May 1997
Mary Thaxter was buried in 1689 she was said to have lived
at the `Dog House '
Lot No. 6 in a Sale by Auction Saturday 30th January 1819.
The DOG, formerly the
SHIP.
Of the 8 Lots, seven were public houses about the county.
For sale 9th September 1820, late in the occupation of John Harmer.
Consisting of a kitchen, parlour, pantry, two chambers, store-house, and
cellar, with yards, and piece of garden, and osier ground, containing half
an acre and upwards, together with half an acre of arable land, and near
three acres and a half of meadow and marsh ground - immediate possession.
Appears on Bryant's 1826 map.
On Thursday 20th May 1841, William Broughton, a deserter from the 96th
Regiment, was committed for having stolen a gold brooch, the property of
the daughter of the landlord, Mr. Fulcher, and a pair of stockings, the
property of lodger William Lock. The robbery had taken place on Thursday
7th May and on Tuesday 12th May, Broughton was apprehended in Norwich.
1938 advertisement :-
`Ah! Here's the house the Yachtsmen cried,
and soon the boys were all inside'.
The sign in 1968 was based upon a cartoon character.
(Does anybody have a photograph of that sign?)
See page 39 of The Norfolk Broads in Old Postcards, first published 1990, by Basil Gowen.
A freehouse from 1989.
