and Shipmeadow , three carucates of land in Metyngham, Shipmeadow, Ilketshall, Barsham and Bekles in
which is a fort now built . . . taken into the king’s hand by the death of John de Norwico knight .
And that Henry Hatters and Alis Wrenne did not remove a dungheap of their own making in Ballygate to
the detriment of their neighbours, etc. Therefore it is decided, etc. . [put it right before the next court under
penalty of half a mark.]
To William, my son, my messuage in Ballygate except two rentiers of it called “le tenauntyes” to hold to
him and his heirs of the chief lords etc.
Joan my daughter the two rentiers called “le tenauntyes” in Beccles in the street called Ballygate . . . chief
lords etc
Margaret [my wife] for life my tenement in Beccles in Ballygate. After her death to remain to the
sustenance of the Guild of St Michael . . . suitable chaplain etc.
To Katherine my daughter my renter in Ballygate in which John Smith lives, to hold to her for term of her
life & after her decease, I wish it to remain to my capital messuage which Alan my son lately purchased &
assigned to him in my testament...
To Alice Revers, my daughter, my renter in which Thomas Wayte lives, to hold for term of her life & after
her decease it to remain to my capital messuage aforesaid, assigned to Alan my son in my testament.
I wish Alan my son to have my capital messuage in which I live, with the new barn & all & singular
belonging, towards Ballygate, to hold to him & his heirs . . .
Ballygate is from ye Hospital to Brige’s corner by the market
NMar 48 William Briges for his house late Rychard Herynge before that Adam Crask’s
NMar 49 William Brige for a tenement ye Mother Walling dwelleth in late Nycholas Hynds
Hammond Cheston
1848
A rude and lofty watch-tower occupied the site; which commanding a seaward view of the turbulent
estuary, blazed forth the fearful notice of invasion to a beacon placed on the peninsula at Bungay. This in
turn communicated with a third at Homersfield . . .
The watch tower at Beccles was probably defended by a ditch and rampart of earth; and the protection
these afforded to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood in times of peril and alarm gradually drew together
a few simple habitations, which the security of the place, and its advantageous position for the herring-
fishery, rapidly increased in numbers and importance.
[Suckling quotes from a MSS “Jermyn” in the Brit. Mus., which is also no doubt speculative!]
Near to Sir John Leman Free School there is a dip in the road, still considerable, but no doubt much less
abrupt than it formerly was, and which may possibly mark the situation of the Anglo-Saxon outwork.
The same depression in the surface may be faintly traced through the premises occupied as a farmyard &
the grounds at the back of Mr Crowfoot’s house late Mrs Stone’s (afterwards Mr Jeck’s) [1997 The Old
Rectory].
Taking a general direction within Hungate Lane, it may have crossed just within Sheepgate & following
the course of or parallel to Smallgate joined the Old Market.
That site may itself have formed a portion of the entrenchment - which would again meet the level of the
river or estuary near the approach from the river called the Score.
Within this supposed outwork would be another, more closely investing the beacon itself, with, possibly
any intermediate foss and bank enclosing what is now represented, generally, by the area of the
Newmarket & the site of the buildings on its south side.
the old Saxon inhabitants as part of the fortifications.
There is a rise in the surface observable in the lane across the Newmarket opposite Market Street
(formerly Blowers Lane) which may have been the position of the beacon. The lane running eastward from
it would seem to favour this idea.
Ibid page 99
If the area of Newmarket formed the outer bailey, the beacon would have stood on the west of the
Newmarket not far from the White Horse or Mr Stacy’s (Parkhouse’s) [no 37 Newmarket]
Or
behind the house now Kerridge’s late John Bird’s. Mr Oldring, a former owner, once proposed to build a
Tower Mill on the Cliff behind that house & to reach it by the sloping road from Puddingmoor. [no 2
Ballygate]
Directly opposite Market Street & on the north side of Mr Masters’ (late Baker’s) [no 12 Newmarket]
house there is a remarkable rise in the surface - may be a possible place for the beacon.
COUNCIL; ordered steps in Stepping Hill to be relaid & improved, and rail added.
COUNCIL: Parapet opposite house occupied by Miss Crowfoot in Ballygate to be repaired.
COUNCIL: Six Trees from the plantation near the Avenue should be planted on the EAST side of
Ballygate opposite the house of Mr Kent [Cliff House] & the Leman School.
1871
1873
approved
approved
approved
approved
approved
approved
protest
approved
approved
approved
approved
approved
1886
1886
1899
1899
1899
1900
1906
1906
1906
1907
1909
1911
1911
1911
1912
1912
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Ballygate
Additions to Fauconberge School
Addition's to Mr Hockey's School [Beccles College]
Addition to Mr JE Crisp's House
Addition to Mr Hockey's House in Ballygate
Addition to the Duke Inn
New Classroom for Mr Hockey
WH Poll not to build brick front to 20 Ballygate. Encroachment
New Stable at Angel Inn, Ballygate
Alterations to premises in Ballygate for Womack Brooks
Swinging sign on WH Spoore's House in Ballygate
Addition to Scullery at St Mary's, Ballygate
Alteration to Angel Inn, 5 Ballygate
Premises of Mrs Burham inspected by MO Health 22 Ballygate
22 Ballygate; Owner, Mr Walton, to provide sink for tenant's use
Extension to the Lodge at Homefield, Ballygate for JE Crisp
New Stables for Mr Patterson for Crown & Anchor, 7 Ballygate
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
Planning
1 Mar
6 Apr
7 Mar
7 Mar
22 Aug
2 Oct
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5 Jun
21 Aug
21 May
18 May
17 Jan
7 Feb
21 Feb
22 Apr
21 May
frames. Six-panelled door in wood case with bracket pediment on consoles. Two dormer windows to rear
elevation.
Number one was usually listed under Newmarket. Number three was owned by the same person as
number one, but in 1829, although it was still owned by the same person as number one, it was listed
separately.
was taken between 1865 & 1868, shortly before they were pulled down. The buildings were built in 1795.
The present Bank and the part which faces Ballygate was designed by S.S.Teulon, 9 Craigs Court,
Westminster & dated September 1868.
Rix: Geographical:
The house at the south-west corner of the Newmarket [next Ballygate] on which is the name Bourne [a
fishmonger] was pulled down for a site for Gurneys Bank.
The building has been much altered since it was originally designed, the elaborate balustrading and the
chimneys on the roof have gone, so too have the the balcony and long windows on the first floor. The
ground floor also has been completely altered.
4d
Thomas Goodwyn, [d 1598, victualler] for a tent Davy & Goldspink, before Cave
George Meen, [d 1696, widower] for a tent late Goldspink & Cave
George Meene, for a tent. sometime Philpotts late Doggett called the White Horse
1664
1641c
[folio 177]
Task 4d
Gregory Meane, in the Newmarket for the White Horse
Gregory Meane, for the Corner Stead
Gregory Meane, [d 1696] for a tent. at the end of the stables
Robert Dade in the tenure of Jeffry Medcap called the White Horse
Gregory Meane, for the White Horse in the Market
John Seamans, [d 1721] for the White Horse in Newmarket
John Seamans, tent at the Stables end
6d
John Seamans, Crane’s Head
Margaret Stockwood for a tent. late Philpot, after Doggett since John Stockwood called the White Horse
[John Stockwood d 1722]
Robert Le Grys, formerly Seamans called the White Horse
Robert Le Grys, for a tent. at the Stable end
Robert Le Grys, for the Crane Head
[Robert Le Grys, surgeon, born 1703; XXIV 1737; XII 1737; Portreeve 1739 & 1754. He became a Feoffee
1746. He married Elizabeth Mash in October 1758. He died 1767; Will 1767.]
The White Horse Inn moved from this site to number 29 Newmarket about this time
To be Let at Beccles: Grocer’s Shop in Market Place. Enquiries Francis Harmer
Francis Harmer, tent. formerly Philpot since Doggett & late Mr Robert Le Grys in right of Margaret, his
wife who was lately called Margaret Stockwood
Francis Harmer, messe. & shop at end of market [died 1779]
Francis Harmer, for a tent. at the Stable end
Francis Harmer, for the Crane Head
Robert Chapman, a messe or shop at the end of the Stable with the Crane head
late Francis Harmer, before Robert Le Grys
Robert Chapman, [grocer] tent. late Francis Harmer formerly Philpot
Rent 1s
Rent 1d 1/2 d
Rent 6d
Survey £8
Rent 1s
Rent 1s
1664
1664
1671
1693
1700
1700
1723
Rent 1s
Rent 6d
Rent 1d 1/2d
1736
1736
1756
1759
Rents 1s & 6d &
Rents 1d 1/2d
Rent 1s
Rent 6d
Rent 1d 1/2d
1760
1760
1795
1795
}
part of the premises aforesaid abutting on the said street towards the west, hath extended the same to the
amount of 17 yards in length, including the width of the gateway there, not yet built upon, but intended
so to be and in breadth 11 inches by the yearly
2d
Robert Chapman sold the house and moved to Blyburgate. He became bankrupt on 21 Feb 1821 [Ipswich
Journal]
Thomas Sadd, grocer, messe. in Newmarket, also tent. at the Stable end with the
Crane Head, formerly Robert Le Grys, since of Francis Harmer, late
Robert Chapman
Thomas Sadd, piece of waste in Ballygate on which Robert Chapman rebuilt part of the premises abutting
on the street towards the west: 17 yards in length, including the width of the gateway, in breadth 11
inches
2d
Isaac Baker, grocer, requires tallow chandler
John Baker of Ipswich, grocer, messe or shop at the east end of the Newmarket
& tent. at the end of the Stable with Crane Head, Francis Harmer, Robert
Chapman late Thomas Sadd
Desirable Estate and old fashioned General Grocery and Tea Warehouse and candle manufactuary in
Beccles, which has an extensive and flourishing business has for upwards of a century been carried on
and is now conducted by Mr Isaac Baker, the proprietor, who is changing his residence. The messuage
and premises are most advantageously situated in the New Market Place and also front Ballygate. They
are replete with every convenience, and in excellent repair.
Also a messuage adjoining now in the occupation of Mr Crowe of the Post Office.
The stock-in-Trade and fixtures will be disposed of on a valuation and the purchaser may take possession
of that part of the property which is in the occupation of Mr Baker immediately, or within one, two or three
months as it may suit convenience.
Part of the purchase money may remain for a term of years, or on security of the estate.
Isaac Baker having declined the business at Beccles in favour of Mr G Kerridge, expresses his thanks.
Isaac Baker, tent in Ballygate, adjoining the Angel Inn, late John Baker, before
Thomas Sadd, & formerly Chapman
Thomas Mason, house in Ballygate
Thomas Mason, tent in Ballygate adjoining Angel Inn, late Isaac Baker, John Baker
and formerly Chapman
Bourne, fish merchants, removing from next door to Mr Mullenger in Newmarket to extensive premises late
in the occupation of Mrs Read, butcher, Newmarket.
Bourne, fish merchant moved to corner of New Market
SALE: building materials from four houses and two shops in Ballygate forming the site of the New Bank -
including two shop fronts with sash doors, shutters and entablatures, panel doors, chimney pieces,
kitchen range, iron oven, register and other stoves, for sale in Puddingmoor, opposite Mr Pells.
The New Bank: Paving Committee wrote to Mr Pells, the builder, about building materials in the road
causing an obstruction. He referred them to Mr King.
Completion of SS Teulon’s design of New Bank. [The plans and elevations of the Bank are in the Rix
Collection - probably in II Geographical Vol 1 or 2]
Messrs Gurney & Co will pay for pavements on North & West fronts of Bank.
