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Cherry Tree
78 HALL ROAD NEW LAKENHAM FULL LICENCE CLOSED 05.10.1977
NORWICH LICENCE REGISTER PS 1/8/1 to PS 1/8/4 (1867 - 1965)
YOUNGS & Co as given 1845
YOUNGS, CRAWSHAY & YOUNGS to 1958
BULLARDS 1958 - 1967
WATNEY MANN to 1977
Licensees :
JAMES LACEY 1830
JEREMIAH WARREN 1832
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JAMES HARPER
(Wife Elizabeth Harriet died September 1838 - aged 35)
1838 - 1850
WILLIAM YOUNGS
age 33 in 1851
1851 - 1856
Fine of 5s and 11s 6d costs for allowing seven or eight persons to drink in the house on the morning of Sunday 5th March 1854.
(Although absent from the house at the time, Mr. Youngs was informed that he should have taken steps to prevent the offence.)
TUTELL HEWITT 1858 - 1859
J. N. BROWNE 1864 - 1865
WILLIAM WELLS 24.03.1866
JOHN MAYES 29.09.1966
JAMES WEBB by 1867
JOHN EMERSON RICHARDSON 15.06.1869
JAMES WALTER ELLIS 27.06.1876
HARRIETT ELLIS 18.12.1900
WILLIAM GEORGE SEAMAN 14.07.1914
ALFRED THEODORE SEAMAN 07.05.1918
RICHARD SCALES 11.06.1918
CHARLES HARRY SCALES 24.05.1932
WILLIAM WALSTON MOORE 07.04.1953
CLAUDE FREDERICK TODD 28.12.1954
SIDNEY GIBBS 07.05.1957
VICTOR GEORGE HILL
(Died August 1992)
18.11.1958

Image by Jim Colman
Image by Jim Colman - c1975



Offered for sale by auction Tuesday 11th November 1834.
Described as fronting the road to New Buckenham, containing an excellent porter or tap-room, parlour, bar, and liquor shop, back kitchen, wash-house, large cellar, club room, and three good sleeping-rooms, also a walled in yard, with excellent stable, gig-house, and hay loft over.

Address 1845 as at Peafield.

Southwell Street in 1845 & 1854

Located on corner of Hall Road and Cherry Close.

Recorded 17th March 1888 as the property of John Youngs the Elder.

Closed 5th October 1977

Image by Jim Colman - Many thanks.
Image by Jim Colman - Many thanks.

Demolished - Site today of a chemists shop.

 

  In 1961 the BYSTANDERS FILM CLUB commenced a survey of Norwich public houses.
Unfortunately, by 1968 the challenge remained unfinished and Watney Mann had taken over the local breweries....Toilet facilities (Conveniences) were rated on cleanliness and general standard.
This house was rated as follows:-
 
 
Bullards No Draught Cider
Darts Conveniences 2 (5 being the best)
  Canned Music
Television in lounge.
Nothing special.
Mildly Suburbotempory.
Boreing.