERT PEEL (by 1858).

In 1851 Lydia Mason is recorded as a retired publican