Ballygate, late Mrs Lydia Bellward, SALE: household furniture [No 3]
1814
Rents 1d 1/2d
}
}
1820
1824
Rents 1d 1/2d
}
1824
1829
1829
1835
1865
Rent 6d
1868
1869
1885
No 1 BALLYGATE
1841
1851
Census
Census
Isabella Crowe
Isabella Crowe
25
U 34
also a mason and later an auctioneer. He was the father of Isabella Crowe (see below,
schoolmistress
schoolmistress
1861
1861
1871
1881 CENSUS
Frederic Shelly RIX
Jemima B. RIX
Charlotte Jane RIX
Shelly Willm. RIX
James HARTLEY
Harry HANNER
Anna M. HAMBLING
Selina G. GILDEN
Bessy EDWARDS
1891
1906
1914
1922
1933+
1937
Census
Census
Census
John Reynolds
Sarah Barrell
Frederick S Rix
W 63
W 61
M 34
insp. of Corn Returns
housekeeper
solicitor
1son
wife, 2 dau, 3 fem serv 1clerk
b. Middlesex, Hackney
b.Beccles
M
U
U
50
F
13
8
19
25
23
14
Survey
Islington, Middlesex,
F
M
M
M
28
F
F
M 54
Dwelling & Bank
Wife
Daur
Son
Boarder
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
F
Whitechapel, Middlesex,
Rushall, Norfolk, England
Solicitor
Scholar
Solicitor Articled Clerk
Solicitor Personal Clerk
Serv
Nurse (Domestic Serv)
Domestic Servant Housemaid
4 occupants
St Andrews Ilketshall, Suffolk
U
U
Rix, Frederick
Rix, FS
Rix, Shelley
Rix & Sons
Rix, Fred
Shelley Rix
5 bedrooms, 5 sitting
Barclays
Barclays
solicitor
1841
1851
1851
1861
1861
1871
1871
1881
1881 CENSUS
1891
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1922
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Mason, Thos
Mason, Thos
Gurneys & Co
Gurneys & Co
Kent, Susan
Dean, H
empty
lodging ho
W 54
M 25
Census
Census
Census
Susan Kent
lodging house keeper
inland revenue excise
Thomas Sharp
uninhabited
Alice A. BELLWARD
Herb BELLWARD
Frederic BELLWARD
Blanche BELLWARD
Sarah DANN
Albert R. BRIGHT
Census
U
19
62
24
M
14
8
F
M
Harmer, Harry aged 30
Candler, Miss
Survey
Candler, Miss
Candler, Miss
James Burton
Dyer, George
Dyer, Geo
Dyer, George
Dyer, George
Dyer, Mrs
Allen, Dor & Margt
F
Hardley, Norfolk, England
M
F
Hardley, Norfolk, England
Felthorpe, Norfolk, England
U 25
Hardley, Norfolk, England
Daur
Solicitor General Clerk
Son
Daur
Annuitant
Scholar
Hardley, Norfolk, England
Hardley, Norfolk, England
Scholar
Boarder
Gurneys & Co
Barclays & Co
Barclays
Harmer, Harry
solicitor’s clerk & Registrar
Candler, Miss
4 bedrooms, 3 sitting, 1 occupant, No back way into house.
Five first floor windows. Wood doorcase. Iterior: almost comletely modern, but with original spiral stone
stair cased in with wood. Massive joists to ceiling of coachway under, south. Group value.
1576
1593
1636
1638
1645
1649
1657
Robert Smith for his tent. late his father’s
William Leper in the right of his wife for the head house where he dwelleth late Robert Smith
Richard Mason & his wife
John Watson for an Inn the Maid’s Head formerly Richard Mason
Thomas Clarke for the Maid’s Head
Thomas Clarke for the Maid’s Head
ORIENTATION of White Lion lands [behind Newmarket numbers 15-19] ..... between lands etc of Henry
Parker, lands of Thomas Page on the east;/ & Grace Matthews, widow, deceased and lands of Thomas
Clarke belonging to the Maid’s Head, Gregory Meen & William Cuddon on the north./
John Wakefield house in Ballygate called the Maid’s Head sometime William Lep late Clarke’s (folio 203)
Task 1s 0d
Rent 2s
Rent 2s
William Bendy for a tent called the Maid’s Head, between a messe. of George Meen on the north; on
Ballygate west [?]; & messe of James Fleming south; late of John Wakefield husband of Anne, now wife
of William Bendy
William Bendy house in Ballygate caled the Maid’s Head sometime Leper’s, Clarke’s late Wingfield post
William Clarke (later Ann Clarke)
ORIENTATION: the lands belonging to Thomas Clarke belonging to the Maid’s Head to the west [of the
White Lion Grounds at 15-19 Newmarket]
William Bendy, his tenement in Ballygate
William Bendy (d 1707) A tent. late Clarke’s, the Maid’s Head
William Clarke tent. in Ballygate called the Maid’s Head
Ann Clarke, widow, for the Bull, late the Maid’s Head, late Bendy in Ballygate
James Cockrill tent called the Bull in Ballygate formerly Ann clarke, widow
James Cockrill tent called the Bull in Ballygate, death of James Cockrill, his father [d 1786 aged 61, wife
Hannah]
Thurs 10 November: Morning rainy. Dined at home sol. Saw an exhibition of mice, birds &c at Mr
Amyas...Went after supper to the Maids Head and stayed until half past 11.
William Albrow, inn holder, messe called the Bull in Ballygate late James Cockrill
John Woodcock of Halesworth, brewer, messe, the Bull in Ballygate, late William Albrow before James
Cockrill
John Woodcock; Tenant: John Hambling
ANGEL INN: Edward Iffe (late waiter at the King’s Head) Begs leave to inform his Friends & the Public,
that he has taken the Angel Inn in that Town, and assures them, that no exertion shall be wanting to
render their accommodation comfortable.
IPSWICH JOURNAL: Edward Ife late waiter at Kings Head has taken the Angel
SALE of LINEN: To be Sold by Auction without Reserve by Samuel Crowe & Sons:
on Saturday 23 February 1822 & the following Monday: At a Large Room at George Crowe’s The Angel
Inn , Beccles
A quantity of large Marseilles Bed Quilts, Holland, Russia & Hambro linen Sheets, Hambro Damask Table
Cloths, Napkins & Towels & other articles. The Sale to begin at 11 & continue to 2, to begin again at 5 in
the afternoon.
SALE of FARMING STOCK by Sam Crowe & Son at George Crowe’s the Angel Inn on Monday 9th of
September and the 5 following days of Live & Dead Farming Stock. Terms: 1s in the £1 on all stock sold &
3d in the £ only if bought in. NB Good Stabling & large yard for the occasion & good indoor
accommodation.
1693
1705
1736
1748
1752
Rent 2s 0d
Task 1s 0d
Rent 2s 0d
Rent 2s 0d
1792
Value £1-0-0d
1818
1822
in 3 Lots;
Certain Freehold Estates situate in Beccles, late Property of William Schuldham, deceased.
Woodcock now Bate, late Cockerill, for the Angel
Tacon, Robert, late Woodcock for Angel Inn
Robert Tacon, farmer, messe on east side of Ballygate now called the Angel Inn late the Bull, late John
Woodcock, before Allbrow’s formerly Cockrill
PEDESTRIAN: John Brett, the celebrated Pedestrian, on Saturday last manfully completed the arduous
task of walking 120 miles in 80 successive hours. Commenced on Wednesday afternoon 7th of August,
Starting from the Angel & passing through the Market to the Fleece ... on Saturday he appeared little
distressed & finished amidst shouts of many hundreds of spectators.
COURTS: William
Westhall. Sentenced to 2 months
1829
1829
1837
Rent 2s 0d
SALE of FURNITURE of Mr BN Dale of the Angel, who is leaving the town.
1860
the erection of the new Baptist Chapel. Provided by Mrs Walne at the Angel Inn.
Weekly Pig Sale by Charles Drake (office in St Mary’s Cottage). Sale in the Angel Yard, Ballygate. Entries
from Drakle or James Crisp, Station Road. Commences Trade in Town. [The sale did not take place here,
Transfer of Licence. Abraham Aldred, the Pickerel applied for transfer of licence of Angel Inn to him
LICENCE: Transfer of Angel Inn from Benjamin Aldred to Francis Hall.
POLICE COURT: Robert Gosling accused of stealing cap from John Gooch a marine store dealer living at
the Angel, Ballygate, kept by Frederick Hall. Incident happened at the Duke.
1877
1879
1883
1883
1887
1887
1887
1892
POLICE COURT: LICENCES: The Angel, Ballygate to Henry Oakley
POLICE COURT: LICENCES: The Angel alehouse, Ballygate to James Cutler
SALE of FURNITURE of Angel Inn, Mr James Cutler, who is moving
POLICE COURT LICENCES: Abraham Alder to the Angel Inn, Ballygate
Angel Inn, Ballygate: Stock in Trade of Mr James Cutler, builder, moving to other premises
LICENCE: The Angel Inn, Ballygate transferred from Abraham Aldred to John W Mayhew, late of
Croydon, vet’s assistant.
LICENCES: ANGEL to John Cracknell
17 Jan
1911
Ballygate
Planning
1775
1841
1841
1851
1851
1861
1861
1865
1869
1871
1871
1881
1881 CENSUS
Tacon, Rich
Census
Tacon, Rich
Census
Tacon, Rich
Census
Tacon, Rich
Census
Tacon, Wm
Esau Weavers, the Bull
Warner, Rich
Richard Warner
Norman, Jos
Joseph Norman
Kindred, Jn
Ecclestone, Henry
Chapman, Jeremiah
Chapman, Jeremiah
King, Chas
Charles King
Hall, Fred
Angel
M 38
40
M 47
innkeeper
innkeeper
innkeeper
£15
wife, m-in-law, 1 fem serv
1 male, 1 female servant
£21.05
M 59
innkeeper
£17
Ann HALL
M
32
F
Bodham, Norfolk, England
Wife
1884
1891
1891
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1933+
1936
1937
1948
1954
1965
1974
Simon MANNING
Harriet STARLAND
Frederick COPPING
Census
Colch Brew Co
Colch Brew Co
Survey
Lacon & Co
W
72
F
M
Beccles, Suffolk, England
29
Angel Innkeeper aged 66
Angel
Angel
Strowger, LB
Angel
Angel
Angel
Angel
Angel
Headingfield, Suffolk, England
Father In Law
Domestic Servant General
Boarder
U
Cutler, James
Aldred, Abraham
Abraham Aldred
Cracknell, Jn
Strowger, Last
Colch Brew Co
Strowger, Last
Strowger, George
Strowger, George
Strowger, George
Strowger, George
Strowger, George
Strowger, George
Strowger, DM Miss
Callow, Raymond
Callow, Percy
Hartwin, Suffolk, England
Innkeeper & builder
Survey
6 bedrooms, 4 sitting, 7 occupants
distempered brick. Pantiles. Eighteenth century dormers, lead glazed in part. First floor, three windows,
sash with eexposed frames and small panes. Plain entrance with massive door frame. Ground floor
windows, mainly altered. Interior: ground floor, wide hewn stop-chamfered beams. First floor hewn beams
and other early features.
1671
1865
Widow Fleming; Tenant: Thomas Ward (cooper)
COURT: Robert Blake, beer house keeper, charged with being drunk & riotous in Newgate. Pleaded that
just before the Police came, his wife knocked him down.
COURT: Matilda Hall, widow, stole 8s/- from George Howe at Crown & Anchor, a House of ill repute.
“The evidence was of such a character we cannot give it.”
LICENSING DAY: Crown & Anchor licence refused.
CORPORATION: Prevented encroachment by commenced alteration & addition to the front of the Crown
& Anchor, Ballygate
Licence of Crown & Anchor to George Bulwer
ATHLETIC SPORTS, several thousand people present. Refreshments by Mr Potter of the Crown &
Anchor Inn. Tug of war between the Artillery and Rifle Corps. The Riflemen just won the best of three
pulls.
POLICE COURT: LICENCES: Benjamin Revell tranfer of licence from James Potter of Crown & Anchor.
POLICE COURT: LICENCES: the Crown & Anchor, Ballygate to Benjamin Revell
LICENCES: Caxton Arms temporarily to Benjamin Revell. Application of George Thaxter for transfer of
Licence to Crown & Anchor. Told he must find a Licencee for George & Dragon frst. He cannot have two
licences.
LICENCES: Caxton Arms to Benjamin Revell; Crown & Anchor to Robert S Norman;
POLICE COURT: LICENCES : Alfred Williams of Paddington to Crown & Anchor
POLICE COURT: LICENCES:
The Bench refused the application of Francis C Fox of Yarmouth for the Crown & Anchor, Ballygate.
POLICE COURT: James Davy & Alfred Caston fined for being drunk, fighting and refusing to leave the
Crown & Anchor.
PROHIBITED HOURS: Elizabeth Evans of the Crown & Anchor charged with licensed premises open after
hours. Pub closed at 9.30pm on Saturday. At 10.30 three soldiers tapped on the window & Mrs Evans let
them in. the police then tapped at the window and the door was opened by Mrs Evans, who denied that
there were soldiers in the house. On searching the house the three soldiers were found on the staircase.
They were members of the Welsh Border Mountain Battery. Found Guilty and fined £1.
LICENCE: CROWN & ANCHOR: a licence would not be given to the present tenant.
LICENCE: Crown & Anchor Inn: Charles Freestone applied. He was of military age, but had certificate of
unfitness for army. Approved. He had previously held the licence of the White Swan.
