| Licensees : |
| JOHN MASSINGHAM |
died 1639 |
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MARK MASSINGHAM |
1781 - 1785 |
| JOHN CARRINGTON |
1789 |
JAMES MASSINGHAM
& baker
Age 52 in 1841
(Agricultural Labourer 1851) |
1790 - 1847 |
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
Assisted by daughter Bridgette
( Victor died 1994 age 75 - Inquest held Thursday 10th March 1994) |
1972 to
1996 |
PAT & BRIDGETTE NEWMAN
(Patrick Newman died 2010)
Bridget Newman announced retirement August 2013 |
1996 -
16.08.2013 |
JASON MITCHELL Landlord
TOM PACKARD General manager |
by 2022 |
| SAM CUTMORE-SCOTT |
06.2023 |
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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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Sold by Punch
Taverns and expected to re-open as a freehouse (As reported 17th August
2013)
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