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BLOFIELD, TAVERHAM & WALSHAM REGISTER taken September 1789 & September 1794 and BLOFIELD & WALSHAM LICENCE REGISTERS PS 8/6/1 to PS 8/6/3 (1872 to 1957?)
W A GILBERT of Cantley
STEWARD, PATTESON & FINCH after 1875
STEWARD & PATTESON to 1967
WATNEY MANN Closed by Watney Mann (East Anglia) Ltd 21.10.1975
FREEHOUSE Reopened 1976
Licensees :
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ROBERT NICHOLS / NICHOLLS 1789 - 1794
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WILLIAM SIELEY
age 50 in 1841
(died Q3 1843 ?)
1836 - 1841
AMOS REYNOLDS
age 46 in 1851
& farmer
1845 - 1865
HENRY WRIGHT
& farmer
Age 49 in 1871
1868 - 1872
ROBERT HOWES
age 52 in 1881
1872 to 1884
JAMES THIRKETTLE 17.11.1884
GEORGE WILLIAM RALLING 15.11.1886
RICHARD DAVISON 21.01.1887
WILLIAM EDGAR LINCOLN
age 63 in 1891
21.01.1889
WILLIAM BARNEY
age 60 in 1901
09.11.1891
ARTHUR ROBERT SYMONDS 09.11.1903
WALTER WILLIAM GOLDEN 06.04.1914
WALTER ALAN PEART 14.02.1927
WALLACE G BROWNE 13.01.1930
FREDERICK GEORGE KNIGHTS 27.11.1933
HAROLD J GARDNER 24.06.1935
ALICE MARY GARDNER 03.06.1952
WALTER GEORGE SHORTEN 20.10.1952
RAYMOND CHARLES PALMER 26.07.1954
FRANK MANDERS 07.03.1955
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Cantley Cock 31.05.1998
May 1998


Recorded in Register of Blofield, Taverham & Walsham Hundred licensed houses taken 9th September 1789.

Appears on Bryant's 1826 map.

22nd August 1887 - Landlord Richard Davidson was ordered to pay 1s 6d a week to the Blofield Union for their care of his father. He was also to pay 12s, the cost of the hearing.

1885 & 1890 Ordinance Survey maps shows original house some ¼ mile south of crossroads. Appears on maps at present position by 1907.


Old Cock referenced in 1901 census where the occupant, Samuel Curtis, is a teamster.


Penny In The Hole once played here, but reported to have died out by the1950's in favour of darts.