Katharine, the publican's licence had to be renewed annually by the local magistrate's court, known as the petty sessions. These records, which form part of the Quarter Sessions records for the old West Riding are housed at Wakefield archives.
http://catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/Record.aspx?id=P3As for images, I remember it as the Five Flags hotel and restaurant, but architecturally, it really wasn't very interesting, and I would not be surprised if that building was rebuilt over what had been the Craven Heifer. I don't remember it being an old building at all.
