| Licensees : |
MATTHEW WRIGHT
( Greyhound ) |
1789 - 1793 |
| . |
|
| WILLIAM HARMAN |
1830 |
| JOHN POWDITCH |
1836 - 1839 |
| ROBERT HAMMOND |
1845 |
JOHN CURSON
& coal merchant |
* 1851 - 1856 |
| JOHN POWDITCH |
1864 - 1865 |
| HENRY HENDRY |
1869 - 1871 |
| JAMES MANN |
1880 |
| NOAH WILSON |
1881 |
| Mrs REBECCA WILSON |
1883 |
| NOAH WILSON |
1888 |
ROBERT WILSON
& corn porter |
by 1890 |
| ALBERT DENNIS REEVE |
02.12.1920 |
| JOHN WILSON |
04.07.1921 |
| ELLEN WILSON |
05.11.1928 |
| Fine of £2/4/-
on 01.01.1934 for ``Dispatching intoxicating liquor from licensed premises before entering
particulars in day book''. |
| FREDERICK ALFRED SELF |
01.05.1939 |
| WILLIAM McDONALD COOPER |
07.05.1956 |
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c1960
Formerly the GREYHOUND.
Named the SHIP from 1813.
Sold by auction at the Crown Hotel, Wednesday July 29th 1903.
Then in the occupation of Messrs. Bullard & Sons Ltd, as yearly
tenants at the annual rent of £15.
Described as fully licensed, having for many years enjoying an extensive
Beer Trade.
Purchased by Bullard.
A new house was
built and the business transferred to new premises in 1967. By 1969 the new house was
known as the ARK
ROYAL.
Morning Advertiser 09.09.1971....
The Old Ship was a real collectors piece, more than 300 years old,
and was notable for its pitch pine bar and benches in the days when
Bullards
( now part of the Watney Empire ) owned the house.
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