(Scroll below the photo for a sit of former landlords)
This view of the Bell probably dates from the late 1930s. The licensee at this time was Edward Elyard, whose name is on the sign above the door. Note the pub sign faces the road.
According to www.norfolkpubs.co.uk, the licensees have been:
| BENJAMIN BRIDGES | & blacksmith | 1836 - 1841 |
| HENRY BRIDGES | & blacksmith (age 63 in 1851) | 1845 - 1856 |
| JOHN BRIDGES | & master blacksmith | 1858 - 1865 |
| Mrs FRANCES BRIDGES | & farm 10 acres 1871 & widow and 53 in 1881 - blacksmith 1883 | 1869 - 1883 |
| JOHN BRIDGES | Frances' younger brother; unmarried and 45 in 1881 | 1888 - 1890 |
| JANE BRIDGES | 1891 | |
| BENJAMIN TINDLE BRIDGES | 1892 | |
| HARRY KINGHAM | 1896 - 1900 | |
| EDWARD COCKS | 1904 - 1933 | |
| JOHN E COCKS | 1937 | |
| EDWARD ELYARD | (c1940-1970s) |