SALE: FURNITURE: Mr Freeston of Crown & Anchor, [No 7] BALLYGATE, leaving the Toown
1868
1880
1883
1885
1885
1885
1889
1916
RATES
1820
1824
1830
1832
1839
1841
1841
1851
Samuel Padget
Census
Steward & Co
Dan Middleton [probably]
John Hatcher
Edward Smith
Robert Elliot
Thomas Knights
Thomas Knights
Thomas Knights
Robert Darkin
Black Swan
Black Swan
Crown & Anchor
Poor Rate
1861
1861
1865
1868
1871
1871
1881
1881 CENSUS
1891
1896
1901
1904
1906
1907
1914
1914-18
1922
1933
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Steward & Co
Census
Steward & Co
Census
Steward & Co
Robert Darkin
Robert Darkin
Robert Blake
George Bulwer
James Potter
James Potter
James Potter
Eliza POTTER
William WALPOLE
Census
Patterson
Almanack 10 Feb
Patterson
Survey
M
U
Rife, William
Henry Waters
Mr Henry Waters of the Crown & Anchor is thrown from his cart while driving home from Lowestoft
Sam Godbold
Steward & Patterson
Mrs Sarah Godbold
Edwin Stimpson
War
Charles Freestone
William Long
William Long
William Long
William Long
30
F
28
M 74
Studland, Dorset, England
M
innkeeper
Barsham, Suffolk, England
Crown & Anchor
Charles F Freestone
Sergeant
Crown & Anchor
Crown & Anchor
Crown & Anchor
Steward & Patterson
Crown & Anchor
Crown & Anchor
1851
1851
1861
1871
1881
1891
1896
1904
1906
1907
Census
Census
Census
CENSUS
Edward BOON
Mary Ann BOON
George F. BOON
Eleanor M. BOON
Robert R. BOON
Census
Survey
Steward & Co
Edward Boon
Edward Boon
Edward Boon
M 36
M 44
M 57
Boon, Edw
agricultural labourer
railway labourer
railway plate layer
wife, 2sons, 2 dau
M
U
U
U
63
26
23
F
M
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
M 25
Larter, R (late)
Roe, Benj
Roe BC
Mrs Robinson
Wife
Son
Daur
Son
Dressmaker
Tailor Journeyman
Dressmaker
Carpenter & Joiner Journeyman
b. Bacton, Suff
9
Steward & Co
Steward & Co
Steward & Patterson
Arthur Hurrell
beer retailer
3 bedrooms, 2 sitting
casements with flush frames. Ground floor two casements and two sash, in flush frames. Two six-panel
doors in wood cases with panelled reveals, and cornices.
MILLINERY: L Buxton. Show Room after Friday 9 May - replete with every novelty in French & English
Millinery, French Flowers, Feathers, Ribbons, Fancy Handkerchiefs, etc. near Gurney’s Bank.[13
Ballygate]
[Louisa Buxton was the wife of Samuel Buxton, plumber and glazier, aged 28. She was 21 and living with
them were her sister aged 13 and brother aged 9. There was also a Milliner’s apprentice, Martha Preston,
aged 23.
SALE:- 17 July, 1865, Mr William Sayer, deceased
LOT 1: Four well built and neatly fronted Dwelling Houses & Premises in or near Ballygate:
i ) House [No 11]: Parlour, Sitting Room, Kitchen, Pantry, Cellar, Wash House, four bedrooms, three very
spacious & convenient, Plumber’s & Glazier’s shops; with Yard & Garden, Stable, Gig House, Hay house
& Stable yard, now in the occupation of Mr Thomas Kerr Sayer or his undertenant at £20 p.a.
Part of the workshop was built upon ground formerly belonging to Messrs Paget & Co [No 7], then the
owners of adjoining premises; & the present sale is subject to a restriction against making any door or
window next their yard.
ii ) The Shop [No 13], with sitting room, kitchen & three bedrooms, now occupied by Miss Harriet
Cattermole, rent £9 10s p.a.
iii ) Convenient dwelling House [No 15], lately occupied by Mrs Rebecca Sayer, deceased, containing
front and back Sitting rooms, Wash house, Pantry, Coal house, three bedrooms & small garden
iv ) Very comfortable Dwelling House [No 17], now in the occupation of Miss Ann Hanby, Rent £8 p.a.
containing front & back Sitting rooms, Wash house, Pantry, Coal house, two bedrooms.
This lot includes walls on the east side. Upon Mr Sayers’s occupation an extensive business was carried
on for half a century. Abundant convenience for any trade requiring room.
Land Tax £1 2s 6d
TO LET: Comfortable Dwelling House, with three chambers and glaziers shops, stablings and premises in
Ballygate, now occupied by TK Sayer.
Partnership between John Thompson & John Mapes Brundell as plumbers and glaziers dissolved. John
Thompson retiring. Business will be carried on in premises lately occupied by TK Sayer [No 11] (opposite
Gurney’s Bank: 16 Ballygate)
ADVERTISEMENT: William Sayer succeeded to Plumbing, Glazing & Painting Business of his Father,
established 1799: Horse & Groom Lane
TO BE LET: Dwelling House & shop in Ballygate, now in the occupation of Miss Cattermole [No 13].
Apply D. Jude, Beccles
TO BE LET: Dwelling house in Ballygate [No 15] (adjoinig residence of Mr JM Brundell) now in the
occupation of Mr Frederick Bird. Apply D Jude
[This was 32 Smallgate, which Brundell built for himself, but decided not to live in TO BE LET:
Commodious Business Premises with Newly Erected Dwelling House in Smallgate, now in the occupation
of the Proprietor, Mr JM Brundell, who is removing to his former business premises in Ballygate].
SALE: late Nathaniel Cowles:
LOT 1: Substantial Block of Property in BALLYGATE: A comfortable DWELLING HOUSE [No 13], three
spacious Painters’ and Glaziers’ Shops, Yard, Garden, Stable with Loft over, and Stable Yard, in the
occupation of Mr JM Brundell, at the annual Rent of £17
The DWELLING HOUSE with Small SHOP adjoining, in the occupation of Mr BB Balls [No 11] Rent £10.
DWELLING HOUSE adjoining in the occupation of William Townsend [No 15] at Rent of £9 2s 0d.
DWELLING HOUSE also adjoining in the occupation of AR Rush; [No 17] Rent £6 10s 0d.
[purchased Mr Mobbs, Norwich £372 10s]
DEATH: JM Brundell, painter & plumber
1865
1900
BALLYGATE 11
1841
1841
1851
1860
1861
1865
1871
1871
1875
1881
1881
1891
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1933+
1936
1937
1948
1954
1965
1974
Sayer, W
Census
Census
Sayer, Wm exors
Census
Sayer, Wm exors
Cowles, Nath
Census
Census
Census
Mobbs, Jer
Brooks, W
Survey
Sayer, Thos
Thomas Sayer
Thomas Sayer
Sayer, Thos
Thomas Sayer
Sayer, Thos
Smith, Wm
William Smith
Artis, Samuel
Cowles, Nath
empty
Benjamin Balls
Rose, Geo
Finch, Geo
Brooks, W
Frost, John
Frost, John
Frost, John
Brooks, Eliz
Frost, John
Frost & Utting
Frost & Utting
Frost & Utting
Mace, Geo
Mace, Geo
ho painter
Norman, Robt
painter
painter, glazier
plumber, painter, master
£8.10
grocer
brazier
M 45
M 55
M 23
£8.10
shopkeeper
plumber
plumber
business premises
3 bedrooms, 1sitting, 1 shop; not a dwelling
plumber
1838
1841
1841
1851
1851
1860
1861
1861
1865
1871
1871
Sayer, Wm
Sayer, Wm
Census
Sayer, Wm
Census
Sayer, Wm exors
Census
Sayer, Wm exors
Census
Norman, Josh
Norman, Josh
Joseph Norman
Buxton, Sam
Sam Buxton
Dunningham, Jas
White, Harriet
Cattermole, Har
Cattermole, Miss H
John Brundell
Cowles, Nath
carpenter
plumber/glazier
bookseller
Brundell, Jn
35
carpenter
plumber, glazier
stationer, bookseller
plumber, emp 4 men
plumber
£8
£8
U 51
£8.15
£8.10
M 38
£15.10 House, Workshops etc
1880
1881
1881
1891
1896
1904
1906
CENSUS
John STARLAND
Susanna STARLAND
John STARLAND
Eliza STARLAND
Emma STARLAND
George STARLAND
Anna STARLAND
Census
Mobbs, Jer
Brooks, W
Survey
Brundell, Jn
{John Brundell had moved to Gillingham & was farming there, besides running this business]
£15.10
51
M
9
F
27
24
19
Beccles, Suffolk, England
F
plumber/gas
Frost
Metfield, Suffolk, England
M
F
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
U
U
Daur
Domestic Servant unempoyed
Printer Machine Woman
Bricklayer Labourer
Daur
Beccles, Suffolk, England
M 63
John Starland
Brundell, Jnplumber
Frost, Jn
Brooks,W
dwelling & workshops
1907
1914
1914-18
1927
1936
1965
Frost, John
Frost, John
War
plumber
discharged 1919
Frost, John
Frost, John
George Mace
1841
1841
1851
1860
1860
1861
1861
1871
1871
1881
1881 CENSUS
1891
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1974
Sayer, Wm
Census
Census
Sayer, Wm exors
Sayer, Wm exors
Sayer, Wm exors
Census
Cowles, Nath
Census
Cowles, Nath
Sayer, Wm
70
M 82
£10
£8.15
£10
W 82
£9
M 63
£9
William Sayer
William Sayer
independent
retired painter
Sayer, Wodow
Sayer, Wodow
Sayer, Wid
painters wid
Sayer, Rebecca
marine store
James Julnes
Julnes, Jas
Bradfield, Benj
coal merchant
Susanna BRADFIELD
Kate S. BRADFIELD
Catherine SMITH
Census
Mobbs, Jer
Brooks, W
Survey
59
19
F
F
F
Samuel, P
Lakenheath, Suffolk, England
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Bacton Bendish, Norfolk, England
69
Daur
W
Mother In Law
Susannah Barfield
Townsend, Wm
b. Lakenhall
Brooks, W
Samuel, P
Rowe, Mrs
Rowe, Mrs
Brooks, Eliz
Franks, Fred
Franks, Fred
Simpson, John
Legge, Theodore
dwelling
1841
1841
1851
1851
1861
1871
1871
1881
1881 CENSUS
1891
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1927
Sayer, Wm
Census
Census
Sayers, Wm
Census
Cowles, Nath
Census
Cowles, Nath
Kirk, Thos
Ann Hamby
Ann Hamby
Hanby, Ann
Ann Hamby
Hanby, Ann
Ann Hamby
Balls, Wm
independent
independent
50
U 60
independent
interest
£5.10
independent, owner of houses
£8
annuitant
£8
printer mach
Elizabeth BALLS
Hannah TYRRELL
Census
Mobbs, Jer
Brooks, W
Survey Brooks, W
M
U
23
22
Charlotte Buck
F
F
Minnisota, United States
Minnisota, United States
Wife
living on own means
Rush, Arth
Coggle, Geo
Coggle, Geo
Evans, William
Evans, William
Parker, Benjamin
2 bedrooms, 2 sitting
1936
1937
1965
1974
Brett, Herbert
Brett, Herbert
Brett, Herbert
Brett, Herbert
confectioner
floor. Two and one window respectively, generally casements but No 19 with one sash at ground floor.
chimney.
Shreeve is listed as the occupant in 1807. Francis Shreeve married Susanna Bobbett. Gowing’s Diary Aug
1814: “F Shreeve died aged 31”
Two substantial dwellings with small shop in Ballygate & Dwelling House in Hungate Lane, with a large
piece of Garden Ground; Frontage of 40 yards to Hungate Lane, well adapted for building purposes.
Occupied by James Stone [No 19], Simon Borrett [No 21] & Robert Pitchers [Hungate Lane].
Total £20 4s 0d. Proprietor paying Rates.
