The GF is divided and sold…
Thomas Aitkin ‘of London’ sold it in 1660.
The building seems to have been divided in two at an early stage, the southern portion became a public house; ‘The Fisherman’s …
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the Greenland Fishery Museum
Between 1911 and 1912 the entire buildings, including a cottage on the corner and a bakehouse at the rear, was purchased by Mr E.M Beloe a local solicitor and historian …
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Secure or Demolish
Owners served notice by Borough Surveyors to secure or demolish the inn and two adjoining cottages. The front property was offered to Council for £50 but declined as it needed …
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Unfit for human occupation…
In 1898 the ‘Greenland Fishery Beerhouse’ was reported by the Medical Officer of Health to be unfit for human occupation.
In 1911 the Borough Surveyor served notice on the owners …
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Blown away by The Great Storm…
Great storm blows the spire off KL Minster, St Nicholas Chapel, and probably did for the top floor of The Greenland Fishery
Becomes a Whaler’s Tavern…
In 1796 it was renamed ‘The Greenland Fishery Inn’. King’s Lynn operates a fleet of ships which sail to the Arctic whaling grounds and the House becomes ‘headquarters’ to those …
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Sold, Again…
After Beloe’s death, the GF is sold jointly to King’s Lynn Borough Council and the Norfolk Archeological Trust
The Ladies in the House
In 1951 The Greenland Fishery received its first tenants: the Borough Housing Manager Miss M Keith and Miss D Bullock, the recently appointed Head Teacher of Gaywood Park Girls School. …
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