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ADAM & EVE SHIPDHAM / WOODRISING Index
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 MITFORD REGISTER taken 12th September 1794
Licensees :
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JAMES SMITH 1777
WILLIAM HORNNIGOLD 1783
PETER SUTTON 1794 - 1796






Only references to date.

 

For Sale by Auction Thursday, 1st May 1777.
Late in the occupation of James Smith at a rent of £7 a Year.

The Norfolk Chronicle of 6th December 1783 reported....
"Whereas on Thursday the 27th of November, 1783,
about three o' Clock in the Afternoon, two Men, with a Horse, called at the House of William Horningold, at the ADAM and EVE of Shipdham, in Norfolk, where they staid all Night, and went away on the Friday Morning, but upon their refusing to pay the Expenses, the Landlord stopped the Horse. Not hearing from them since, and having some reason from their Behaviour to believe it was not their own, he takes this Method of publishing his Marks, It is a Brown Bay Horse, aged, about 14 Hands high, a Star on his Forehead, some white on his Nose, two  white Feet behind, several Saddle Spots, a short hanging Mane, and nicked Tail. the Owner, by bringing proper Testimony of the Identity of the said Horse, may have him again by paying his and all other  Expenses, by applying to William Hornigold aforesaid."

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WOODRISING is approximately 3 miles from the centre of SHIPDHAM.

Location as Woodrysing in 1794 Register.

According to the Alehouse Recognizances taken 16th September 1796, Peter Sutton was at the Adam & Eve, WOODRISING.
The entry following those for the Cricket Players, Golden Dog and White Horse, all recorded at Shipdham.

Many thanks to Janelle Penney for the newspaper transcription
taken with permission, from © film provided by the
British Library Newspaper Library
Thanks also to Robert Campbell.