Diss sign
1912 Public Houses
Crown & Anchor
(28 Victoria Road)


Pub sign, 1966

Background

Known to have licencees from pre-1841 to 1968 when closed as being uneconomic.


Occupants on 2 April 1911, Census day

2 April 1911 : Henry Thomas FARROW, 33, publican, living with wife Mary Ann (32) and daughter Ellen Elizabeth (11, scholar). Address given as Crown and Anchor, Victoria Road, Diss, Norfolk. (RG14 PN11443 RD230 SD2 ED1 SN100)


Occupants in the 1912 Electoral Register

Henry Thomas FARROW : Occupational Voters (other than lodgers) - Division One : Living in: Diss; Qualification: Tenement; Place: Victoria Road


Family facts

2 April 1911 : Census - See above, Henry Thomas and Mary Ann married 12 years, 1 child, still living; 8 rooms in dwelling. (RG14 PN11443 RD230 SD2 ED1 SN100)


Adam Beales c1900

Pub facts

ADAM BEALES, licencee from pre-1860 to 1910, butcher & cattle dealer, died Tuesday, 25th January, 1910 - age 91, “Possibly the oldest licence holder in the country”.


In the newspapers:*
Diss Express, Friday, October 15, 1915, page 4

DISS PETTY SESSIONS. - WEDNESDAY.

LICENSING

The licence of the Crown and Anchor beerhouse, Diss, was transferred from Henry Thomas Farrow to Harry George Johnson; and the license of the Magpie Inn, Fersfield, from John Cobbold to Arthur Vincent. .....


Miscellaneous:*

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Notes:
  • * In some newspaper articles the format used in newspapers has been altered to aid readability and clarity.
  • Many thanks for the information from the Norfolk Public Houses website. More information can be found on its Cock Inn webpage.

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