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THETFORD BOROUGH BEERHOUSE
later FULL LICENCE
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GRIMSHOE LICENCE REGISTER PS 14/5/1 (1926 - 1954) & THETFORD LICENCE REGISTER PS 14/5/2 (1921 - 1965)
THETFORD BREWERY Owner Thomas Vipan. Sold May 1837
BIDWELL & Co from 1837
BULLARDS 1924
WATNEY MANN  
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FREEHOUSE Renovated by Clive & Sam Vooght and Karen Smith and Sean Licence to reopen March 2013 as a ` Specialist Steak House'.
Licensees :
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WILLIAM RIX 1822 - 1830
EDWARD TICE 1836
GEORGE MAYS here 11.1836
21st November 1836 - Bound over to keep the peace for 12 months with sureties of £25 from himself and two others of  £25, having assaulted a policeman.
(?) ROPER CASH 1839
WILLIAM BOYCE
age 56 in 1851
& master bricklayer
1845 - 1868
WILLIAM GODDARD 1869 - 1875
AMBROSE WARBY & tailor
(Alfred Warby 1881)
1879 - 1883
ALFRED SHARPE 1888
HENRY SHARPE
Age 41 in 1891
1890 - 1900
ROBERT JOHN ALDERTON 09.02.1903 - 1904
WILLIAM MULLETT 1908 - 1912
HARRY LARGE 1916
GEORGE HALLUM by 1921
FREDERICK WILLIAM HAZELL 15.11.1923
ALFRED ERNEST CLARKE 04.03.1936
ALBERT PERCY CANNELL 10.07.1930
DENNIS CARNELLEY
licence confirmed 19.11.1953
September 1953
BRIAN WALTER DAVEY 10.05.1962
FREDERICK CHARLES CHAMBERS 12.12.1963
JOYCE CHAMBERS 09.02.1967
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Mr & Mrs CRUISE by 01.1982
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JAMES POPE
(Assistant Restaurant Manager)
2013
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Said to have been rebuilt 1694 and reputed to have existed several hundred years before that.

Rent in May 1837 was £17 per annum.

To Let with entry on 11th October 1837.
With extensive Stabling, Barn, Piggeries, Granary, Yards and Garden.
Long frequented by Drovers to and from Norwich and Dereham Markets.
Apply Mr. Bidwell, Thetford.

Rent in May 1837 was £17 per annum.


Valued 25.07.1889 at £730.

It was reported that Thursday 24th September 1953 was the first time in 23 years that 69 year old Albert Cannell had not served beer at the house. Earlier, the licence had been temporarily transferred to Mr. D. Carnelley, the Thetford footballer.
When Mr. Cannell first arrived at the house, beer was 4d a pint, which was considered expensive since it had been 2d a pint in pre-1914 days. By 1953 it was 1s 1d a pint.
During the 1914-18 war he had trained with the South Suffolk Regiment, but in France he was transferred to the 9th Battalion Essex Regiment.

Closed by June 2019.

Plans to convert into accommodation published September 2019 - confirmed May 2021