Licensees :
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THOMAS BAKER	** 1836
JAMES CODLING & blacksmith	1845 - 1856
WILLIAM GIDNEY	1858
JAMES ADDERSON	1861
JOHN BROWN	1865 - * 1871
JAMES BROWN	1875 - * 1879
ROBERT WARMAN	* 1881 - 1883
JAMES WARMAN	* 1883 - 1888
JOHN HARVEY	1890
JAMES ROBERT WALL	by 1891
JAMES ARTHUR VALIENT	01.11.1926
ROBERT MARTIN DOWSING	01.02.1932
GORDON REGINALD (?)	c1960
R. N. FEEK	02.04.1962

Thanks to Philip West for the 1848 sale info - 12.02.03

Lot 12 in the sale, Thursday, 22nd June 1848, of a `Highly Valuable Estate'' at Stiffkey.
The house described as:
`A Well accustomed Public House, Known as the ``VICTORIA ARMS,'' in the occupation of Mr. James Codling, as undertenant to Messrs. Eyre and Chester, with Stable, Gighouse, Blacksmith's Shop, and other Outbuildings, Yard, Garden and Inclosure of rich Arable Land, containing together 1A. 0R. 6P......
THIS LOT is FREEHOLD, and the tenants are under Notice to quit on the 11th day of October next.

Annual Outgoing. Apportioned Land-tax 5s 0p.'


** since Queen Victoria did not gain the throne until 1837
perhaps the name originates from Princess Victoria ?

Morgans sales for 1960 were :-
Barrels of beer - 26
Spirits - 8

Closure recommended at the First Joint Committee Meeting of Bullards and Steward & Patteson 29th May 1962.
Sales then reported as
26 barrels.

Ceased trading 2nd April 1962