[Purchased by William Sampson of Swine’s Green for £265]
BALLYGATE 19
1841
1851
1851
1861
1871
1871
1871
1871
1871
1881
1890
1891
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1933+
1936
1937
1948
1954
1965
1974
Census
Bate, G & W
Census
Census
Census
Census
Census
Census
CENSUS
Susan HARMER
Patience HARMER
Frederick RUSHMER
Frederick SPINKS
James EVERITT
Edward TRUNDLE
Sampson, Wm
Census
Bate, G & W
Smith, Luke
Survey
James Beane
Beane, Sarah
uninhabited
Beane, Sarah
Bate, G & W
Susan Harmer
Trundle, Edward
Trundle, William
Everett, James
75
independent
£4
Harmer, Susan
W 60
U 40
U 24
U 37
b. Beccles
b. Oxburgh, Norf
b. Oxburgh, Norf
b. Gt Yarmouth
loding house keeper
coach body maker
coach body maker
coach body maker
lodger
lodger
lodger
U
22
42
M
29
48
48
pork butch
pork butcher
Smith, Luke
pork butcher
pork butcher
antique dealer
Bridges, Herbert
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
M
M
M
31
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Daur
Printer Machine Minder
Lodger
Lodger
Lodger
U
U
U
Stone, Jas
James Stone
Smith, Luke
Smith, Luke
Smith, Luke
Smith, Luke
Smith, Mrs Luke
Graves, Eliza
Brooks, Eliz
Markwell, Fred
Markwell, Fred
Markwell, Fred
Markwell, Fred
Markwell, Fred
Tudor, H
Stoke Ferry, Norfolk, England
Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Oxborough, Norfolk, England
£7
baker
£8
Dwelling & butcher’s shop
Coach Builder Body Maker
Coach Builder Body Maker
1841
1851
1861
1861
1871
1881
1881
1881
1890
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
Census
Census
Bate, G & W
Census
Census
Bate, G & W
CENSUS
Census
Sampson, Wm
Bate, G & W
Smith, Luke
Survey
Philip Jermy
Philip Jermy
Collins, Barney
Barney Collins
Barney Collins
Borrett, Simon
empty
Maurice Suckling
Suckling, Maurice
Suckling, Maria
Baldry, Hy
Smith, Luke
Baldry, Harry
Baldry, Harry
Brooks, Eliz
Baldry, Harry
Baldry, Harry
Baldry, Harry
Baldry, Miss
35
M 44
M 66
W 76
cordwainer
cordwainer
£6
cooper, master
cooper
£6
cooper
tea dealer
-
b. Beccles
£7
£6
dwelling
stereotyper
Baldry, Hy
2 bedrooms, 2 sitting
Listed Building:
Brick toothed eaves band. Machine tiles. Two windows, sash with glazing bars. Six panel door with
[House named after a friend of the Ferral family, Dr Cameron]
1803
1812
William Libbis, plumber & glazier of Beccles
Robert Rede, Esq.,
William Birkett, hair dresser of Beccles [he died in 1812 aged 52]
For £250
New built Cottages EAST
now in the occupation of William Stannard & Charles Rushmer,
Part of a Well
LEASE & RELEASE 9/10 October: Henry Larke the youunger of Beccles, carpenter
William Barnard of Beccles, yeoman, eldest son of William Barnrd late of Beccles, gent
John Lee Farr, Esq,
James Cuddon, gent
for £420 to John Lee Farr
ALL THAT Messuage with Yard, BETWEEN
Messuage formerly of Robert Meen & Martha, his wife, then of Robert Fiske, gent, SOUTH
Little Way or Land on the NORTH
Ballygate WEST
New Built Cottages, late of William Libbis & then of Henry Larke the elder EAST, formerly in the
occupation of Thomas Copeman [b 1725, = Sarah Copeman 1759, d 1792 aged 67], Samuel Warne [= Sarah
Randall 1791, 8 children 1792-1803], since of William Steward [= Eleanor Crowe 1790] & Charles Rushmer
& then in the occupation of Robert Atkins (= Susanna Norman 1794] & Henry Nobbs, EAST
Together with a certain part of a well & pump in Ballygate & free liberty to John Farr etc to draw & carry
away Water, & all Outhouses - save and except the use of the small piece of Land in front thereof
belonging to & adjoinung Cottages of Henry Larke the elder, which had lately by his leave been used by
the Tenants & occupier of the Premises.
To the use of James Cuddon, his heirs & assigns during the life of John Lee Farr.
MORTGAGE RELEASE Between
John Lee Farr then of North Cove House, Esq, of
Hannah Farr [his mother] of Thorpe, widow
George Lee of Dickleburgh [probably his uncle], Norfolk
John Lee Farr
Meadows Taylor, Thomas Dyson & Harry Browne, all of Diss, Norfolk, Bankers & Co-Partners
(Trustee of 2nd PART)
2nd PART
3rd PART
4th PART
1825
}
}
}
Reciting to enable John Farr to pay £10,000 (charged on the Estate in North Cove & Mutford, subject to
the payment by the will of John Farr, Esq, his father) and to supply his other occasions, requested M
Taylor, J Dyson & H Browne to lend him £14,000 -
use.
LEASE & RELEASE 30/31 Dec
M Taylor & T Dyson of
John Lee Farr of
Edward Colby Sharpin of Beccles, Gent
William Robert Sharpin, gent, of
Offered by Auction on 25 July, bid of £250
Reciting: Farr on 6 September paid to Taylor & Dyson a further sum of £200 part of principal money due
on Mortgage . Due to them £11,800
To Sharpin
2nd PART
3rd PART
4th PART
1863
Edward Swatman, solicitor of
Robert Sharpin of
TO BE LET: good Dwelling House containing 9 rooms with a small garden in Ballygate, moderate rent.
Apply Mr Kerrison
SALE: 25 July, 1864
A well constructed and Genteel Dwelling House in Ballygate, occupied by Mr Henry James Kerrison,
[draper], whose tenancy will cease on 11 October 1865.
Entrance Hall, two front Sitting Rooms, Kitchen, Wash house, W.C., Store, Coal house, three good
Bedrooms and closets, & two large Attics and well and pump in Ballygate Street near the premises
Present Annual Land Tax 9s., and no other outgoing.
The fixtures in this Lot, as scheduled, to be valued in the usual way and paid for.
NB. By the Title Deeds the Owners and Occupiers of these premises have free liberty to draw and take
water from the said Well for their necessary use, in as full and free manner as has heretofore been used by
them.
ALL FREEHOLD
And the receipt of the Rents and Profits may be entered into from 11th day of October next.
Commence with Conveyance to Edward Colby Sharpin, Esq dated 1831
[Reached £345, but it did not sell.]
SALE: 20 August, 1866: Lot 2
The substantial brick-built and very compact DWELLING HOUSE situate in Ballygate Street, Beccles,
Occupied by Mr Henry James Kerrison.
DEATH of Mr HJ Kerrison aged 85. Upright, hoourable, kind and considerate in every relation of life. He
was churchwarden for more than twenty years.
SALE: Will of late HJ Kerrison: LOT 1:
Substantially built Residence, for many years occupied by the late Proprietor.
Front and back Entrances, Dining & Drawing Rooms, spacious Kitchen, Scullery, Store Room, Cellar,
good closet accommodation, 5 Sleeping Rooms, with water tank, coalhouse woodhouses & other offices;
also entrance from Hungate Lane. Water is laid on from the Beccles Waterworks. Back yard. Fixtures
included. Outgoing Land Tax 9s 8d.
Title commences on Sale by Indenture 16 October, 1866
2nd PART
3rd PART
1866
1770
1775
1781
1804
1807
1814
1820
1824
1828
1832
1841
1841
1845
1850
1851
1851
1855
Wm Buck late Harling
William Buck ??
William Buck ??
£2
£2
Census
Census
Farr, JL
Farr, JL
Farr, JL
Farr, late
Fiske & Clarke
£5
£6.1304
£6.1304
£6.1304
Law Office
Law Offices [Pud 101]
Law Offices
Sharpin, EC
used as law offices
Sharpin, EC
Sharpin, EC
Sharpin, EC
Law offices - not mentioned in Census [see page 397]
Sharpin, EC
NMar
Edward Swatman
Fiske, Hy
Henry Kerrison
Swatman, Edw
Swatman, Ed
solicitor
£12 - 15s
House
£12.10
1861
1861
Census
Kerrison, Hy
draper ho
retired draper
£17
1870
1871
1871
1875
1880
1881 CENSUS
1890
1891
1895
1899
1896
Census
Henry Kerrisn
Kerrison, Hy
Henry Kerrison
Henry Kerrison
Eliz Kerrison
Kerrison, Hy
Kerrison, Hy
Eliz Kerrison
£16
House
£16
wife, 1 serv
House
House
[No 382]
House
Kerrison, Hy
M 76
retired draper
£16
Margaret SMITH
Census
30
F
Tuffnel
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Domestic Servant General
Hockey, Alf
Lemale Goode (blind)
Hockey, Alfred
Hockey, Alf
Kerrison, Hy
Hockey..
Hockey, Alf
House [No 475]
Beccles
Gooda, Louisa
Ferrall, Rev Hy
Ferrall, Rev H
resident
£16
[Ferrall taught at Beccles College & married Elizabeth
House
space
Hall, Christopher
Keith, Mrs
Major Albert CC Darby,
Lieut Frank NS DarbyRoyal Scots
Staff Serg Gilbert C Darby
Leslie RM Darby
RQMS Rowland Darby
Corporal Sydney Smith
Darby, Mrs
Brooks, Eliz
Darby, Mrs
Darby, Mrs
Montagu, Capt Chas
1914
1914 -18 War
1914-18 War
1914-18 War
1914-18 War
1914-18 War
1914-18 War
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1974
gained MGC
128th BtnCEF
Gold Coast Rifles
191st Btn CEF
London Irish
joined up 1915
joined up 1914
KILLED 22 May 1916
Listed Building:
Eighteenth Century. Two storeys and basement. Red brick. Pantiles. Wood ogee bracket cornice. Four
windows, sash with flush frames and flat arches. Plinth. Six-panel door in wood case with fluted pilasters,
Information from Deed 78 and the Poor Law lists
This house changed value from £3 in 1779 when it was owned by Mrs Coggeshall to £6 in 1781when it
was owned by Mr Meen, who registered his ownership in 1781, but no doubt bought it about a year
previously. So it was rebuilt between those dates.
1576
1593
1614c
1656c
1671
1688
Humphrey Trame two tenements, late Potter (& Robert Michells)
William Steadman for two tentements late Potter (folio 68)
Robert Mitchells tenement in Ballygate, Trames, Potter
Robert Mitchells [Robert Mitchells, cooper died in 1689] his tenement in his own use Valuation £1
Nick Elgood [Nichola Alegood was born in 1643; He had married Abigail by 1669, she died in 1704]
tenement Robert Michelle post Bunfellow
Francis Bunfellow [d 1722]
William Coggeshall, [a Thomas Coggeshall married Frances Bunfellow in 1684] [William Coggeshall died
in 1775, his wife, Martha died 1757] Elgood, Mitchells
Martha Coggeshall, spinster, [born 1727] late William Coggeshall, her father, before Francis Bunfellow
Task 4d
Task 4d
Task 4d
1728
Robert Meen, [married Martha Coggeshall in 1779 He died in 1810 aged 84; she died 1799 aged 71]
tenement formerly Elgoods, since Francis Bunfellow & late William Coggeshall
Meen died in 1810 aged 84. He was probably the bookseller and publisher who sold “ The Life of
Thomas Green, who was executed on Castle Hill, Norwich, on Wednesday April 12th 1775 for a
burglary in a dwelling house at Diss. Containing an account of the several robberies he committed, and
the different Regiments he enlisted in and deserted from. The whole written by himself and published at
his request.” Price 6d.”
House proably built by Robert Meen after his marriage in 1779 [Poor Law lists: value inreased from £2 10s
in 1775 to £6 in 1781]
ORIENTATION (of 27 Ballygate) all that messuage. next the messuage. & yard late of Robert Meen, then
1864 Bec & Bung Wkly 25 Oct DEATH
1857
1895
Kessingland, Suffolk, third and last surviving son of the late Samuel FISKE, Esq., of Clopton Hall,
Rattlesden.
SALE: Ballygate: from executors of Edward Brown Fiske [He was Mayor of Beccles 1860-61 & 1868-69]
Freehold Residence for many years occupied by Proprietor; Commanding extensive views of Waveney
Valley, with Garden in rear & 2 excellent Offices, with separate approach from Hungate Lane. Good Ale &
Wine & Coal cellars, Entrance Hall, Dining & Drawing Rooms. Three principal Bedrooms in front, 3 good
bedrooms at back with separate staircase. Kitchen, Store Room, back Kitchen, Larder, Pantry, WC &
convenient domestic offices, also excellent closet accommodation.
