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Adam & Eve : 17 Bishopgate
Notes ..

This is reputed to be the last Norwich pub to serve ale
off-the-wood i.e. until 1971; likewise the last to install
a bar, in 1973.
The cellar, from whence the jugs had been carried on a
tray, was converted into another bar over this period.

Vincent Jones, writing in 1965 (East Anglian Pubs)
describes three old 'drinking rooms', without a bar,
and a 'great curved settle' facing the front door.

Much more recently Adnams may have held the licence
for a short time before the Unique Pub Co. took over.

In February 2005 Adrian Hennessy reported that
there are two bars and lots of quiet corners, on
two levels, in the low-ceilinged beamed interior.
The outside paved area at the front, with bench seating,
is also very popular during the tourist season.

Food was served between Midday and 7 p.m.,
except Sundays until 2.30
A large selection of malt whiskies was available.

Listed in the 2005 Good Pub Guide.

Continued . . .

  (contd.)

[Norfolk Nips Dec. 2008]
Advertising 4 real ales, a cider and
over 50 malt whiskies.
Food is served from midday to 7 p.m. except on
Sundays - from midday to 5 p.m.

Included in the 2009 Guardian and Observer guide to
summer pubs in towns and cities. It was recognised for
its 'well-honed cooking'; dishes ranging from -
cheese and ale soup to pork sausages with creamy mash
topped with bacon and served with an onion and
red wine gravy.

The Guide describes it as an 'intimate pub which
boasts an antiquated, cosy interior' and continues -
'It's the award-winning garden that gets everyone
talking: lots of hanging baskets and colourful tubs'.

During the first Norwich - City of Ale festival
in 2011, the pub was awarded Best Pub status.

Beehive : 18 -18a Palace Plain

Notes ..
William Drane was recorded as licensee by 1842
and served until March 1883.

An early morning licence was renewed August 1897,
being granted for the benefit of employees
at the nearby Gas Works.

Licence transferred to Beehive,
Melrose Road 10.10.1922
Walter Hardy, licensee since June 1893,
took over the new pub for a short period.

Cupid &Bow : 1 Bishopgate

Notes ..
Sold by the Great Hospital Trustees to
British Gas Light Co. 1917
The licence was not dropped until 1919,
after the brewery lease expired.

Although ostensibly needed in relation to the nearby
Gas Works, the pub was not demolished around that time.
Perhaps the new company-owners used it as offices?

The pub may have closed at any time
between 1917 and 1919.

World's End : 6 World's End Lane

Notes ..
At the 1906 Licensing Sessions it was said that the
house was situated in a narrow lane near the Gas Works.
The house was very old and in bad repair.

The accommodation was limited and the construction
made supervision, by tenant and police, difficult.
There were 6 other licensed houses within 200 yards.

The pub was accordingly closed, under the
Compensation Act, on 23rd August 1907;
after some 18 months deliberations.

Scotchman : World's End Lane

Notes ..

Hospital Boy : Whitefriars' Street

Notes ..
Steward & Patteson's Brewery first recorded supplying
the pub in the year commencing November 1838.

Tuns : Whitefriars' Street

Notes ..
S. & P. Brewery supplied the free house between 1839 and 1842.

Whitefriars' Tavern : 13 Whitefriars' Bridge Street
Notes ..

The Chief Constable objected to licence renewal
at the 1906 Sessions.

The Norfolk Chronicle of 10th February reported that
Inspector Windsor said that the house was unsuitable
and the sanitary arrangements were very poor indeed.

There were 12 licensed houses within 200 yards.

 

The pub was accordingly closed, under the
Compensation Act, on 8th February 1907.

There is a possible photo record, taken in 1886,
of the river aspect of the pub - on page 20 of
ANDERSON & STOREY :
Norwich : 80 years of the Norwich Society.
The picture focuses on Whitefriars' Bridge.

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