Oulton pub history index
The current edifice dates from 1897 when then owner and proprietor, George Mason rebuilt the property on the same site but on a much grander scale. *
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Oulton - Suffolk. The Oulton, Suffolk listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
Wherry Hotel, Oulton
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1841 - Isaac Beaumont (Age 25, Publican) Census HO107/1030/9/11
1844 - Isaac Beaumont - White's Directory.
1850 - Isaac Beaumont jnr - Hunt & Co Directory.
1851 - Isaac Beaumont (Age 37, Innkeeper) Census HO107/1805/361/1
1855 - Isaac Beaumont (Vict) - White's Directory.
1861 - Isaac Beaumont (Age 47, Inn Keeper, Wherry Inn) Census RG9/1188/4/1
1869 - Isaac Beaumont (Boat Owner and Beer Retailer) - Post Office Directory.
Mutford Bridge
1869 - Isaac Beaumont – Ipswich Journal 11th September 1869, License Application
1871 - Isaac Beaumont (Age 57, Ale and Wine Store Keeper, Mill Road) Census
RG10/1780/142/22
1872 - Isaac Beaumont (Ipswich Journal 10th September 1872)
1875 - George Mason (Publican) Mutford Bridge. Post Office Directory.
1880 - Mr G. Mason (Wherry Inn). Ipswich Journal
1881 - George Mason (Age 60, Hotel Keeper) RG11-1905-37-31 (Mutford Bridge)
1887 - G. Mason (Ipswich Journal 16th December 1887)
1891 - Geo Mason - Post Office Directory.
1892 - George Mason - Kelly’s Directory.
1897 - New hotel opened.
1898 - License transfer from George Mason to Thomas Horne. Eastern Evening News,
23rd Nov 1898.
1900 - Thomas Horne - Kelly’s Directory.
1901 - Thomas Horne (Proprietor) - Eastern Counties of England Directory.
1903 - T. Horne. Eastern Daily Press, 12th Feb 1903.
1911 - Thomas Harne (Age 63, Licensed Victualler) - 1911 Census.
1912 - Thomas Horne (Age 63, Hotel Proprietor) Lowestoft Cemetery Records.
1916 - Fritz Hefft - Kelly’s Directory.
1922 - Fritz Hefft - Kelly’s Directory.
1925 - Fritz Hefft, Wherry Hotel. Kelly’s Directory.
1933 - William Buckley, Proprietor, Wherry Hotel, Bridge Road. Kelly’s
Directory.
1937 - William Buckley, Proprietor, Wherry Hotel, Bridge Road. Kelly’s
Directory.
1953 - Sid Rich,
1961 - Lewis Sidney David Rich. Kelly’s Directory of Lowestoft.
Shaw,
* Provided By Ian White