SALE: Late EB Fiske
Residence, Garden in rear & 2 excellent Offices with separate approach from Hungate; Good ale, wine &
coal Cellars, Entrance Hall, Dining & Drawing Rooms, 3 principal Bedrooms in front, 3 good bedrooms at
back, with separate staircase, kitchen, storeroom, back kitchen, Larder, Pantry wc & convenient domestic
offices; excellent closet accommodation. (Bought HW Read £400)
25 BALLYGATE
OWNER
1775
1781
Coggeshall, Martha
Meen, Robert
£2-10
£6
1804
1807
1810
1814
1820
1824
1828
1832
1841
1841
1851
1851
1861
1861
1871
1881 CENSUS
Census
Census
Census
Census
Crowfoot, WH
Crowfoot, WH
(Pud 28)
£6.1304
Meen, Robt
30
U
U
U
U 47
Fiske, Robt, Esq
Fiske, Robt, Esq
Fiske, Robt, Esq
Clarke, RW
Clarke RW attorney
attorney [he seems to have gone bankrupt later]
Fisk, Edw
36
29
23
Fiske, Edw
W
solicitor
£15
£18.1304
£18.1304
£18.1304
Fiske, Robt
Robert Clarke
Fiske, Robt
Swatman, Edw
Fearman, Mary Ann
Bensley, James
Fiske, Edw
Robert Fiske
Edward Fiske
Solicitor
House Servant
House Servant
Little Fransham Norf (folio 397)
Lowestoft
Halesworth
77
sister, 2 fem serv
retired solicitor
Clopton Hall, Rattlesdon
Clerk
U
Edward Fiske
Read, Herbert
Seeley, Misses
Seeley, Misses
Allen, Mrs WE
Ingate, Miss E
L/Cpl Harry Branford
Assist Paymst Roland Clarkson
Clarkson, Laurence
Poll, Wallace H
Kerrich, Misses M & O
Kerrick, Misses
Montagu, Capt Chas
Montagu, Capt Charles
Moore, Sydney
1891
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1914-18 War
1914-18 War
1922
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Census
Survey
Hudson
Allen
Allen, Mrs
67
6 berooms, 6 sitting
6 occupants
dwelling
£35
£45
joined up 1914
discharged 1919
land agent
Poll, Wallace
Listed Building:
span roof. Floor band. Plinth. Ogee bracket eaves cornice. Five windows, sash with flush frames, now with
central glazing bars only. Six-panel door in wood case with fluted Doric pilasters, triglyphs and mutular
The Buildings of England: Suffolk: by Nikolaus Pevsner:
Looking at a deed referring to 1754, I was surprised to find that at that time the building on this site was
described as the Kings Arms. Obviously the present building was built some time after that date. It was
sold to Rev Robert Leman, Rector of Ellough in 1765. In 1787 Robert Wright was paying a mortgage to
Rev Robert Leman “in his new house.” according to the Beccles Manor Records. Mr Leman was living on
the site by 1770. The house changed value in the Poor Law rate book from £3-10s in 1775 to £8 in 1781, so
it is clear that the house was rebuilt between those dates. -
( Looking at it afresh I am somewhat doubtful about this. Robert Leman was born in 1700 and appears to
have had no children. I wonder if someone over the age of 75 would have embarked on such building
undertakings?)
4d
William Wilson for a tenement Destons
William Wilson for a tenement Wyght
1576
1593
1593
Task 6d
Francis Wilson for a tenement called Deston’s
2d
Francis Wilson for a tenement called Wayghts
6d
[Francis & Joan Wilson’s son Thomas was born in 1588]
1662
John King for a tenement in Ballygate late Wilson & for a tenement Deston’s & for a tent & garden late
Walker (folio 225)
John Barber for a house in Ballygate late Wilson
John Barber, house & grounds
John Barber; Two Hearths
The heirs of James King
Whereas an indenture of 13 January 1754, between William Cooper, then of Kessingland, of the First
Part; & Roger Thompson, then of Great Yarmouth, hosier, of the Second Part; William Crowfoot, of
Beccles, tanner, of the third part; & Elizabeth Rayner of Beccles, widow.
ALL THAT messuage known by the name of the King’s Arms, then or lately in the use of William Reeve,
the older and younger, then in the occupation of James Harwood.
AND ALL THAT messuage adjoining in the occupation of John Faucett, or his undertenant, with stables
& outhouses, yards and gardens,
Assigned unto William Crowfoot for 1000 years from 1735, between Roger Thompson & Rebecca, his wife
of the First Part; & John Scales, then of Beccles, grocer, of the other part.
1736:
William Crowfoot died 1780:- to Elizabeth Crowfoot, his wife & John Farr, executors. Both dead.
John Cooper, Esq., executor.
ALL THAT messuage etc. next the messuage & yard late of Robert Meen, then Robert Fiske on the north;
Valuation £4-10s-0d
Rent 7d
1671
1674
1729
1754
east; abutting upon Ballygate to the west.
Formerly in the occupation of Robert Leman, late Elizabeth Mannell & Francis Berry, to the use of Mary
Gibson, to Richard Bohun.
Roger Thompson to Elizabeth Rayner. Was William Reeve, now Thomas Wakefield and John King.
Thompson late James King, now Widow Rayner
Widow Rayner
INDENTURE between James Story of Kymberley, Norfolk, farmer of the First Part; Elizabeth Story,
wife of James Story, late called Elizabeth Reyner of the Second Part; George Molden, of Norwich, clerk &
John Reyner, of Kirkstead, Norfolk, farmer, only son of Elizabeth (Trustees) of the third part; Rev Robert
Leman, of Ellough, Suffolk, of the fourth part.
ALL THAT messuage known by the name of the King’s Arms in occupation of William Reeve, and after
of John Harwood, and since of Thomas Wakefield
AND ALL THAT messuage next to the same belonging, in the occupation of John Farncott & John Horth,
late in several occupations of Charles Aldred, Thomas Bolt, late purchased by Elizabeth Story
Rev Robert Leman, [d 1799 aged 90] late Rayner, & before King for a house in Ballygate
House probably built by Rev Leman [Poor Law: increased from £3 10s in 1775 to £8 in 1781]
[William Wright surrenders to Rev Robert Leman of Beccles, clerk. He to pay to Robert Leman in the new
dwelling house £25 and interest (a mortgage)]
INDENTURE: John Farr, of North Cove of the First Part; Mary Gibson of Gillingham of the Second
Part; and Richard Bohun; [REPEATED: see under 1754:]
Whereas an indenture of 13 January 1754, between
William Cooper, then of Kessingland, of the First Part; &
Roger Thompson, then of Great Yarmouth, hosier, of the Second Part;
William Crowfoot, of Beccles, tanner, of the third part; &
Elizabeth Rayner of Beccles, widow.
ALL THAT messuage known by the name of the King’s Arms, then or lately in the use of William Reeve,
the older and younger, then in the occupation of James Harwood.
AND ALL THAT messuage adjoining in the occupation of John Faucett, or his undertenant, with stables
& outhouses, yards and gardens,
Assigned unto William Crowfoot for 1000 years from 1735, between Roger Thompson & Rebecca, his wife
of the First Part; & John Scales, then of Beccles, grocer, of the other part.
1736:
William Crowfoot died 1780:- to Elizabeth Crowfoot, his wife & John Farr, executors. Both dead.
John Cooper, Esq., executor.
ALL THAT messuage etc. next the messuage & yard late of Robert Meen, then Robert Fiske on the
NORTH [Bal 25];
the messuage, yard and ground of Philip Dykes, Esq., on the SOUTH & EAST [Bal 29];
abutting upon Ballygate to the WEST.
Formerly in the occupation of Robert Leman, late Elizabeth Mannell & Francis Berry, to the use of Mary
Gibson, to Richard Bohun.
SALE: Monday 17 December 1838 at King’s Head by Robert Oswald
A compact Freehold Dwelling House in Ballygate
Brick built, sashed; recently fitted up with every view to convenience and comfort; comprising spacious
Vestibule and Staircase; two Parlours separated by folding doors; Drawing Room, three good Bedrooms
& Dressing Room on the first floor; four attics; kitchen, cellar, and other domestic offices; two stalled
Stable & small walled-in Pleasure Garden.
This valuable property is in the occupation of William Edward Crowfoot, Esq., as tenant for a year from 11
October 1838. The House is most pleasantly situated at the entrance to the town from Bungay, adjoining
the mansion of Mrs Stone, and commanding the much admired view of the River Waveney; is in excellent
repair and in every respect adapted for the Residence of a small genteel family.
The only outgoing is a Land Tax of 19 shillings.
[Written in pencil on the Sale Notice: Miss Bohun’s]
1761
1765
1765
1775-87
1787
Well Situated and genteel Residence, with Conservatory, Garden, Coach House, Stable, etc.
Lot 1: Neat Genteel Residence, in the occupation of Miss Crowfoot in Ballygate, adjoining the Mansion
and Grounds now occupied by Mrs Clarke and commanding extensive and charming views of the River
Waveney and the woods of Gillingham and Geldeston.
Contains: Entrance Hall, Drawing Room 21ft x 14ft communicating with Dining Room 16ft x 14ft; two
closets. kitchen with two closets, Store Room, Pantry, Wine Cellar, Back Kitchen with pump, coal house,
entrance yard with wood and knife houses and servants’ offices therein; a good Staircase and Landing
leading to an Upper Drawing Room 21ft x 14ft; Boudoir, three principal bedrooms with five closets therein
and four attics; Conservatory and Garden; WC; tool house and Coach House with loft over.
This portion of the Estate held by Miss Crowfoot, ending 11 October 1865. Rent £30 p.a. Also opposite a
two stall riding stable and harness house, [now No 22
or shrubbery adjoining in hand.
Land Tax 16s 10d 1/2d. Free Rent to the Manor of Beccles 5d 1/2d. Free Rent to the Manor of
Frostenden 5d.
SALE: BALLYGATE HOUSE, Monday, 28 February 1944
Sale by the Executors of Frank Burton, deceased
Fine Georgian Residence of brick with part flat roof & part pantile roof, situate upon the old cliff in
Ballygate, with extensive views of the Waveney Valley & containing the usual well-planned &
comfortable accommodation of the period. Good Cellerage.
GROUND FLOOR Fine Front Entrance with fluted supports & spacious Hall with tiled floor, hanging
cupboard & French window opening to Conservatory.
DINING ROOM 15ft 8in x 13ft 6in, with Bath register stove, China cupboard in recess & 2 Windows
overlooking Garden
DRAWING ROOM 21ft 6in (extreme) x 14ft 8in with Bath register stove & large bay Window overlooking
Garden. NB. The above rooms are separated by folding partitions.
Side Entrance from Garden with lobby & WC. The domestic offices shut off from other parts of the house,
are approached from side passage & comprise:
KITCHEN 14ft 9in x 14ft, with 3ft 6in “Kooks Joie” cooking range, 2 fitted store cupboards, adjustable
linen airer & 2 Windows with shutters. SCULLERY with glazed sink (h & c), tiled back, fixed plate rack,
store, copper, Dutch oven & shelving; Coal House. LARDER with brick & other shelves, cupboards &
meat safe. HOUSEMAID’S PANTRY with sink with 2 taps over. GLASS CLOSET well fitted, with drawers
& shelves.
FIRST FLOOR. Gained by wide Staircase from Entrance Hall, are LANDING communicating direct with 4
principal BEDROOMS: No 1: over Drawing Room 21ft 9in x 14ft 6in with stove, marble mantelpiece & bay
Window. No 2 (east): 15ft x 14ft 3in, with stove. No 3: over Dining Room, 15ft x 13ft 9in, with stove, 2
hanging cupboards & 2 Windows. No 4 (west) 15ft 9in x 13ft 6in, now used as a Sitting Room, register
stove, 2 large cupboards & 2 Windows. BATH ROOM.
SECOND FLOOR Landing with cupboards, 4 BEDROOMS, one with airing cupboard & 2 with small
cupboards.
OUTSIDE North of the House, small yard with entrance from street, brick & tile WC, coal house & stick
house, brick ash bin & soft water pump. South of the House: brick & semi-detached store shed with brick
floor & entrance from street.
PLEASANT GARDEN, walled-in on north & east & part of south sides, having large lawn, surrounded by
flower beds, rockeries & ornamental trees & shrubs.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BALLYGATE, opposite main property. Brick & slated STABLING, comprising 2
Stalls, loose box & hayhouse. ALSO small walled-in Garden adjoining. Electricity, Water & Drainage.
FREEHOLD. Land Tax £1-1s-6d.
For many years in the occupation of the deceased. Title commences on conveyance 8 July 1920.
1765}
(Bal 24)
{Boult, Thomas
£2-10
1775
1781
1799
1804
1807
1810
1814
1820
1824
1828
1832
1841
1841
1851
1851
[1861
1871
1871
1881 CENSUS
Lnd Tax Leman, Rev Robt
Howman, DL
Census
Census
Howman, DL
Census
Hollond, Rev E
Census
(Bal 18)
Leman, Rev
Leman, Rev
Leman, Rev Robt
Mannell, Miss
Mannell, Miss
Mannell, Miss
Mannell, Eliz Miss
Mannell, Miss
Mrs Gibson
Mrs Gibson
GWB Bohun
Crowfoot, WE
William E Crowfoot
Mary Crowfoot
Crowfoot, Mary d 1891
Susan Roe
Crowfoot, Mary
Mary Crowfoot
Rector of Ellough
£3- 10
£8
1.12
£10
£6-13-4
£6-13-4
(Pud 80)
(Pud 79)
(Pud 56)
30
surgeon
surgeon
interest
interest
U serv 58
resident
annuitant
£13-6-8
£13-6-8
£13-6-8
£35
cook
£30.15
another fem serv
£32.10
b. Beccles
U 60
Hannah CHAMBERS
68
St Margaret Ilketshall, Suffolk, England
Head
Domestic Servant Cook
[1891
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1933+
1936
1937
1948
1954
1965
1974
30
Mary Williamson
Martin, Edw
Burton, Frank
Burton, F
Burton, Frank
Clarkson, Laurence
Burton, Frank
Burton, Frank
Burton, Frank
Burton, Mrs
Hardy, Mrs
Hardy, Mrs
Pelly, Roland
Col. Chris Cadge
Census
Hollond, Rev E
Hollond, exors
Survey Long (agent)
Burton, Frank?
