Also as WHITLINGHAM WHITE HOUSE.
In a message to the public dated 13th October 1820, James
King announced that he had agreed to continue keeping the Public House and
said that a continuance of their favours would be acknowledged with
gratitude.
On the evening of Saturday 30th June 1821 landlady Mrs. King was returning
home when the cart she was travelling in overturned at Trowse Bridge. Her
arm was severely broken and it was necessary to amputate the hand beyond the
wrist.
During the last days of April 1841 she was thrown from a gig and the same
arm was fractured by her fall.
On Wednesday 10th August 1843, a devastating storm caused much injury and
damage in the Norfolk. (23 other counties also suffered). A field of standing corn belonging to Mr. King
of the White House, was stripped of every ear. The White House, seated at
the bottom of the hill, was inundated with water and ice which was forced
through the house like a torrent. The inhabitants were dreadfully alarmed
and at one time thought their lives in danger. A lady, who had been
upset in a boat, was brought into the house by the gentlemen who had
risked drowning to save her. The damage incurred by Mr. King being estimated
at £100.
Mr. James King was found lying on the grass, near the staithe, at six thirty
on the evening of Friday 21st June 1844. Being apparently insensible he was
removed into the house where he moaned faintly, but never spoke again.
At the inquest the following day the jury returned the verdict that his death
was "in consequence of a fit of apoplexy caused by drinking."
The 1854 entry for Whitlingham Parish says that
the house is actually in Trowse Parish and includes a ferry connection across the river
Yare.
All persons with claims against, or debts to the late Robert Digby were
asked to settle their business with his wife Mr. Mary Ann Digby, in a
notification dated 28th June 1860.
The entry for 1864 states that the house `has recently been pulled down and its site
attached to the mansion at Crown Point.'
However in 1871 the census gives Benjamin Parsons, agricultural labourer living in
Whitlingham Lane in a property called the White House.
