| Licensees : |
| JOHN HUNT |
1830 |
| FRANCIS ALDRIDGE |
1836 |
| HENRY BAXTER |
1839 - 1845 |
| THOMAS SEAPY |
05.10.1846 |
| F. CRESSWELL |
12.10.1846 |
THOMAS SEAPY
age 63 in 1851
& dairyman |
1851 - 1861 |
| WILLIAM NEAVE |
21.08.1867 |
| WILLIAM NURSE |
by 1872 |
| THOMAS SIMPSON |
07.10.1907 |
| WALTER PERCY TWISS |
11.04.1921 |
| Fine 18.02.1926
of £10 for suffering gaming |
| WALTER CHARLES CURTIS |
05.07.1926 |
| SYDNEY BRUCE DOUGLAS |
04.07.1938 |
| FLORENCE DOUGLAS |
04.10.1948 |
| JAMES GERALD KENNEDY |
03.01.1949 |
| JAMES REGINALD TURNER |
03.03.1952 |
| AUDREY ROSANNA CURTIS |
05.07.1954 |
| JOHN HENRY BLYTH |
01.10.1956 |
| CYRIL VICTOR COLLINSON |
06.01.1958 |
| EDWARD HENRY GARNETT |
09.12.1963 |
|
Mentioned 1746.
Address as Friars Street in 1839.
As the CHECKERS 1916.
The local Conservative Association maintained and used the bowling green.
Suffered in the floods of 1953, the water reaching the tops of the bar
tables and causing much damage to the ground floor.
Said to be the only pub outside the town centre to hold an extended 4:00pm
Market licence.
Closed 1967 and
licence surrendered.
Reason for closure was that ``a superior Bullards house was nearby''.
111 7/8 barrels of beer sold in the final year of trading. |
