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Beccles Chequers
Beccles Chequers
West, 52.45848,1.56404
closed 1875
27 Smallgate
grid reference TM 422 904
The Chequers closed in 1875, when its license was transferred to the Sun, which was built in its yard (with frontage onto Newgate).
The map location and photo assume the street numbering scheme is unchanged.
Gallery
Historical interest
The Beccles Brewery was sold with a house, gardens, building plots, a hotel [Kings Head] and 32 public houses previously owned by Frederick William Farr, at the Kings Head in Beccles on 28 Apr 1852. See Suffolk Archives Ref: 559/1 - This sale included the Chequers and the adjacent blacksmiths shop in Newgate Street, Beccles [landlord Samuel Love]
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)