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KINGS HEAD NORWICH K index H index
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8 CASTLE STREET
10 DAVEY PLACE
St PETER MANCROFT CLOSED by late 1981
NORWICH LICENCE REGISTERS PS 1/8/1 to PS 1/8/4 ( 1867 to 1965 )
YOUNGS & Co    
BULLARDS    
WATNEY MANN    
Licensees :
THOMAS ALLDAY or JOSEPH COPPING
( Both are given at a Kings Head, Mancroft )
1760 - 1763
D. SEAMAN 1822
WILLIAM PEARCE 1830 - 1839
JOHN DAVEY 1840 - 1845
RICHARD DOUGHTY
age 36 in 1851
1850 - 1859
MARY DOUGHTY by 1861
JAMES FENN 01.10.1869
Accused 01.01.1871 of being open out of hours.
Judgement not found.
WILLIAM LAWRY 21.06.1881
ROBERT BENSLEY 17.12.1883
JOHN MILLS 25.06.1889
GEORGE THOMPSON 11.1896
FREDERICK GEORGE KEY 22.06.1897
HENRY COX 09.10.1906
ALFRED GEORGE CRAFT 02.01.1945
Accused 08.12.1949 on 2 cases of suffering gaming.
Absolute discharge.
ERNEST JACK CLAPPISON 08.04.1958
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Boxing matches were held here.
In 1797 Irishman O'Brian was in competition.
It was noted that he was outstanding if only because
he was 8 foot 4 inches tall.

Original house demolished 1813 when Davy Place was created.

Listed 1888 and in 1922 as the HENRY VIII.


Closed 13.06.1979 according to Watney Mann ( East Anglia ) records. This is however listed as a temporary closure.

Permanently closed by late 1981.