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last updated Jul 15th, 2024.
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Icklingham Bell
North East, 52.3279,0.59277
Closed: unknown era
17 West St
grid reference TL 767 731
It's shown on this old OS map from 1882 (interactive map).
The Bell is now a holiday cottage called the Old Bell.
Gallery
Guinness Arms 0.25 mile
White Hart 2.2 miles
Bull Inn 2.7 miles
Bell 3.0 miles
Half Moon 3.2 milesHistorical interest
An inquest was held on the body of Henry NAYLOR, 53, Innkeeper for the Bell Inn, Icklingham. who was found drowned, having tied his feet to a rope attached to the rails of a bridge & his head in the water. Hannah Louise Naylor, his wife, said he had not been well for the past fortnight. He had complained of his head for 2 years, and in 1882, he was in Melton Asylum for 2 months. Verdict: suicide whilst suffering temporary insanity.Bury & Norfolk Post & Suffolk Herald, April 22nd 1884**
In 1937 the pub is listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that was retailing beer that they were brewing.
Landlords
1855: Fanny Naylor ((beer retailer - pub not named))
1861: Fanny Nayler/Herringswell ((Farmer & brewer & beer shop))
1865: Fanny Naylor ((beer retailer - pub not named))
1871: Henry Naylor ((Brewer & Beerhouse Keeper, The Bell, Head/Unmarried/39y/born Icklingham))
1879: Henry Naylor ((Beer retailer - pub not named, entry based on landlord's name))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
