The building is well-known, to this day, as Pull's Ferry.
John Poole (hence 'Pull') was licensee in 1841 and
died in November of that year.

He was either born in 1796 or was appointed
Keeper of the ferry [per *Standley] in that year.

Either way, he had probably held the licence
since at least 1827.

The only other record is for 1868, when C. Feltham
was running the Ferry House pub.

The ferry itself was operating as early as 1538,
then known as Sandlin's Ferry. (or Sandling's).

It did not cease operations until 1943.

*A photographic record c. 1906 can be found in :
STANDLEY, Philip : Norwich - in old postcards, Volume 1, page 64.

This became an Inn of ill-repute : the Dean of Norwich
1573-1589 described it as a "tippling-house"
without all order of law.

The sign reputedly painted by John Crome
depicted 3 cranes of the feathered type.

But the name is thought to have derived from the
construction of the Cathedral; when Caen Stone
and other materials were removed from the boats
at Pull's Ferry - where 3 lifting cranes were sited.

A copy of that pub-sign is on page 23 of
THOMPSON, Leonard P. : Norwich Inns.

The pub was listed as No. 10 The Close in 1783
and No. 21 in 1802.
It was at the left of a block of houses
facing up Lower Close.

Recorded as once being the home of
Canon Peter Hansell.