U 40
£45
b. Bungay]
8 bedrooms, 4 sitting
Listed Building:
Circa 1770-80. Two storeys and attic with two dormers. Red brick. Five windows. Flat arches. Plinth. Centre three windows grouped
Double-span roof. Pantiles. Sash windows, in reveals, now with central glazing bars only. Windows at
back, in elliptical arched openings and centre blank panel with trefoil arch, now with nineteenth century
mullion transom casements. Six-panel door with arched enriched fanlight in wood case with Doric
columns, and open pediment. Stone steps with wrought iron railings. Some Adam type ceilings.
Earlier and more ambitious with its four giant pilasters and pediment to distinguish the centre.
This was owned in 1732 by John Harbor. His brother Robert Harbor was living here in 1770 and the house was then valued at £2-10.
Esq. bought the site in 1785. The next available pricing is in 1807 when no 25 & 27 were both valued at £6-
13s-4d and no 29 at £13-6s 8d. So this house was built about or immediately after 1785.
William Myckleburgh for his house Burhasles & Robert Peck
William Myckelburgh for a tenement Burhasses before Robert Peck’s
Task 8d
1600.1
1639c
1640c
1653c
1732
1779
1781
1785
1799
1807
Joseph Harbor [d 1680] tent in Ballygate Peck, Mickleburgh Quash (folio 166)
Joseph Harbor the younger, Old Peck, Mickleborough, Quash, Soanes &
Lucas vid Jos Harbor senior
John Harbor, [d 1763]tenement in Ballygate, Peck, Mickleburgh, late his Father
Thomas Woolby, tenement in Ballygate, late Harbor, formerly Soanes
William Spalding, late Woolby
Philip Dykes, gent, [1752-1838; left Beccles 1828] tenement in Ballygate, late
Woolby, formerly Harbor, before Soanes
LAND TAX: Philip Dykes,
Philip Dykes, Esq - part of the waste of this Manor enclosed by a serpentine wall on the north-east side of
the piece of land at the back of his Mansion House
Elizabeth Stone [she died in November 1855 aged 83 and was buried at Badingham]
Elizabeth Stone, widow. Piece of land, part of the waste of the Manor, enclosed by a serpentine wall on
the north-east side of a piece of land lying at the back of her mansion house, late the property of Philip
Dykes Rent 2s 6d (later WE Crowfoot G90)
ALSO a small piece of land lying on the east side of the above, being part of the premises formerly of
Robert Whincop & late of Philip Dykes & now divided from the residence by a brick wall apportioned
Task 8d
Task 8d
Task 8d
Rate £12
occupied by himself
Value £2
1832
WE Crowfoot, [1807-87] part of the waste of the Manor enclosed in a serpentine wall
on the north side at the back of his mansion, late Elizabeth Stone & Philip Dykes
ALSO: Piece of land lying on the east side of the said piece of land at the back of the mansion formerly
William Crowfoot [his wife was a niece of Mrs Stone]
1860
Clarke was not his property, and had not been the property of Mrs Stone, his predecessor. The wall had
existed before the adjacent ground was enclosed from the waste. It was not connected to Mrs Stone. (The
Parish Records did not go back before 1810 - called the Parish Books)
SALE by William Jecks, Esq., who has moved to Lowestoft.
LOT 1: Family Residence, Ballygate, lately occupied by the proprietor, standing in a commanding situation
on a dry soil and having extensive and beautiful views of the Wavenet Valley and all adjacent country,
together with a handsome, lofty and well fitted Billiard or Music Room [later the Parish Rooms] nearly 50ft
long, Vinery, Stabling, Chaise House, etc. and extending to upwards of 2 acres, tastefully planned gardens
LOT 2: a piece of Garden or building land approached from Hungate Lane and lying eastwards of Lot 1
containing nearly 5 roods.
LOT 3: A capital brick and tiled messuage in two tenements in Hungate Lane with large and extensive
gardens, one lately held by Mr Jeck’s gardener and the other occupied by Mr James Read.
The Lots are entirely freehold.
Beccles Newspaper 31 August 1869: “There were no bids.”
William Jecks, JP, was living at 5 High Street, Lowestoft
Isiah Dann
1869
1871
Census
view of the River Waveney, a spacious, substantial Building, in the Garden easily converted into a second
Residence, with Garden, excellent Paddock & Building Land.
Mr Fenn instructed by William Jecks, Esq, the Proprietor to sell by Auction on 7 July 1871.
LOT 1: The spacious , well arranged, and substantial Family Mansion, situate at the Entrance to the Town
from Bungay, overlooking the River Waveney & Valley, with Conservatory, large, tastefully planned
Garden on the East & detached Plantation beyond the highroad or street in front; the whole admirably
adapted for a Gentleman’s Residence or for any establishment requiring airy and cheerful premises.
LOT 2: A lofty brick building nearly 50ft in length, adjacent to the hhigh road, designed as a Billiard &
Music Room, but capable of easy conversion into a charming small Residence having the same
picturesque prospect as Lot 1, with
[This was before the Homefield Estate, including the Lodge, was developed]
LOT 3: A piece of excellent Land, now cultivated as Meadow & well adapted for Gardening or as Building
Ground containing about 1acre & adjoining Hungate Lane
LOT 4: Another piece of Land between Lots 1 & 3 containig about half an acre, approached by folding
doors from Hungate Lane; with large Stables & Coach House. Pump & Well thereon.
Freehold, with immediate possession.
[LAW CASE: George Fenn v William Everett of Carlton. George Fenn sold at Auction a Billiard Table
belonging to Mr Jecks, formerly of Holkham Hall. Mr Everett had not received six of the Pool Balls
promised by Mr Jecks. Defendant won.]
The House was given by Rev Edmund Hollond, of Benhall Lodge, Saxmundham & 33 Hyde Park Gardens,
London W, to St Michael’s Church as the Rectory
The Rectory was sold by the Church authorities and once again became a private house.
1872
BALLYGATE 29
1785?
1799
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1807
1810
1814
1820
1824
1828
1832
1838
1841
1841
1851
1851
1861
1861
1865
1867
House built by Philip Dykes [see Deed 78 & Poor Law lists]
Census
Census
Census
Dykes, Philip
Dykes, Philip
Dykes, Philip
Dykes, Philip
Dykes, Philip
Dykes, Philip
Dykes, (late)
Stone, Eliz
Stone, Eliz
Stone, Eliz
Elizabeth Stone
Stone, Eliz
Elizabeth Stone
Crowfoot, WE
Anne Clarke
Jecks, William
Jecks, William
Dykes, Philip
Dykes, Philip
Dykes, Philip
Dykes, Philip
Dykes, Philip
Dykes, Philip
65
W 78
W 66
Stone, Eliz
Stone, Eliz
independent
Stone, Eliz
fund holder
Clarke, Ann
landed proprietor
Clarke, Anne (late)
Jecks, William
1 daughter, 2 fem serv
Ho, Garden & Land 3a 0r 4p
Ho, Garden, buildings & land 3a 0r 4p
b. Haningham, Norf
1871
[1871
1881
1881 CENSUS
Census
Jecks, Wm
Isaiah Dann
Tracy, Rev
M 50
Jecks, Wm
gardener in charge of house
Tracy, Rev
b. Hellesden, Norf]
3sons, 1 dau
Adelaide TRACY
Adelaide D. TRACY
Constance TRACY
Mabel Grace TRACY
Janeth K. TRACY
George TRACY
Theodore TRACY
Mary RANSOM
Dora RANSOM
Happy Ann NICHOLSU
Alice STRATFORD
51
20
16
14
12
8
4
12
11
21
18
F
F
F
F
F
M
M
F
F
F
F
Henfield, Sussex, England
Worth Maltravers, Dorset, England
Wareham, Dorset, England
Chichester, Sussex, England
Chichester, Sussex, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
Hammersmith, Middlesex, England
Stratford, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Wife
Daur
Daur
Daur
Daur
Son
Son
Visitor
Visitor
Serv
Serv
U
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Domestic Servant Cook
Domestic Servant Housemaid
1896
1904
1906
1907
1910
1914
1914-18 War
Survey
Rowsell, Rev Jn
Rowsell, Rev Jn
Rowsell, Canon J
Rowsell, Rev John
Rev Frederick Millar
Rev Frederick Millar
Captain Herbert G Rowsell14th Hants
Rector
Rowsell, Rev Jn
Rowsell, Rev Jn
9 bedrooms, 4 sitting
Rector
Rev Frederick Millar
joined up 1915
1929
1933+
1934
1936
1948
1954
1963
1965
1974
Rev A Ernest Thompson
Rev A Ernest Thompson
Rector Ho Gdn
Rev Harold Lee Birch
Thompson, Rev A
Rev Harold Lee Birch
Birch, Rev Harold
Rev Frank Rideal
Rev WRF Hares
Rev Malcolm Sutton until 1976 when it was sold by the Diocese.
Rev Malcolm Sutton
Rev Malcolm Sutton
Rev WRF Hares
1838
LOT 2. FIVE capital brick and tiled COTTAGES or Tenements, with Yard, Stable, and Pump with fine
spring water, situate in or near Ballygate Street, Beccles, and now occupicd by George Algar, George
Norman, James Laws, and Henry Larke, (the first as a yearly tenant and the last three as weekly tenants,)
at rents amounting to £17. per annum, or thereabout.
A small part of the Yard at the back of the Cottages, with the Pump and Outbuildings thereon, is
Copyhold of the Manor of Beccles the remainder of the lot is Freehold.
This Lot is exclusive of the wall next the street and is sold subject to the use of the Pump and Privy by the
Owners and Occupiers of Lot 3.
Apportioned Land Tax 6s
Free Rent to Manor of Beccles 5 1/2d
LOT 4. A substantial COTTAGE, in Ballygate Street, Beccles, with Yard and Garden, now in the
occupation of Elizabeth Cullingford, and William Pallant, at weekly rents amounting to £7. per annum, or
thereabout. And also the COTTAGE OR DWELLING HOUSE, in or near Puddingmoor, with detached
Wash-house, Pump of excellent water, and Garden ; now occupied by the Widow Root, as a yearly
tenant, at the rent of £10.
This Lot has a Frontage of 165 Feet, and includes the wall next Ballygate Street, and that adjoining Lot 5.
It is subject to the use of the Pump by the Owners and Occupiers of Lot 5.
Apportioned Land Tax 8s
In the Sale of 1868 it is listed as “a handsome, lofty and well fitted Billiard or Music Room nearly 50ft long”, belonging to 29
century print of Beccles seen between Ballygate House, No 27 Ballygate, and the Leman School.
1870
Lowestoft
(a Tudor tax of the Tenths & Fifteennths). They may include the lands subsequently owned by the
Homefield Estate]
1706
1728
Renaldo Pitfield [late - he died in 1700] lands to the NORTH & SOUTH of 39 Ballygate
Fairchild, Edward [late] lands to the NORTH & South of 39 Ballygate
the building itself; also the rates increased a great deal.
Friday, 16 November, 1860
Description. Cultivation.
365
364b
Garden
0
0
0
0
39
36
TOTAL. Acres, more or less
The Timber, Underwood and Plantations on, this Lot, have been valued at £ . which will have to be paid
townsman. Son of Mr John Crisp, JP, was head of firm of John Crisp & Sons owners of one of the largest
maltings in the country. The building in Station Road was partly destroyed by fire in 1912, but was
repaired with up-to date machinery. He was a JP for both Norfolk & Suffolk, attending with unvarying
regularity the sessions of Beccles and Loddon. He was a member of the Town Council for several years,
and retained membership of the Feoffees until his death. He was a member of the Great Yarmouth Port &
Haven Commissioners. He had practically the control of the Waveney in the neighbourhood of Beccles.
He was always greatly interested in the freshwater fisheries and helped to preserve it. He had a long
interest in the Beccles Hospital of which he was Treasurer. He was one of the oldest Commissioners of
Taxes; he was Chairman of the Beccles Waterworks Company & a Director of the Water & Gas Company.
