May 1997
Mary Thaxter was buried in 1689 she was said to have lived
at the `Dog House '
Lot No. 6 in a Sale by Auction Saturday 30th January 1819.
The DOG, formerly the
SHIP.
Of the 8 Lots, seven were public houses about the county.
For sale 9th September 1820, late in the occupation of John Harmer.
Consisting of a kitchen, parlour, pantry, two chambers, store-house, and
cellar, with yards, and piece of garden, and osier ground, containing half
an acre and upwards, together with half an acre of arable land, and near
three acres and a half of meadow and marsh ground - immediate possession.
Appears on Bryant's 1826 map.
On Thursday 20th May 1841, William Broughton, a deserter from the 96th
Regiment, was committed for having stolen a gold brooch, the property of
the daughter of the landlord, Mr. Fulcher, and a pair of stockings, the
property of lodger William Lock. The robbery had taken place on Thursday
7th May and on Tuesday 12th May, Broughton was apprehended in Norwich.
Advertised To Let, September 1916
Fully licensed and 4 Acres of Land.
Apply Steward & Patteson, Norwich.
1938 advertisement :-
`Ah! Here's the house the Yachtsmen cried,
and soon the boys were all inside'.
The sign in 1968 was based upon a cartoon character.
(Does anybody have a photograph of that sign?)
See page 39 of The Norfolk Broads in Old Postcards, first published 1990, by Basil Gowen.
A freehouse from 1989.
