| Licensees : |
| REBECCA BUSH |
1856 - * 1861 |
EDWARD NICHOLS
( Also as Nicholls ) |
1864 - 1865 |
| EDWARD CHAMBERS |
by 1867 |
| FRANCIS LONERGAN |
05.05.1868 |
| WILLIAM JOHN COOPER |
02.07.1869 |
| JAMES CARTER |
28.03.1876 |
| RICHARD SKIPPER |
27.09.1876 |
Convicted
12.04.1877 for selling out of hours.
Fine 5/- plus 18/6d costs or 7 days |
| WILLIAM KING |
27.04.1880 |
| JOHN HUTCHINSON JONES |
25.03.1890 |
| JOHN JOSEPH PAPPS |
10.10.1891 |
| ELIZA PAPPS |
03.01.1893 |
ALBERT JAMES DIXON
( Left owing to a betting case ) |
13.02.1894 |
| GEORGE ANTHONY WEBSTER |
07.10.1913 |
| ADELAIDE WEBSTER |
11.02.1915 |
| GEORGE ANTHONY WEBSTER |
13.05.1919 ( ? ) |
| WILLIAM ERNEST LAND |
06.04.1926 |
| MARIA MARTHA LAND |
12.06.1926 |
Convicted
11.01.1943 for selling out of hours.
Fine £5 |
| JESSIE AGNES LAND |
07.04.1952 |
|
House originates from 1772 and formerly named the DUKE OF YORK.The
ALMA from c1856 to closure 1975.
( Lord Raglan is credited with a victory over the Russian forces at the Alma in 1854,
during the Crimean War ).
Damaged by enemy action 27/29.04.1942.
Licensee Miss Agnes Land ( 63 ) and brother William Land ( 61 ) were advised by Watney
Mann ( East Anglia ) Ltd that the house was to close October 14th 1970.
( From an article in the Eastern Daily Press 21.07.1970 )
Watneys records contradict this and give 15th October 1975 as the date of closure.
Reopened 1977 as MICAWBERS TAVERN |
