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Norwich Merchants

Tacon's

Head Office : unknown 1 - 3

1. : Beginnings

The origins of this firm are quite obscure.
Their eventual commercial interest, in owning pubs,
has the same "detached" quality found in some other,
much larger, property-owning companies.

Such companies are not themselves either brewers
or based (or even originating) in one particular pub.

 

2. : Heyday

By 1845 they had amassed a total of just four pubs;
which quantity actually exceeded that of three of
the smaller Norwich breweries !

However, it falls well short of the
22 pubs owned by non-brewer Seaman's.

Continued . . .

   2. : (contd.)

Details of Tacon's "tied" pubs, and other comparative
information, derive from the 1845 Official List.

The List details are collated and analysed
on separate web-pages.
The starting point, in this case,
is at para. 3 of the 'Details' page.  

3. : Decline

Sooner or later, of course, the big Norwich breweries -
who felt that only they had the 'natural' right to own
pubs - made inroads into all the portfolios of merchants,
big and small.

In the case of Tacon's, there were two exceptions :-

  • the Suffolk Arms falling (by 1867)
            to small brewer Arnold's;
  • the White Hart being bought by its landlord,
            William Emms.
By 1867 the Arabian Horse was held by Morgan's
and the Plumbers' Arms by Bullards.
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