In 1715 there is a record of a rent being charged to Widow Pickering at the Nags Head and it is mentioned again in 1738 and 1741. In 1754 this pub was bequeathed by Elizabeth Dullison to her son Thomas. It was occupied by D. Edwards. In 1756 ten soldiers were billeted here.
In 1900 the pub was leased by Phillips and Marriotts on an annual tenancy for £53 per annum from Sir Thomas Whites Trustees. It was a home brew pub at that time as Phillips and Marriott were selling malt to the pub at 6d per bushel. This was later dropped to 3d per bushel.
They also state that the pub 'shall brew half its ale and purchase half from the landlords' (i.e. Phillips and Marriott). In 1901 it was leased for 10 years for £65 per annum. In 1911 the lease was extended for a further 5 years for £70 per annum and in 1916 the lease lapsed.
The Nags Head was an old coaching inn with a large yard and stabling to the rear. It survived the Luftwaffe only to be hit by a demolition squad in the c1962 to be replaced by M&B wine merchants and is now the site of a plumbing showroom.
A 'nag' is a small riding horse or pony, and early pub signs showing a nag's head probably indicated that one could be hired from the inn.
LICENSEES:
1715 Widow Pickering
1754 D. Edwards
1822 - 1823 T. Rotherham
1828 - 1829 William Sanders
1835 William Randle
1841 - 1851 William Hulk
1861 Henry Coppock
1866 Henry Hewitt
1866 - 1886 James Thompson
1890 - 1896 H. E. Hanson
1901 Amos Avens
1901 - 1903 Arthur Henry Hewitt
1903 - 1904 H. A. Hewitt
1904 - 1913 Joseph Hewitt
1915 Elizabeth Hewitt
1919 - 1927 Titus Andrew Jeffcott
1929 F. S. Stanley
1933 - 1936 A. T. H. Courtnell
1937 - 1938 S. J. Miles
1939 - 1940 W. J. Edmunds
? Tommy Wall
1962 Albert Harrison
BREWERS:
1890 James Thompson
OWNERS:
1715 - 1738 Sir Thomas Whites Charity
1754 Elizabeth Dullison
1754 Thomas Dullison
In 1715 there is a record of a rent being charged to Widow Pickering at the Nags Head and it is mentioned again in 1738 and 1741. In 1754 this pub was bequeathed by Elizabeth Dullison to her son Thomas. It was occupied by D. Edwards. In 1756 ten soldiers were billeted here.
In 1900 the pub was leased by Phillips and Marriotts on an annual tenancy for £53 per annum from Sir Thomas Whites Trustees. It was a home brew pub at that time as Phillips and Marriott were selling malt to the pub at 6d per bushel. This was later dropped to 3d per bushel.
They also state that the pub 'shall brew half its ale and purchase half from the landlords' (i.e. Phillips and Marriott). In 1901 it was leased for 10 years for £65 per annum. In 1911 the lease was extended for a further 5 years for £70 per annum and in 1916 the lease lapsed.
The Nags Head was an old coaching inn with a large yard and stabling to the rear. It survived the Luftwaffe only to be hit by a demolition squad in the c1962 to be replaced by M&B wine merchants and is now the site of a plumbing showroom.