| Licensees : |
| - |
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| GEORGE
MINDHAM |
1790 |
| GEORGE
WILKINSON / WILKERSON |
1791 - 1794 |
| - |
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| RICHARD EGMORE |
1823 |
| - |
|
ROBERT BROWNE
& occupier 50 acres land 1835 |
1830 -
1835 |
SAMUEL HIPKIN
Died Friday 9th June 1843 - age 44 |
1836 - 1843 |
| Mrs ANN HIPKIN |
1845 - 1846 |
WILLIAM MOULAM
age 49 in 1851 |
1847 - 1864 |
Mrs CATHERINE MOULAM
age 65 in 1871 |
1865 - 1872 |
| ROBERT
CLARKE |
1875 - 1877 |
| EDWARD M. HOUGHTON |
1879 - 1883 |
HERBERT BUCK
Age 33 in 1891 |
1888 - 1904 |
| CHARLES EDWARD GATHERGOOD |
1908 - 1929 |
| Mrs ALICE GATHERGOOD |
1933 - 1937 |
| STRAWBERRY JOHN DALE (?) |
by 1949 |
| SYDNEY CHARLES CUSHING |
25.06.1951 |
| FREDERICK CHARLES PHLANZ |
11.10.1954 |
| GEORGE CHARLES JAMES |
27.08.1956 |
| ROBERT BELL |
28.08.1961 |
| JOHN KNOTT |
09.03.1964 |
| ABBIE MARIA
KNOTT |
05.10.1970 |
| ROGER JAMES
BRIDGES |
14.12.1970 - 1974+ |
| ROGER
HARRISON |
1980 |
| MARGARET TRAFFORD |
1981 - 1991+ |
| JEANNETTE & ANTHONY
GOODRICH |
02.1995 |
ELAINE PLAYFORD
manager |
03.1996 |
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c1910
Dates from 14th C. and said to have been built to house and refresh the builders of
Snettisham church.
The Creditors of Richard Egmore were requested to attend his house, the
Crown, on Wednesday 26th March 1823 when a statement of his affairs
would be put before them.
In 1830, carrier Thomas Howell from Docking called every Tuesday and
Friday morning. Robert Smith from Brancaster called every Monday at noon. Both were on
route to Kings Lynn.
Robert Smith from Kings Lynn called every Tuesday at 8:00am on his way to Wells.
As a Commercial Inn 1879.
The house is mentioned in
`The Shrimp and the Anemone' by L. P. Hartley.
One of only 18 Norfolk public houses recommended by the Egon Ronay pub guide
of 1969.
In 1977 the inspector for the Egon Ronay Pub Guide
was said to be intrigued by the game of
`Penny in the hole', the holes being in the seat of an ancient settle.
The current walled garden was once a bowling green.
Declared `Pub of the Year 2015 ' in the GOOD PUB GUIDE published September
2014.
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