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ELM TAVERN NEW CATTON Catton
Norwich
118 MAGDALEN ROAD ST CLEMENT WITHOUT FULL LICENCE CLOSED / DEMOLISHED 06.2009
NORWICH LICENCE REGISTERS PS 1/8/1 to PS 1/8/4 (1867 to 1965)
STEWARD & PATTESON Owned by George Morse as documented in period 1837 to 1851
WATNEY MANN
NORWICH BREWERY
BRENT WALKER March 1988
PUBMASTER
PUNCH TAVERNS from December 2003
ADMIRAL TAVERNS at time of closure 2008
Licensees :
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Widow HARRISON 10.1827
MATTHEW MANN 1830
JOB HASTINGS 1836
STEPHEN WOODCOCK 1839
THOMAS FROST age 45 in 1841 & tallow melter 1841 - 1845
ROBERT FELSTEAD 1846
ROBERT SPENCER age 49 in 1851 Thomas Spencer given 1850 (died Q4 1871 - age 75 ?) *1850 - 1867
Fine of 1s and costs Saturday 24th May 1862 for selling at illegal hours.
No complaints ever previously made against the house.
Old licence set aside owing to previously being fined for offences against the tenor of licence - Renewal considered Tuesday 25th August 1863.
Fine of 10s and costs Wednesday 5th September 1866 for having his house open at unlawful hours on the previous Sunday.
Fine of 2s with 11s costs for having house open on Sunday 27th October 1866 at illegal hours.
Described as `an old offender'
Licence refused Tuesday 27th August 1867
WILLIAM WARNES
age 34 in 1871
Died July 1876
 (wife Lydia died Q4 1876  - age 43)
by 1868
ARTHUR DUNN age 37 in 1881 08.08.1876
JOHN NICHOLAS WILLGRASS 27.03.1882
GEORGE DOVE 10.10.1883
GEORGE RICHARD MACKLEY age 43 in 1891 & Bird Merchant 25.03.1884
WILLIAM JOHN BULWER 10.10.1892
WILLIAM WATERS age 44 in 1901 & French Polisher 10.05.1898
HORACE BEALES 24.08.1943
ARTHUR NORMAN BARKER 09.11.1943
THOMAS CROTCH 23.08.1949
STANLEY THOMAS KYLE 07.06.1966
MARTIN RICHARD DOUGLAS 10.10.1985
MARK STEVEN ELVIN 27.06.1989
NORMAN FREDERICK SHARP 03.04.1990
CLIVE PHILIP PERCHARD 08.01.1991
PETER HENRY DUNTHORNE 30.04.1991
MAUREEN & ALBERT BENNETT  29.09.1992
ANN & MICHAEL PINFOLD 10.02.1998
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DAVE HORN by April 2007
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The Elm Tavern - 28.07.1996
July 1996

 
The inquest into the death of James Hicks was held here 16th June 1824.

When the licence renewal of Robert Spencer was refused in August 1867, Mr. D. Steward, for the brewers, asked that the licence be issued to them, since Mr. Spencer would be leaving at Michaelmas (29th September).
The magistrates refused the request, in spite of past understandings that a fitting tenant would be put into the house to take over the licence.

Full licence granted Tuesday 25th August 1868 to William Warnes.

As at New Catton 1879.

 Damaged by bombing during period 27th to 29th April 1942.

Rebuilt after 1945.

January 2005

Closed April 2008.

Advertised For Sale April 2008 for £500,000.
Price reduced to £280,000 by November 2008.
Demolition commenced June 2009

House No. 404 on 1845 Magistrates list


  The Norwich Pub Survey of 1986, compiled by the Norwich Society, in association with Norwich City Council, assessed the house:-  
 
Approx date of building Listed Quality Pre-war fittings surviving
External Internal
1930 No 2 No
Modern interiors - very dull, many sporting trophies - darts etc.
One nice oil painting of the exterior of the pub in a good frame.
Three bars: Lounge, Retail and Bar