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Rosary Tavern : 95 Rosary Road
Research :

The pub name, and the name of the road, derives from
the Catholic Cemetery near the junction with
Thorpe Road.

The pub may have been built on the site of a
blacksmith's shop; related to the nearby
Chalk Hill Farm.
This may account for its unusually high ceiling.

 

Roger Sheedy was landlord of the beerhouse by 1836.
By 1845 his widow Rachael was in place.
She was last listed in 1858; by then aged 68.

From December 1864 the landlord was
Edward Wickham. From February 1902 the
same name is recorded; but is pretty obviously
that of his son.

Widow Laura held the licence from
March 1911 to April 1919.

Jubilee : 26 St. Leonard's Road

Research :
The Jubilee in question was the Golden Jubilee of
Queen Victoria, who ascended the throne in 1837.

Also see Young's book - page 68.

Licences transferred 9.8.1887 from :
The Anchor, Ten Bell Lane
and New Brewery, Barrack Street.

Ship : Gas Hill

Research :
In 1890 the landlord was also listed as a plumber.

Frank Holmes was landlord from May 1959 until closure.

A photographic record can be found in :
YOUNG, John Riddington :
The Inns & Taverns of Old Norwich, page 69.

Also on page 22 of ASH, Mary (Ed.) :
Memories of Thorpe Hamlet.

Bakers Arms : 66 St. Leonard's Road

Research :
Original owner was Mrs. Watson, North Walsham.
By 1879 : S. & P. brewery.

Still listed as (also) a baker's as late as 1906,
when the tenant was forced to close the
direct access from the pub to the bakery.

William IV : 33 Quebec Road
Research :

The pub was listed in Joseph Manning's survey of 1834.
It was allegedly built on the site of the Shepherd's Hut.

The 1845 Official List showed no ownership details;
apparently confirming its status as a Free House.
The bizarrely named Mousehold Tea Company
was in situ in 1848.

 
Youngs & Crawshay's Brewery took over
between 1848 and 1867.

Probably the most famous licensees were -

  • George Matthews, in place by 1850, and
    aged 50 in the following Census year;
          and his
  • widow, Mary Ann, who took over in
    October 1867, serving until December 1880.
Quebec Tavern : 93 - 97 Quebec Road

Research :
The pub and the roads were named after the
Battle of Quebec in the 7 Years War.

Licences transferred in 1886 from :
Goldbeaters' Arms, Bethel Street and
Hope Pole Gardens, St. Faith's Lane.

The Hague family ran the pub for 30 years.
Jack Douglas Hague was landlord from June 1966.
His widow, Olive, took over in January 1981.
Between November 1981 and November 1996 she
was a co-licensee with her son Anthony.

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