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Flower Pot
129 OAK STREET
FLOWER POT YARD
St. MARTIN AT OAK   CLOSED 23.08.1907
NORWICH LICENCE REGISTERS PS 1/8/1 to PS 1/8/2 (1867 - 1926)
STEWARD & Co  
Licensees :
   
JOHN POWLEY 1828
JONATHAN POOLEY 1830
SOLOMAN PARISH 1832
JAMES SHIPMAN 1836 - 1842
WILLIAM DYE
see Jolly Skinners
(Fellmonger, Oak St. - 1846)
1845
WILLIAM WEYER / WEIR
age 47 in 1851
& hand loom silk weaver
1851 - 1858
Paid costs of 7s 6d Wednesday 1st September 1852 - see opposite.
EDWARD NICHOLS 1859 - 1861
Mrs M. LARTER 1865
WALTER FEARNLEY by 1867
Fine of 5s and costs on Tuesday 10th September 1867 for having house open at 11:55am on the previous Sunday
JAMES JESSOP 10.11.1874
EDMUND MACE 10.10.1883
WILLIAM ROSE 17.11.1885
WILLIAM DRAKE 09.03.1886
GEORGE HENRY TUFFIELD 30.09.1886
CHARLES WARD 27.03.1888
WILLIAM BRETT 13.08.1889




House No. 352 on 1845 Magistrates list.


Deeds recorded from 1745

Listed in S&P documents as formerly the FLOWER IN HAND.

Licensee William Weir was charged with selling beer at unlawful hours at one o'clock on the morning of Sunday 29th August 1852. The defendant claimed that being new to the trade he was unaware of the regulations. The police said the house was generally conducted in a very orderly fashion. The defendant was not fined, but discharged upon payment of 7/6d costs.

In July 1855 two Tenements, fronting St. Martin's were offered for sale by auction. The garden ground belonging to the properties stood at the bottom of the yard called `The Fighting Cocks or Flower Pot Yard'

On Wednesday 2nd August 1893, a boat race for £25 a side, on a one mile course at Whitlingham, was held between William Brett of the FLOWERPOT and William Sayer of the UNICORN. After a delay in starting of one hour, to avoid passing wherries, Brett soon showed his superiority in handling the sculls and easily won by four lengths.


At the 1906 Licensing Sessions it was heard that the house was `down a yard with the front door some way distant from the street.'
It was `difficult for supervision by the tenant and the police. The tenant was a boat builder, letting boats extensively on the back river. 11 other licensed houses were within 200 yards.'

The licence was referred to Compensation 07.02.1906 and the house closed under Compensation 23.08.1907.





In spite of the house closing in 1907 Kelly's directories for 1908 and 1912 still give William Brett at the premises as licensee.