He married in 1865 Adelaide Dashwood, daughter of Dr Robert Dashwood, JP of Geldeston, who survives
him. His son John Crisp of Kirby Cane Hall survives him, and daughters.
(24 April 1917: Estate valued at £109,906. Net personalty £80,743. Stock in Trust for his daughter, Edith
Hartley £16,400; an annuity of £500 to his daughter Eleanor Dashwood Crisp. Furniture valued at £500 &
SALE on 27 June 1919 at the King’s Head by Messrs Notley
Freehold Estate known as HOMEFIELD. Centrally situated in the thriving town of Beccles and for many
years in the occupation of the late JE Crisp Esq.
Comprising the comfortable and commodious
GENTLEMAN’S FAMILY RESIDENCE
HOMEFIELD in two floors, with 11 Bed & Dressing Rooms
Spacious ENTRANCE HALL, Octagonal INNER HALL with Dome, BILLIARD ROOM 27ft x 19ft,
BUSINESS ROOM 20ft x 12ft; DINING ROOM 23ft x 16ft; DRAWING ROOM 20ft x 12ft; MORNING
ROOM 20ft x 18ft
Large KITCHEN, ample Domestic Offices & good CELLARS.
CONSERVATORY, Greenhouses, Vineries, Peach & Nectarine Houses
Tennis & Croquet Lawns; Large & very productive Fruit & Vegetable GARDENS.
Two ENTRANCE LODGES and 4 COTTAGES.
with Tennis Lawn, Fruit & Vegetable Gardens & Stables, as in the occupation of Mrs JE Crisp on lease, at
the Rental of £40 p.a.
Large enclosed STABLE YARD, paved, with garage 39ft long & loft over. Range of brick & slated
MOTOR HOUSES in 3 compartments (one with pit) Straw House & 2 Loose Boxes & shed. Also large
Yard.
Wooden Building, Mattel boarded inside & covered with corrugated iron, 50ft x 20ft, with Dressing Room
at the back, used as a GYMNASIUM for the Fauconberge School.
acres 2 rods 34 perches
Offering an exceptional opportunity for the acquisition of a delightful Gentleman’s Residence or for
development as a BUILDING ESTATE
FRONTAGES: to London Road 456 ft or thereabouts, to St Mary’s Road 1173ft or thereabouts, and to
Ballygate 693 ft or thereabouts.
The tenants fixtures in and about the Residence will be included in the Sale, but the corrugated iron
Cricket Pavilion in the Meadow, nor the Revolving Shelter in the Garden at St Mary’s Road, nor the Deer
Fencing.
The Vendor reserves the right to hold an Auction Sale of the Furniture & Effects at Homefield prior to the
completion of the purchase.
Tithe (commuted value) £4-7s-6d
Title shall commence with indentures of conveyance of Sale:
2 October 1856; 1 October 1862; 23 December 1862; 27 November 1869; 30 April 1908.
1921
SALE: FURNITURE: HOMEFIELD HOUSE; late JR Crisp
1867
1867
1867
1867
1869
1869
1869
1869
1871
1871
Census
Crisp, John
Crisp, John
Crisp, John
Crisp, John
Crisp, John
Crisp, J Edwin
Crisp, J Edwin
Crisp, J & JE
Crisp, J Edw
John E Crisp
Crisp, John
Crisp, J Edwin [b.1839]
Crisp, J Edwin
Crisp, J Edwin
Crisp, John
Crisp, J Edwin
Crisp, Edwin
Crisp, Edwin
Crisp, J Edw
House, land, barn, etc. late Rede
1a 0r 0p
£26
£55
£6 10s
£9 15s 0d
£26
£55
£6 10s
£9 15s 0d
£57.10
Lodge
Marsh
House, land, barn, etc. late Rede
Ho, Garden, Coach House & Stable
Lodge
Marsh
Homefield
malster, merchant employs 73 men, 21 boys
3a 1r 2p
7a 0r 0p
1a 0r 0p
3a 1r 2p
1881
By 1881 the House had been considerably enlarged & JE Crisp had taken over the ownership of the cottage; the land
Crisp, J Edw
1881 CENSUS
Adelaide L. CRISP
Eleanor D. CRISP
Edith U. CRISP
Bessie CLARK
Fanny STONE
Mary MOLE
Alice CLARK
M
37
F
F
25
22
25
16
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
F
F
F
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Wife
Scholar
Scholar
Serv
Serv
Serv
U
U
U
U
Gloucester, England
Poringland, Norfolk, England
Stoven, Suffolk, England
Wenhaston, Suffolk, England
Domestic Servant Cook
Serv
Domestic Servant Housemaid
1896
1901
Crisp, J Edw
The Annual Promenade Concerts in aid of Beccles Hospital Saturday Fund are held in the grounds of
Homefield. Amateur theatricals are given in a marquee, and dancing takes place in the evening. The
Crisp, J Edw
Homefield
Survey
SALE by auction of Estate, (by which time John Edwin Crisp had died)
1906
1907
1914
1919
1922
1922
Crisp, JE
Crisp, John Edwin, JP
Crisp, John Edwin JP
Crisp, JE
10 bedrooms,
Homefield
8 occupants
Mr Tom Kerridge found a 17th century token (1 farthing) in the grounds of Homefield House when
digging for his brother, who has part of a Market Garden.
Chadwick, Robert
Chadwick Robert
Hamby, Charles
1933+
1936
1954
1965
1974
Chadwick, Robt
Hamby, Charles
burough surveyor
2 Jackson, Miss
3 Catchpole, Lee
1 Woolmer, Herbert
2 Bailey, Peter
3 Fisk, David
1871
1881
1881 CENSUS
Census
Robert Rivers
Knight, John
M 35
gardener, domestic
gardener
Mary Ann KNIGHT
M
53
F
Bedingham, Norfolk, England
Wife
1906
1907
1912
1914
1919
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Survey
Crisp, J Edwin
Crisp, J Edwin
Additions to Homefield Lodge for GV Crisp
Crisp, J Edwin
[see details in the SALE of 27 June 1919 uner Homefield]
Westhorpe
Westhorp, Jonathan
2 bedrooms, 2 sitting
3 occupants
Foyster, John W
Aldous, Jas
Hammond, Richard
Hammond, Richard
Coleby, Stan
Coleby, Stan
Coleby, Stan
A Freehold Estate in Ballygate comprising a range of Farm Buildings: Waggon & Cart Lodge with granary
over; Nag Stable, Cow House, brick-built Barn, Cart Horse Stable and shed, small Yard; another Yard with
1841
1851
ABOUT THIS TIME THE HOUSE WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS
PART A
1861
1871
Census
Census
364b
365
366
Let to Mr Walker, as Lot 8
Eliel Barber
John Clarke
Farm Buildings
Garden
Cottage & Garden
0a 1r 23p
0a 0r 39p
farmer
farming bailiff
M 40
Census
M 45
railway labourer
4 dau, 1 son, f-in law
b. Whenaston,
Suff
Sarah CROWFOOT
Eliz CROWFOOT
Charles CROWFOOT
Maria CROWFOOT
M
U
U
55
15
F
22
20
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
F
M
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Son
No Occupation
1902
1906
1907
1914
1914-18 War
1919
1927
Survey
Crowfoot, Charles
Crisp, JE
Moore, Ernest Edwin
Moore, Ernest Edwin
CSM Ernest E Moore
[see details in the SALE of 27 June 1919 uner Homefield]
Allen, Hubert
1936
1948
1954
1965
Allen, Hubert
Allen, Hubert
Allen, Hubert
Allen, Hubert
1861
1871 Census
1881 CENSUS
Census
Samuel Pitchers
Samuel Pitchers
M 46
M 56
agricultural labourer
agricultural labourer
wife, gr dau
b. Beccles
Ellen M. SPURLING
13
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Grand Daur
Scholar
Beccles
Survey
1907
1914
1919
1933+
Freestone, Robert
Parnell, Robert
Playford, Florence
Boggis, Albt
Early Seventeenth Century with alterations. Two storeys. Two windows. Red brick, limewashed. Believed to be 1654. First floor
widows, some mullion transom, leaded. Interior: hewn ledged doors with wrought iron strap hinges,
including in-and-out boarded door.
1593
1632c
1638c
1652
Humfray Trame, [Master of the Hospital, d 1597] for a tent late John Smyth, before Jernys
& Betts
John Dynnington, [yeoman d 1638] for a tent, sometime Trame, before Smyth (folio 119)
Task 1s
WILL of William Dennington, 28 September [died October 1652]
I William Dennington of Beccles in Suffolk (yeoman)
First I give & devise to Alice my wife for & during the tenure of her natural life my Messuage or Tenement
with the apurtenances in Beccles now in the occupation of Thomas Swan & others.
And one pightel or parcel of ground in Barsham.
And after her decease to Robert (born 1640) my son & his heirs for ever, but if he shall die before hissaid
Mother & without issue of his body lawfully begotten, then I give & devise the above mentioned premises
with the appurtenances to such of my other children as shall then be living & to their heirs for ever.
Here I give & bequeath to the said Alice my wife the sum of £300, £100 whereof I give & will that she shall
pay unto the said Robert my son at his age of one & twenty years (if he be then living or shall live so long)
And one hundred & sixty pounds I give & will shall be paid to the said Robert my said son within one &
half years next after her decease.
£40 thereof to the said Alice at her disposing.
And if he shall not be then living I will the same £150 together with the other £100 shall be paid to &
equally divided between all and such of my other children as shall then be living.
I give to Margaret my daughter wife of Francis Powell £25 to be paid within one year of my decease. I
having formerly given to her and bestowed upon her in money & money’s worth £50 or thereabouts.
Item I give to Mary her daughter 20s at her age of 21 years
To Robert her son £5 at his age of 21
I give to Mary my daughter £100
Cutlove, deceased, hath had of me makes £100.
William Girling, [yeoman d 1682], for a tent, late Will. Dennington, in Thomas
Swaine’s occupation, sometime Trame & Smyth juv
William Denington, messuage late Thomas Soane, Benjamin Gadner & John Denington
INDENTURE between Robert Ward of Norwich, maltster & Martha his wife, one of the daughters & co-
heiresses of Barbara - , who was a daughter & heir of William Dennington, of the one part & Mary Heylett
of Heveningham, the other part (also mentioned from previous indentures: Will Randall of London,
William Bendy, carpenter, Thomas Phillips, tanner, Francis Romesler, weaver, William Causton, baker &
Thomas Page, physician, all of Beccles).
ALL THAT messe etc were and now in the occupation of Thomas Barlow, David Davy & Thomas Ewen,
between the lands late of Renaldo Pitfield, gent, as well on the south and north; and abutting the lands of
Renaldo Pitfield to the east; and the street to the west.
Robert Ward, [starch maker] tent in Balygate, late Girling, juv, before William Denning,
sometime Trame & Smyth
INDENTURE between Benjamin Folkard, gent, of the First Part & Robert Ward, starchmaker, & Martha,
his wife, of the Second Part; and Francis Howe of St Andrews Ilkesthall of the Third Part. Tent where
Robert Ward lives, between the lands formely.... [as above]
House at Beccles with Starch Office & utensils, barn, stable, half acre garden, estate of Robert Ward,
deceased [died Jan 1729]. Enquiries widow or William Crowfoot.
1668
1706
Rent 1s
1728
1739
1740
John Chinery [bricklayer], tent in Ballygate, late Ward, before Girling in right of his wife
[John Chinery married Martha Ward in February 1737]
INDENTURE between John Chinery, bricklayer, of one part and William Holland, of the other part. Messe
between lands of Renaldo Pitfield, later of Edmund Fairchild on the north and south; abutting on R
Pitfield’s to the east; and the highway called - to the west, now in the occupation of John Chinery,
purchased of Robert Ward, saddler, eldest son of Robert Ward, deceased, for £126, also surrendered
piece of Copyhold land held of Rosehall & Ashman’s Manor
John Holland, house in Ballygate, late William Holland, before Chinery
John Holland, late William and before Chinery, for a house on the east side of
Ballygate, vid Bull
1772
1792
1792
REUNITED
1860
[James Bull married Eunice Holland in 1768, she died in 1784 aged 48. His first wife had
died in June 1765, after producing 7 children]
Andrew Sparham, [he married Mary Holland in December 1761, and died in 1819 aged 86]
part of tent in Ballygate, late John Holland
Thomas Rede, part of premises, late James Holland
Rent 6d
LOT 10. A DESIRABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, COMPRISING A neat RESIDENCE. situate in BALLYGATE
STREET, IN THE TOWN OF BECCLES, Containing Three Front Sleeping Rooms, Four small Sleeping
Rooms at back, ENTRANCE HALL; PARLOUR, 12ft. 6 by 12ft. 6; DINING ROOM, 24ft. by 12 ft.; Store
Room, small back Parlour, Kitchen, and small Cellar;
WITH TWO-STALL STABLE, GIG HOUSE, AND GARDEN. No. 362b on Plan.
