| Licensees : |
| - |
|
| Mr
LLOYD |
from
1785 |
| ELIZABETH
HUMPHRIES / HUMPHREYS widow |
here
1789 |
| THOMAS
ORCHARD |
from
1806 |
JOHN
FISH
age 50 in 1841?
(died Q1 1851 ?)
Jeremiah Fish 1830 |
by 1813 - 1850 |
| SARAH FISH (77) |
1851 |
JOHN FISH
& poor rate collector 1858
age 44 in 1861
& farmer of 45 acres |
1854 - 1865 |
JOHN GARRETT
& farmer 27 acres
age 55 in 1871
& ferryboat owner 1890 |
1868 - 1896 |
JAMES GEORGE
GIBBS
age 34 in 1901 |
1900 -
1901 |
| WILLIAM THOMAS
ROYAL |
1904 - 1908 |
WILLIAM HUBBARD
age (40 or 45?) in 1911 |
1911 -
1915 |
| ALFRED CHARLES
STEWARD |
1916 - 1922 |
| HERBERT GEORGE
SANDWELL |
1925 |
| HERBERT ROBERT
CORNISH |
1929 |
| ARTHUR MALLETT |
1933 - 1937 |
| Mr
ROBERTS |
undated |
| Mr
HOLLAND |
undated |
| Mr
CHATER |
by
1956 |
| PERCY
NICHOLS |
late
1950's ? |
| FRANCES
NICHOLS |
to
1998 |
| RAY
HOLLOCKS |
1998
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This house sits on the boundary between Carleton St Peter parish and
Claxton parish which adjoins to the West.
Buckenham Ferry House is recorded as being
mortgaged by Thomas Palgrave and Thomas Berney in 1704.
Included in Loddon & Clavering Register taken 1789 and 1794 as the
FERRY HOUSE.
Leased in 1806 by Thomas Trench Berney to Thomas Orchard.
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Offered for sale by auction May 1813.
Including Ferry, Public House, Stable and Marsh Land containing about 25
acres, except a small piece of land with a boat-house. Then in occupation of
Mr Fish.
Again for Sale by Auction 14th August 1813 with Mr. Fish still being the
tenant. Possession from Michaelmas 1813.
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Generally given as the FERRY HOUSE 1836
- 1937
(Appears in Kellys directories 1916 to 1937 under Loddon in the trades section)
BEAUCHAMP ARMS 1883, 1890 and
after 1982.
Named after the Proctor Beauchamp family who owned land on both sides of
the river, in the area where the ferry operated.
The family owned the land, possibly from the 12th century to c1940.
See p96 of The Norfolk Broads in Old Postcards by Basil Gowen - first published 1990.
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