In 1907 the police objected to this license but it was renewed by the Justices anyway. It closed on 21st July 1913 and became a shop.
The Rainbow has been used since the seventeenth century. Its distinctive shape and colours make it a good visual sign, while it may also refer to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
LICENSEES:
1822 - 1835 William Jackson
1841 Edwatd Berry Freckleton
1850 - 1851 Thomas Elton
1861 - 1871 Josiah Stokes
1874 - 1879 Joseph Stokes
1881 W. Moy
1886 Thomas Cluff
1890 - 1891 H. H. Makepeace
1893 H. Miles
1894 C. Miles
1896 T. C. Pearson
1903 - 1913 Herbert William Suddens
1919 Arthur Gordon Kendrick
