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WATTON ROAD
FAIRLAND
FOREHOE HUNDRED BEERHOUSE CLOSED c1910
BULLARDS  
Licensees :
GEORGE HARDY HARWOOD
(George Henry Harwood 1856)
& builder & wheelwright
age 27 in 1841
age 46 in 1861
age 58  in 1871
age 67 in 1881
1841 - 1883
WILLIAM ANDREWS
age 40 in 1891
& builder
(Still in residence at time of 1901 census - W Andrews senior )
1885 - 1901
JOHN WARD sen.
(Mrs Eliza Ward 1908)
1904 - 1908
JOHN THOMAS WARD July 1908 - 1909

RED LION c1890
Licensee William Andrews at the door c1890.


Friday 11th September 1868 - Application by Mr. Harwood for a full licence - Refused.
At the Licensing Meeting of Tuesday 2nd February 1909, John Ward said that he had held the licence since July 1908. Prior to that, his parents were licensees.
Lodgers stayed at the house and travellers and licensed hawkers were amongst his customers.
Mr. Ernest Bullard said the house sold 26 barrels of beer a year, which was a nice little trade for a house of its character.
The magistrates referred the licence.
(Provisional licence granted)

Licence refused at Compensation Authority meetings of 21st and 23rd June 1909.
Reported as a beerhouse, owned by Bullard & Sons Ltd and run by licensee J. T. Ward.

At the meeting of the Norfolk Licensing Committee, held Wednesday 15th December 1909, it was reported that since the settlement for the BELL had been 10s a barrel in compensation, the award for the Red Lion would be reduced from the expected 12s a barrel to 10s.

Referred for compensation 31.05.1910 by Bullards