Rose & Crown, Five Ash Down, Uckfield

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Sussex Express. 20 January 1900
Application for a new license for the Rose & Crown, Five Ash Down. The holder of the license was a man named Albert Perrin, who three months ago, left the premises, deserting his wife. Elizabeth Perrin proved her husbands going away.
She had given up possession to Henry Fuller.
Albert Stessiger, country manager to Messrs Page, Overton and Co Limited, said the rent had not been paid. The license was granted to Fuller.

In 1901 at the Rose & Crown, Buxted, Uckfield
Henry Fuller, Publican aged 36 and born in Thorpe, Surrey
Alice Fuller, Wife aged 38 and born in Northchapel, Sussex
Nina Eliz Fuller, Daughter aged 12 and born in Chelsea, Middlesex
Alice Win Fuller, Daughter aged 11 and born in Chelsea, Middlesex
Cecil Henry Fuller, Son aged 8 and born in Chelsea, Middlesex
Joseph Bernard Fuller, Son aged 10 months and born in Buxted, Sussex
William Ralph Fuller, Boarder, Farm labourer aged 36 and born in Maresfield, Sussex
Samuel Crunden, Boarder, Plasterer aged 56 and born in Eastbourne, Sussex

In 1911 at the Rose and Crown Inn Buxted Sussex,
Charles Pratt, Beer house keeper aged 58 and born in Frant Sussex
Sarah Pratt, Wife aged 56 and born in Ashford Kent

Sussex Express. 28 April 1911
The Rose and Crown, Buxted was temporarily trasferred from Charles Pratt to George Taylor

Sussex Express. 10 December 1915
The license of the Rose & Crown, Five Ash Down was transferred from George Taylor to William Wickham

1930, Albert Burrell, beer retailer, Buxted .. Post Office Directory

Kent & Sussex Courier. 12 November 1937
Mr Albert Burrell, licensee of the Rose and Crown, Five Ash Down was buried in St Margarets church yard after an accident

Sussex Express. 17 December 1937
The license of the Rose & Crown, Five Ash Down was transferred to Mrs Emily Burrell, widow of the former licensee who died on October 30th following an accident.

1938, Rose & Crown, Mrs. E. Burrell, Five Ash Down, Uckfield .. Post Office Directory

Sussex Express. 17 May 1963 Beer House Closes.
One of the oldest and most interesting beer houses in the Uckfield district, the Rose & Crown, Five Ash Down has closed.
Mrs L B Wren held the licence for the last 10 years, but the Rose & Crown has been in her family since 1929.
No one knows just how old the place is. Mr Wren told County Diary that originally it used to be a cottage selling beer from many East Sussex breweries, and next door was a stable sheltering horses for a timber-hauling business.
Mr Wren said he found many bills there dating back to the 1850's. Beer then cost 8d a gallon and tobacco was 4s 6d a pound. One could buy 5cwt of coal for 7s 5d, and coke was 9d a bushel.
Mr Wren who is a bus driver, said many people were still calling it the Rose and Crown, not realising it had closed.