| Licensees : |
| - |
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| JOHN
BARRETT |
1789 - 1794 |
| - |
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| - |
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| WILLIAM CULLUM |
1836 |
JAMES THWAITES
& shopkeeper
age 50 in 1841 |
1841 - 1846 |
ROBERT FRANCIS
age 33 in 1851 |
1851 - 1858 |
| Monday 23rd November 1857 - Fine of 5s
and 15s costs for having house open for the sale of beer before 5:00 pm
on 11th October. |
WILLIAM BEARE
(William Bear 1875)
& thatcher 1868
age 63 in 1861
Died 1877
(Wife Mary Beare died 2nd April 1864) |
*1861 - 1877 |
| ELIZABETH BEARE widow |
12.12.1877 |
HENRY BOLTON
(Henry BOULTON 1881, 1890 & 1891) |
1879 - 1892 |
| CHARLES COX |
to 1895 |
| HENRY HOWARD |
10.04.1895 - 01.1899 |
| EDWARD TRICKER |
11.01.1899 - 10.1899 |
FREDERICK BAKER COOK
See below |
11.10.1899 - 1903 |
| JOSEPH THOMPSON |
14.10.1903 |
| GEORGE ARTHUR WATLING COOK |
by 07.1907 - 1922 |
| ARTHUR WILLIE GREEN |
1925 - 1938 |
| JESSE & NELLIE HUBBARD |
1938 - 1959 |
Closed 1959 - 1980
Reopened as the Garden House |
| LES COLLS |
1980 - 1984 |
| EDWARD & SHIRLEY MEREDEW |
1984 - 1987 |
| GERALD & WENDY TURNER |
1987 - 1991 |
BERNARD SCOTT &
PAULINE LEACH
managers from October 1991 and then owners from December 1991 |
1991 |
GEORGE & LINDA BOYD
managers |
by 08.1992 |
MARTIN BLASER
manager |
here 09.1993 |
| ANDREW & LINDA MOORE |
02.1994 |
| FRANKIE HORN |
here 08.1995 |
| WENDY & STEVE BUSHNELL |
by 02.1996 |
| TONY & PAM |
? |
| SIMON & ANDREA SHIMMON |
? |
Reopened as the Chequers Inn
(Enterprise Inns) |
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| SIMON & ANDREA SHIMMON |
10.1999 - 2008 |
| DEBBIE GIBBS |
2008 - 2009 |
| Closed 10.2009 - 2011 due to fire. |
| JASON ORTON |
July 2011 - 2012 |
| TONY &
STEPHANIE HEAVEY |
from July
2012 to
Sept 2012 |
| Closed 2012 - 2017 |
MICHAEL & HAZEL KNOX-JOHNSON
( 1066 at the Chequers, a restaurant, bar and shop ) |
03.2017 |
As Mr. Frederick Cook applied for his licence on Wednesday 11th
October 1899, one character witness said that Mr. Cook was too good
to run a public house and attempts had been made to dissuade him.
The Chairman of the Licensing Committee answered that they required
"them as could be got" and the licence was granted.
OS Grid ref 077808
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Dates from 16thC.
Said to have been built as a Hostelry and Bakehouse for workers carrying
out restoration of the church, which occurred between 1480 and 1526
Included in September 1789 Diss Hundred Register.
On Monday 30th November 1830, clock-maker Davis Evans, a native of
Montgomery, was convicted for exciting sedition and tumult in the
parish of Bressingham by being in the Chequers public-house and advising
the labourers to fire the stacks and barns. In default of suitable bail,
he was sent to hard labour at the Norwich Castle for the space of three
calendar months.
A ploughing match was held here Saturday 14th June 1884.
Advertised November 1898, To Be Let, with possession at Xmas.
Six acres of Meadow Land included.
Closed in 1959 - Reopened 1980 as the
GARDEN HOUSE
1994
Returned to the CHEQUERS
October 2000
Interesting building with lots of character.
Plus fine ales and food.
Severely damaged by fire 10th October 2009
Plans to rebuild the Grade II listed building put before
South Norfolk Council March 2010.
Re-building well underway October 2010 but delayed by:-
1. Pre-17thC skeleton found buried under internal floor.
Said to predate the building of the public house.
2. Discovery of five Browning pistols and a semi-automatic rifle
plus ammunition buried against outside wall.
All in rusted condition and dated from 1942 - 1944.
Re-opened June 2011.
Closed by spring 2012.
Re-opened July 2012
Closed mid September 2012........
Application for Change of Use from public house to Bed & Breakfast
Accommodation published 19th June 2014.
House awarded Asset of Community Value status October 2014.
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