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BLACK CHEQUERS NORWICH Index
133 COWGATE STREET St. JAMES FULL LICENCE CLOSED 30.12.1911
NORWICH LICENCE REGISTERS PS 1/8/1 to PS 1/8/2 ( 1867 to 1925 )
STEWARD & CO Freehold owned by Finch & Steward
Licensees :
EDWARD LINCOLN
worsted weaver
1760 - 1764
DANIEL HARMER 1806 - 1807
EDWARD MARJORAM 1822
THOMAS BUSTON 1830
DENMARK DUNCH
& coal merchant
1836
WILLIAM RADFORD
also as Redford
1840 - 1841
JAMES HOWLETT 1842 - 1845
WILLIAM RADFORD
age 54 in 1851
1845 - 1859
Mrs C RADFORD 1859
STEPHEN HOWARD 1864
ELI AMISS by 1865
Accused 12.11.1865 of being open out of hours.
BENJAMIN BAKER 27.09.1872
Convicted 18.12.1874 of being open out of hours.
Fine £1 plus 17/6d costs.
WILLIAM BAKER 21.06.1881
Convicted 18.11.1886 of being open out of hours.
Fine £1 plus 17/6d costs.
SAMUEL FISH 05.05.1891
Convicted 15.06.1901 of being open out of hours.
Fine £5 plus 8/- costs or 1 months detention.
Convicted 22.03.1904 of being open out of hours.
Fine 10/- plus 6/- costs or 7 days detention.

Also found as the CHEQUERS and the OLD CHEQUERS

Address in 1845 given as Factory Street.

Spirit licence dropped after November 1910.

The Norfolk Chronicle of 18th February 1911 reported that the police objected to licence renewal. Inspector Wentford said that there were 8 other licensed house within 200 yards and that sales were down to 1½ barrels a beer a week. He further said that the tenant had been at the house for 20 years and in that time had been convicted twice for being open out of hours and once for obstructing the police.

Licence provisionally refused 13.02.1911 and referred to Compensation.
Closed under Compensation 30.12.1911.