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Bury St Edmunds Chequers
Bury St Edmunds Chequers
North, 52.24745,0.70729
closed 1975
opened 1824
34 Risbygate St
grid reference TL 849 644
The pub is shown on this OS town plan of 1885.
Demolished.
A report in the Bury & Norwich Post*** on September 16th in 1829 states that the pub was For sale with large garden, bowling green, brewhouse & stables.
My grandfather, Richard DAVISON, was a Greene King tenant of two BSE pubs, the Chequers Alehouse and the George InnTerry Worman
Also listed at 29 Risbygate in 1830 and at 40 in 1851 & 1861.
Historical interest
Chequer Inn, No.34, Risbygate Street, BSE - Robert LAMBERT (announces) that his house, will be opened under the above named sign on Monday 11 Oct 1824.Ipswich Journal, October 6th 1824****
Died on the 18th the wife of Mr C White, of the Chequers Inn, Risbygate Street, Bury.Ipswich Journal, October 1870***
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(*** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(**** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
