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Licensees :
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VALENTINE SPENDLOVE 1794
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WILLIAM GRAPES
age 55 in 1851		 1836 - 1856
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Said to have been built from materials removed from St. Benet's Abbey.

Leased in 1617 to a fisherman using the monastic fishponds.

Shown on Bryant's 1826 map.

Last found in 1856 directory.

A private dwelling by 1880's

Burnt down in 19thC.

Also included a Brewery to the left of the house.

As at St. Bennett's Marsh Hill 1851



Only known photographic image of the Chequers, thanks to to Chris Holderness and Alan Helsdon.

Image thanks to the NWT

  Detail from a lovely view of the Chequers at St Benets by the artist Sidney F. Clarke (1939 – 2014), a numbered print gifted by the artist to the Norfolk Wherry Trust.
Thanks to the NWT Archive Team and Alan Helsdon