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Bird in Hand : Barrack Street
Research :

It is odd that no records are available, since that in the
Alehouse Recognizances of 1760, until circa 1840.
The pub was either revived within that very long period,
or was a mere beerhouse - which did not warrant
inclusion in the Trades Directories.

Either way, the Blyth family had much to do with its
eventual eminence.
Jonas Norman Blyth was landlord by c. 1840, and was
still recorded in 1854; by which time he was aged 67.

The pub had no ownership stated in the 1845
Official List, indicating a Free House status.
The almost adjacent S. & P. Brewery took over
some time after 1845.

William Ward was in charge by 1856 until 1861.
Interestingly, the presumed widow - Abigail Blyth -
who was aged 59 in 1861, took over in that year
and served until 1865 at least.
By 1867 the family association had ended.

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Following the Compensation Act, at the 1908 Sessions
the Police reported there were 9 other houses
within 200 yards.
Although the house was said to be well conducted and
mainly used by employees of the Steward & Patteson
Brewery, the Licence was provisionally refused on
5th February 1908 and referred to Compensation.
The pub closed under Compensation 4th January 1909.

The pub site was then incorporated into
the Steward & Patteson Brewery complex.

A portion of this pub is shown on a photo of the
Windsor Castle.
The photo is in YOUNG, John Riddington :
The Inns & Taverns of Old Norwich, page 65.
Vide the extreme right-hand element of the picture,
under the shade of the Pockthorpe Brewery tower.

There is also a picture in CLUER & SHAW :
Former Norwich, page 114.


Windsor Castle : 68 Barrack Street

Research :
George Taylor was landlord from December 1899.
His son, James John, held the licence from
October 1923 until October 1927.

It was reported at a meeting of the Steward & Patteson board
on the 29th October 1964 that the house had temporarily
closed since the previous meeting of 22nd July.
The licence was in the hands of the brewery 'rep.'
on 24th November 1964; so the house may already
have been closed, and NOT temporarily.

But Trades Directories listed the pub until 1967.

A photographic record can be found in :
YOUNG, John Riddington :
The Inns & Taverns of Old Norwich, page 65.


Anchor : 1 Silver Road

Research :
In 1890 the landlord was also described as a broker.

George Horace Ashley became landlord in November 1911.
He was succeeded by his widow, Eliza Beatrice, in February 1928.
She was still in charge when the pub closed in August 1945.

Licence transferred to The Loaf, Rackham Road on 21.8.1945


Cottage : 9 Silver Road

Research :
By 1839 Thomas Nelson was landlord.
But in the 1845 Official List Thomas (Senior)
is shown at the Dial in nearby Barrack Street.
The then licensee of the Cottage was his son, of the same name.
It was presumably the younger Thomas who held the licence until 1851.

The father probably preferred to work at a Free House,
where he could sell S. & P. beers, etc.;
rather than work for Crawshay's brewery,

The new Cottage licensee, in the 1851 Census,
Edward Waterton, seemed to prefer the name Lion for his pub.
It was still listed by that name in the following Census, 1861.

Waterton handed over in October 1881.
But no Trades Directories ever showed
the Lion name, during the 30 years!


Mounted Volunteer : 12 Silver Road

Research :
Thomas Lucas held the licence from
January 1889 to 13th July 1915.
His son, Sidney George, took over after his father's demise,
but only held the fort for one month and four days.
Widow, Edith May Lucas, was landlady from 17th August 1915.

Sometime after 1921 Edith re-married, but kept
the licence - under the name Gibson - until March 1928.


Jolly Gardeners : 20 Mousehold Street

Research :
The pub was founded by William Digby, landlord by 1830.
Sadly, he seems to have died before 1845,
when his widow Ann is listed.
In the 1851 Census she was listed as age 56.
Her tenure lasted until after 1854, certainly ended by 1859.

Isaac Cropley was landlord from August 1915.
Widow, Catherine Elizabeth, took over in March 1934.
Son, Frederick William, served from
October 1937 to October 1946.

My recollection, from the mid-1950s, is that the pub
was tied to Bullard's Brewery. This is confirmed by
Derek McDonald's notes; but, sadly, neither of us has
evidence of a definite date of transfer from S. & P.


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