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The Jenny Lind   (1 to 6)

2. Norgate's : 3. Boswell & Baxter   5. Campling : 6. Final Days

1. : Fame

The singer Jenny Lind, the "Swedish Nightingale",
possibly paid her first visit to Norwich in 1847.
Certainly, two concerts in January 1849 raised enough
money for the first Childrens' Hospital in Pottergate
(1854).

The venue was St. Andrew's Hall.
There were subsequent visits in 1856 and 1862.

Jenny was born in Stockholm in 1820, became a British
citizen in 1855 and lived in London. She died in 1887.

2. : Norgate's

John and William Norgate (Norgate & Son)
had launched their new venture by 1867.

In 1869 Miss Gillman was listed as manageress of
"refreshment rooms". It was a licensed restaurant and,
as such, was not listed in the Directories as a pub
until 1883.
By that time the firm of Boswell and Baxter
had acquired the business.

In 1871 the licence was held by William Norgate
and in May 1879 by Alfred Norgate. It was Alfred
who disposed of the property only 5 months later !

3. : Boswell & Baxter

From October 1879 James Freeman Boswell,
plus James and George Baxter were in charge.
Sole ownership by J. F. Boswell was in place by 1885;
although an undated transfer to Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton followed.

By May 1889 George Baxter had regained control,
which lasted until May 1896.

 

4. : Moore

This property, latterly Cafe Nero, is in a particularly
good situation - at the foot of Davey Place.
Clearly it has always been a magnet for property
interests, as indicated by all the changes since the
Norgate days.

Not to mention changes since 8th January 1924,
when it closed under the Compensation Act 1904.
It had been 'referred to Compensation'
as early as February 1922.

Horace Josiah Moore held the licence from
December 1897 and, around that time,
ownership fell to Messrs. Moore & Court.
Horace was replaced as licensee in March 1900.

5. : Campling

Charles Joseph Campling appeared on the scene in
February 1902. His ownership of the property
may well have dated from then.

Not until his widow, Alice, took over in November 1906
was ownership recorded, namely :- G. H. Campling
and D. E. Holmes, as trustees of the late C. J. Campling.

6. : Final Days

Alice handed over the licence in July of the following
year, to John Penn. His tenure was also brief - ending
in June 1908.

Astonishingly, given the probable ownership resting
with the said Trustees, George Baxter resumed the
licence for a few months, to January 1909.

Other licensees followed, and the next change of
ownership - to Fred Dowson - of Thorpe Road,
is not recorded until about 1921.
As already mentioned, the pub closed in 1924.

The pub's wrought iron sign in now
preserved in the Strangers Hall Museum.

A photo taken in 1905 is on page 25 of
Norwich Heritage Projects :
A Market For Our Times

A photo taken c. 1912 can also be found in :
STANDLEY, Philip :
Norwich - in old postcards, Volume 2, page 109.

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