| Licensees : |
| JOHN MASSINGHAM |
died 1639 |
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JAMES MASSINGHAM
& baker |
1846 |
THOMAS BIRD
age 38 in 1851
& gardener |
by 1851 |
| EDMUND WILLIAM LOADES |
06.02.1886 |
| MARY LOADES |
03.11.1919 |
| GEORGE HENRY ROGERS |
08.02.1946 |
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FREDRICA S ROGERS
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31.03.1950 |
MAGGIE LOADS & ENID
GRAVELLING
( Enid Gravelling died 1956 ) |
to 1956 |
| MAGGIE LOADES |
to 1972 |
| VICTOR & MYRTLE NEWMAN |
1972 |
| PAT & BRIDGET NEWMAN |
1997 - |
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Opened in early 1600's by John Massingham.
( Died 1639 )Mary Loades was the wife of Edmund Loades, son of Edmund William Loades.
Steward & Patteson business report, prepared June 1969 for Watney Mann recommended
immediate closure.
House closed mid 1997 for major refurbishment and extension.
£100,000 said to have been spent by time of reopening Saturday 29th November 1997
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Geoffrey Drew advises :-
I can remember going to the Bluebell when I was a lad,
( 1940s ), they did not have a bar then - people just used to come into their living room
and the barrels were on stands at the side of the room.
Edmund Loades b 1836 married Ellen Melton on 14 September 1856.
Their son Edmund William married Mary Curtis 16 June 1886.
'Maggie' was Fredrica Loades until she married Jack
Rogers. |
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