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Marlborough
29 FISHERGATE St EDMUND FULL LICENCE CLOSED 08.05.1969
NORWICH LICENCE REGISTERS PS 1/8/1 to PS 1/8/4  (1867 - 1965)
WESTONS  
YOUNGS & Co  
BULLARDS 1958
WATNEY MANN 1967
Licensees :
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Mr. MARSHAM 1708
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ANTHONY BETTS
worsted weaver
1760 - 1763
CHARLES WOODWISE 1822
CHARLES LINCOLN 1830
JEREMIAH MIDDLETON
age 40 in 1841
1836 - 1845
WILLIAM HOWARD
age 62 in 1851
 *1850 - 1856
Mrs ANN HOWARD * 1858 - 1861
HENRY HOWARD by 1864
LEWIS LOVEDAY 13.07.1868
WILLIAM JOHN BURROWS 30.08.1872
ROBERT BARKER 13.10.1873
Convicted 21.02.1877 of allowing consumption out of hours.
Fine 5/- plus 19/- costs.
MARY ANN BARKER 25.06.1895
WILLIAM BERWICK 13.08.1895
Convicted 13.08.1901 of keeping open out of hours.
Fine £1 plus 8/- costs or 14 days detention.
HORACE HENRY LOVEDAY 14.01.1913
WILLIAM MITCHELL 15.07.1913
TOM POOLE 06.04.1914
ALBERT EDWARD THROWER 05.04.1928
EMMA ELIZA THROWER 13.02.1940
WILLIAM GEORGE TYRRELL 11.02.1941
WALTER WHEALS 05.04.1941
FRANK WALTER REILLY 12.02.1946
ERNEST ALFRED KEWLEY 09.11.1948
JOSEPH COADY 15.11.1949
JACK ERNEST JAMES BLYTH 12.06.1951
JAMES SADD 15.07.1952
Convicted 19.02.1957 on 2 cases of selling out of hours.
Fine 30/- on each case
Convicted 19.02.1957 on 2 cases of allowing consumption out of hours.
Fine £1 on each case


The Duke Of Marlborough by George Plunkett - Copyright © G.A.F.Plunkett 2002 - shown by permission
05.03.1936
Images by George Plunkett - shown by permission - Copyright © G.A.F.Plunkett 2002

Albert Thrower and customers at the Duke Of Marlborough by George Plunkett - Copyright © G.A.F.Plunkett 2002 - shown by permission
Landlord Albert Thrower (Extreme left) with 2 customers.
A photograph by George Plunkett, taken in 1939.

A reward was offered 23rd October 1708 for information regarding the loss of White Bags, containing two pairs of shoes, a new hat, a pair of stockings, six shirts, a pair of Plush Breeches and several other things, which was the lone by one John Smith, a stout man of about 30 years of age, in a white suit of cloth clothes with mohair buttons, and a brown wig. Mr. Marsham at the Marlborough, St Edmund or Mr. Durand at Pockthorpe would give a handsome reward for their recovery.
Music and singing licence granted Saturday 5th April 1941

Closed 08.05.1969 under Watney Mann (East Anglia) Ltd.
 
House No. 424 on 1845 Magistrates list


  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 ?
   
Quaint room complete with barrels.
Low ceiling.
Architecturally genuine.
Snug.