Licensees :
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JAMES KENDALL	1822
ROBERT ADAMS	1830 - 1839
ROBERT PEACE	1845 - 1850
WILLIAM RUSH	1854
NATHANIEL BARKER	1856
GEORGE PAGE & blacksmith	1858
THOMAS W. FORSTER (The Mermaid)	1861
JOHN READ	1863 - 1864
WILLIAM SMITH	1865 - 1868
JOHN LUSHER (The Fountain 1871)	1869 - 1871
Monday 23rd January 1871 - Charged of harbouring prostitutes in his house. 20 persons had been found at the property on 12th January, eight of whom were females, four of whom were known prostitutes. The house should have closed at 1:00 am, but it was 3:00 am when the gathering was discovered. It was claimed that it was a private party and the reputations of the women were unknown to the landlord. Fine of 10s and 9s costs - Paid.
Monday 28th August 1871 - Licence renewal refused on the grounds that the landlord was unfit to hold the licence.
HERBERT ALBERT GOODRUM	25.09.1871
JOHN FLOOD	by 1872
Monday 11th May 1874 - Fine of £1 and 7s costs for admitting being open after midnight on Tuesday 5th May.
EDWARD SWAN (also found as Edward Ewen)	08.01.1877
JOHN BULLOCK	13.10.1879
RICHARD BRETT	28.03.1881
THOMAS JOHNSON	11.10.1886
HARRY NURSEY	13.02.1888
HARRY BATTERBEE	14.10.1889
JOHN ARCHER COLLINSON	13.04.1891
BENJAMIN ROBERT TUFFS	11.04.1892
FRANK CALLABY KING	29.05.1893

On 12th February 1840, Ostler John Garnham was waiting for the return of a horse and gig, but since it got beyond midnight, he ascended into the hayloft and fell asleep. Awaking in the early hours, and not fully awake, he fell through the trap-door and suffered fractures of collar-bone, ribs and shoulder blade. He was taken to the Norfolk and Lynn Hospital to recover.

Named as the FOUNTAIN in the 1871 census.

Referred for Compensation 10th February 1908

Sold December 1908

Licence extinct 21st January 1909