The landlord in 1806 was described as a Publican
(i.e. full-timer); which was fairly unusual, and
denotes a rather important house.

Edward Horth was landlord by 1830 until post-1842.
Surprisingly, James Horth had been the licensee
as long ago as 1760-1763.

The pub closed under the
Compensation Act on 4th January 1930.
Slum clearance and road-widening
accounted for its demolition in 1937.

A photographic record can be found in :
PLUNKETT, George : Rambles in Old Norwich,
page 117.
Also c. 1912 in STANDLEY, Philip :
Norwich Then & Now (part 3) page 72.

James Ulph was licensee by 1845.

The Trades Directory of that year gives the
True Briton name, but the 1845 Official List still
shows the old name.

Ulph was also responsible for the further
name change in 1851.
The Post Office list of 1858
shows the name reverted to New Brewery.

As the Barrack Street brewery (Patteson from 1793)
was founded in the 18th Century, it is difficult
to see how the pub got its name in the first place.

Licence transferred 1891 to The Jubilee,
St. Leonard's Road.
The pub was, in fact, closed when the
Jubilee was first opened (August 1887)

There is a photograph of the original pub
on Richard Bristow's website.

The new building roughly occupied the site
of the former Griffin (Item No. 4)

The Police tried hard to get the pub closed in 1898,
complaining that they had considerable difficulty
in supervising the house.
The problem : that as well as the main front door,
there were two back doors; one of which opened
into a passage, and the other into a yard.

From the so-called (ground floor) cellar, there was a
door that led to a passage bounded by two walls,
at the end of which was a further 6 foot high wall.
An active man could easily get over the impediment,
and no doubt several had.

After this failure, they managed to catch the landlord
out in March the next year.
He was Samuel Browne Junior. His father was landlord
by 1867; and his son had taken over in December 1885.
He was summoned for having his house open for the
sale of intoxicants at 12.18 on Sunday last, during
prohibited hours.

P.C. Hook said that at about 18 minutes past 12 on
Sunday, in company with another constable, he visited
the defendant's house. In the back yard he saw 3 men,
one of whom had a glass of ale in his hand.

Continued . . .

The window was open and the landlord
stood near the window.
As soon as the witness entered the yard the defendant
went away; but he came back, and witness asked
how he accounted for these men being on his premises.

The defendant thought it was 12.30 :
his clock must have been fast.
Witness Hook asked for the names and addresses of
the 3 men. They gave them, but two proved to be false.

When the witness entered the front room,
the defendant's clock pointed to 12:29
There was no concealment about
the men who were drinking.
Witness re-examined the front door, which was
not opened, but the back door was.
P.C. Smith corroborated the details.

The chairman said the defendant would be fined
10 shillings and 8 shillings cost.
Under the circumstances the license
would not be endorsed.

Samuel Browne kept the licence until November 1907.

Benjamin Whittaker became landlord in November 1912.
His wife, Martha, took over in May 1918; possibly after
the death of her husband in the last stages of WWI.
His son and namesake was licensee from April 1928.

He helped to oversee the transfer to the new building,
following slum-clearance works on the South side
of the street. Indeed he managed to serve
until June 1955.

St. Martin's Brewery put the pub up for sale,
by auction, in October 1794 and July 1797.
However, the property seems to have
remained with George Morse.

S. & P. Brewery took over in 1831.

The new pub of 1889 was built at the
rear of the old pub on Barrack Street.

Robert Walter Brundish became landlord
in June 1913.
Being a late recruit to fighting in WWI,
he left the pub in the hands of wife Edith
for the period August 1918 to May 1919.

His widow Edith served from May 1926
to March 1941.

A photo c. 1910 can be found in :
STANDLEY, Philip :
In and around Norwich, page 40.