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(Paras. 1 - 6)

Norwich Pubs in 1845

The Official List Details

4. Merchant Traders :  5. Hotels :  6. Free Pubs

1. : Brewery Taps

Strangely, none of the major breweries
has a "tap" listed in 1845.
  • Arnold's have, at St. Margaret's :
        under the name "Brewery" !!
  • Dotheredge : Barleycorn,  St. Miles'
  • Massey : Champion,  St. Stephen's Gates
There are six other publican-brewers listed :- 		 

2. : County Breweries

  • Reepham Brewery : White Lion,  Oak Street
  • Trunch Brewery : Cellar House,
                St. George's Bridge Street
  • Geldeston Brewery : Albion,  Market Place
                Wheatsheaf,  St. Stephen's Street.

3. : Merchant Owners

Details of Robert Seaman's 23 pubs are listed elsewhere.

The following had ownership of pubs
other than their own "headquarters".
Indeed the principal address of Tacon's
was not a pub at all.           

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Merchant Owners List
Culley (2)

Elm,  Redwell Street
Tuns,  St. Andrew's Hill

 Raynes (2)

White Lion,  White Lion Street
William IV,  The Walk

Morrison (4)

Caledonian,  St. Martin's Lane
Golden Cross,  Charing Cross
Jack of Newbury,  Magdalen St.
Labour In Vain,  Gaol Hill
Rose (2)

St. Christopher,  Andrew's Hill
Shakespeare,  Theatre Street

Norgate (3)

Boar's Head,  Surrey Street
Gauntlet,  St. Stephen's Street
Grapes Hotel,  Upper St. Giles

 Tacon (4)

Arabian Horse,  New Lakenham        
Plumbers' Arms,  Cowgate
Suffolk Arms,  Oak Street
White Hart,  Ber Street

3a. : The Filby Pubs

William Edward Filby was the presumed owner
(no owner quoted) of the Wellington in Muspole Street.
Similarly, William Filby was the presumed owner
of the Duke's Palace in nearby Duke Street. 		  Whether the same person, or father and son, the status
of the Wellington - with W. E. listed as a merchant -
has tended to place both pubs in the present section,
i.e. not having a sole operating address (para. 4)

4. : Merchant Traders

Were merchants operating their business from a quasi-'regular' pub;
which was their sole operating address at that particular time.

Further details can be found via the merchants' list,
which is in the order of the proprietors' names.
BeehiveMarket PlaceAnthony
Cellar HouseWillow LaneChase
City ArmsSt. Andrew's PlainYoungman
CorkcuttersSt. George's
Bridge Street		Robinson
Cricketers' RestHall RoadWordingham
Duke of SussexSt. Stephen's StreetBarwell
Golden CanMuseum StreetKaliere
GrapesDove StreetPayne
GrapesWensum StreetGeldart
Hoop
(a.k.a. Wine Vaults)		Crook's PlaceWillett
Ice HouseQueen StreetWilson
Queen VictoriaMagdalen StreetKerrison
RavenGuildhall HillPriest & Co.
Saddlers' ArmsPalace StreetDrewell
ShakespeareSt. George's PlainSeppings (by 1850)
Spear in HandJulian PlaceTurner
Spirit VaultsRedwell StreetWillins
Sun StoresSt. Giles' StreetSparkes
Sun & AnchorExchange StreetWiseman
ThornBer StreetHolland
TunsCoslany StreetTallack
VineUpper St. GilesBolingbroke
VineThe WalkBack
Walnut Tree ShadesOld P. O. CourtRoe
White RoseBack of the InnsBrockhall
Winecoopers ArmsSt. Augustine's St.Skelton
Wine VaultsBack of the InnsAthow
Wine VaultsFye BridgeCubitt

5. : Hotels

This categorisation was shown in the
1850 Trades Directory, but not in 1845.

Norgate's  Boar's Head (mentioned in para. 3) was also
described as an hotel; along with their Grapes Hotel.

The other nine were :-
BellOrford Hill CastleCastle Meadow
Lamboff Haymarket Maid's HeadTombland
NorfolkSt. Giles' Street Rampant HorseRampant Horse St.
RoyalThe Walk StarHaymarket
SwanSt. Peter's Street

6. : Free Pubs

Other individual pubs, with no brewery/owner shown,
are listed separately. They are also, of course,
not included in the various categories above.

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