Let to Mr. Beyer, (now Mr. LITTLE.) as yearly Tenant, at £ 20. per Annum.
ALSO A DOUBLE COTTAGE AND GARDENS, No. 362e on Plan, let to John Lockwood and George
Weavers, at Rents amounting together to £ 7. 12s. per Annum; the Landlord paying Rates and Taxes.
ALSO, A PLOT OF BUILDING LAND, No. 362 on Plan, with VALUABLE FRONTAGES, and a
Piece of GARDEN GROUND, No. 362 on Plan, let with Let 9 to the Rev. A. 0. HARTLEY, on Agreement for
Lease for Eight Years from 11th October 1858, at £105. per Annum; the apportioned Rent to be received
by the Purchaser of this Lot will be £5. per Annum.
House and GARDEN
Two Cottages and Gardens. occupants Messers.Lockwood & Weavers. 2a 2r 12 p £7 -12s
MEADOW occupant Rev. A.0. HARTLEY £5
The Timber, Underwood and Plantations on this Lot, have been valued at £ . which will have to be paid
for by the Purchaser in addition to the Purchase money.
ASHMAN’S SALE Lot 10 Rev AO Hartley for £545. St Mary’s Cottage with two stables, gig house &
Garden in the occupation of Mr Little. Double Cottage & Garden let to John Lockwood & George
Weavers & Fauconberge Playground.
1861
1841
1841
1851
1851
1861
1861
1871
1871
1881
Census
Census
Census
Census
CENSUS
Robert Stimson
Rede, Rev R
Mary Waters
Rede, Mrs
Lockwood, John
Hartley, Rev AO
George Bullock
Waters, Mary
Lockwood, Jn
Bullock, Geo
agricultural labourer
laundress
family laundress
ag labourer
agric lab
gardener
gardener, dom serv
dau. son-in-law, 7 gr-chil
£7.10
wife, 2 dau, 2s, m-in-law
M
U
U
48
26
25
F
F
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Wife
Daur
Daur
Sarah BULLOCK
Mary Ann BULLOCK
Sarah BULLOCK
1904
1906
1907
1914
1914-18 War
1914-18 War
Survey
Bateman, Percy
Bateman, Mrs
Bullock, George
Robinson, Mrs
Sergt Donald F Robinson
Sergt Lionel W Robinson
Bullock, Geo
Bullock, Sarah
gardener
3 bedrooms, 2 sitting
37
2 occupants
joined up 1914
KILLED 15 July 1916
[see details in the SALE of 27 June 1919 uner Homefield]
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
RATES 39 BALLYGATE
1841
1841
1851
1861
1861
1870
Crisp, Adelaide
West, Charles
West, Charles
West, Charles
West, Charles
West, Charles
West, Charles
census
Census
Robert Jarmy
Rede, Robt
Rede, Mrs
George Weavers
same as 37
Linder, Fra
Weavers, Geo
man servant
agric Lab
£4.05
39
wife, son
Rates list of 1824. He had not arrived there in 1821 at the time of the Census, and there is no sign of the
existence of the house before 1824, consequently it seems that the house was built between 1821 and
1824.
Friday, 16 November, 1860
ENTRANCE HALL; PARLOUR, 12 ft. 6 by 12 ft. 6; DINING ROOM, 24 ft. by 12 ft., Store Room; small Back Parlour, Kitchen, and
A PLOT OF BUILDING LAND,
TWO COTTAGES and GARDENS.
£7 12s 0d
Rev. A. 0. HARTLEY
TOTAL
£32 12s 0d
1861
ASHMAN’S SALE Lot 10 Rev AO Hartley for £545. St Mary’s Cottage with two stables, gig
Lockwood &
TO BE LET: St Mary’s Cottage. Apply Rev AO Hartley, Steeple Ashton, Troubridge, Wilts
TO BE LET: St Mary’s Cottage in September; Apply Rev AO Hartley
TO LET: Ballygate, St Mary’s Cottage
To be let for 6 weeks furnished. Contains 3 Sitting Rooms, 5 Bedrooms, Kitchen & Offices with good
Garden. A few minutes walk from the Railway Station & River Waveney.
Mrs Bateman
1873
1892
adjoining a well-timbered part of the Homefield Estate.
The house has an attractive wide outlook to the south, and is well screened on either side, thus its position is exceptionally warm
the rear.
It is well built of light brick and tile, with a pleasing front elevation and affords the following accommodation:
ENTRANCE HALL with paved floor & lincrusta dado; pleasingly proportioned
DRAWING ROOM (south & west 24ft 3ins x 13ft 2ins) with stove, having tiled surround & marble mantle & recessed cupboard
DINING ROOM (south 13ft x 12ft 10ins) with fireplace, giving access to
MORNING ROOM (east) with stove & tiled surround, with entrance from the garden; gracious
KITCHEN with double oven range supplying hot water, sink (h & c), corner cupboard, shelving, cupboards
LARDER with stone sink, shelving & cupboards
DRY CELLARAGE
UPPER FLOOR
FRONT & BACK LANDINGS
FIVE BEDROOMS The two south measuring 13ft 6ins x 13ft & 13ft 6ins x 12ft 3ins, one having a gas stove & the other a stove &
a wardrobe
BATH ROOM fitted with bath, lavatory basin & WC pedestal
BOX ROOM
AT THE REAR there is a brick & tiled WC
Corrugate iron GARAGE & STORE SHED 24ft x 16ft 9ins, matchboard throughout with concrete floor & 2 windows
Recently erected GLASS HOUSE 15ft x 8ft on brick pinning with staging & brick & tiled STABLE & COACH HOUSE with loft
over.
VERY DELIGHTFUL GARDEN - over half an acre. Frontage 89ft Ballygate, depth of 235ft. Well planted with ornamental shrubs
& includes crazy paved paths, small front lawn, sunken rockery
PROPERTY was in the occupation of late Mrs Crisp - Vacant possession
Tithe 2s 9d
Half Yearly Rates £16 10s 0d
OWNER Mrs Edith Unwin Hartley
Title starts with conveyance 24 March 1921
[Withdrawn £900]
1824
1828
1838
1841
1841
1841
1851
1851
1861
1861
1871
1871
1881
by 1841 Cowles’s school had moved to Staithe House, 44 Northgate
Census
Census
Census
Census
Cowles, William
Cowles, William
Daniel Kerridge
Rede, Rev R
Mary Bruce
Rede, Rev R
Edward Little
Hartley, Rev AO
Charles Macrae
b. Scotland
Hartley, Rev AO
65
40
M 38
M 40
independent
Bruce, MA
annuitant
Little, Ed
supervisor inland rev
Macrae, Chas
supervisor of excise
Drake, Mary
wife, 2 daughters, 3 sons
b. Ireland
schoolmistress
Emily Fanny DRAKE
Gertrude DRAKE
Oswald BARTON
George CANDLER
Charlotte MAYHEW
U
U
10
9
16
27
17
M
M
F
F
F
Fundenhall, Norfolk, England
Harleston, Norfolk, England
Worlingworth, Suffolk, England
Earsham, Norfolk, England
Earsham, Norfolk, England
Daur
Daur
Scholar
Scholar
Domestic Servant General
Scholar
Boarder
Serv
1896
1902
Hartley, exors
Bateman, Percy Rev
Thompson, Ernest Rev
1906
Survey
Bateman, Mrs
Greaver, Miss
Harmer, HE
dwelling
6 bedrooms, 4 sitting
1914
1919
1922
1927
1933+
1937
1948
1954
1965
1974
Harmer, Harry
[see details in the SALE of 27 June 1919 uner Homefield]
Crisp, Mrs
Crisp, Adelaide
Pagan, Mrs R
Pagan, Mrs I
Pagan, Mrs I
Pagan, Miss
Pagan, Miss EM
Crisp, Adelaide
East Suffolk Gazette, 4 January 1870
building itself, which is handsome outside, is commodious within, and is replete with every requirement
for muscular development. The building is 48ft by 22ft, & 19ft high. The floor is covered with a thick
coating of tan. The apparatus provides for climbing, swinging, balancing, jumping, putting, pushing,
vaulting etc.
The Rev AO Hartley, the Headmaster has made an agreement with the Beccles Gymnastic Society, by
which the latter will have the use of the place in the evenings, whilst during the day it will be entirely at
1884 on
1919
1933+
1936
BALLYGATE 43
Built between 1922 & 1926
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
after 1974
BALLYGATE 45, Wayside
Built between 1922 & 1926
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
after 1974
BALLYGATE 47, Eversley
Built between 1922 & 1926
1932
Chadwick, Robert
Hamby, Chas
Hamby, Chas
became Tennis Courts
Bunbury, Hamilton
Bunbury, Hamilton
Bunbury, Hamilton
Bunbury, Hamilton
Shepherd, Joseph
Shepherd, Jodeph
Filby, Percy
Trevitt, George
Owles, Helen
Owles, Helen
Ho Gdn
Owles, Miss HL
Hardy, William
Hardy, William
Hardy, William
Harcourt, ME
Markland, Ken
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1968
1974
BALLYGATE 49, St Withburgh Built about 1926
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
White, Sam
Clarke, Wm
Ho Gdn
Clarke, Wm
Clarke, Wm
Clarke, Wm
Clarke, Wm
Savage, Arthur
Jones, Walter
Jones, Walter
Haverson, Wm
Haverson, Wm
BALLYGATE 51, Malaya
Built between 1927 & 1933?
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
after 1974
McKean, Miss N
Snell, Mrs
Snell, Misses
Snell, Misses
Blythe, EC
Bellefontaine, Richard
Machine tiles. First floor, near-flush frame sash windows with bars. Ground floor, early nineteenth century
shop window with wood case and vertical glazing bars. Central entrance door with massive frame. Living
room window to match shop. Stone cope.
the sloping road form Puddingmoor. [He owned the house between 1820 and 1828]
1593
1600.1 Task
1614c
1635c
1664
1671
1674
1693
1707
1725
BALLYGATE NUMBERS 2 & 4 UNITED UNDER ONE OWNERSHIP
1736
1751
1769
1771
John Wells for part of his new house in Ballygate sometime Osbert Dering
[He died June 1609. See full account of his will etc. in “Old Beccles” p 14]
Arthur Wells [2nd son]
Nicholas Pulham for his tenement in Ballygate sometime Osbert Dering
[Nicholas & Mary Pulham had 7 children between 1607 & 1618. He was a
hatter & Portreeve in 1646. ]
Edmund Neville tenement sometime Arthur Wells after Nicholas Pulham in Ballygate
Edmund Neville for part of a tenement in New Market Place west late Pulham’s
Edmund Neville his tenement in Ballygate in his own use
[Edmund & Ursula Neville had 3 children between 1631 &1636. He was a grocer &
Founder member of the Independent Church & was a member of the XII of the
Corporation of Beccles Fen. He was Portreeve in 1673 & resigned that year as a result
of the Test Act.]
William Cutlove tenement late Neville near Market Place
[William & Mary Cutlove had 2 children between 1647 & 1649. He was also
a Founder Member of the Beccles Independent Church. He was a linen draper
& was Portreeve of Beccles in 1661. He resigned from the Corporation of
Beccles Fen in 1673, while he was Chief Surveyor, because of the Test Act ]
Joseph Cutlove for a tenement late Edmund Neville
John Elmy tenemebt in Ballygate late Osborne Deryng’s since William Cutlove
[John & Bridget Elmy had 7 children between 1694 & 1703]
John Corbold tenement in Ballygate formerly Osborne’s since Cutlove late Mr
John Elmy, the younger
Rent 6d
Task 10d
[John Corbold married Susan Lincoln in 1712. He was a baker & joined the
Independent Church in 1715 and became a Trustee in 1723. His son William
joined in 1739 & became a Trustee the same year.]
Peter Lincoln (baker) & Hannah his wife take the premises for a term of their lives
Peter Lincoln tent in Market Place, John Corbold, Elmy
INDENTURE; between Peter Lincoln, baker, and Hannah, his wife, of the First Part; John Grimmer of
Knodishall in Suffolk, farmer of the second Part; Bargain & sell for £200:
ALL THAT messuage & cottage adjoining, formerly two messes, with stable, curtilages and garden,
formerly in the tenure or occupation of:-
Courbones & Midda Browning & then of Peter Lincoln & Thomas Boult between:
The Yards, formerly of John Elmy, the younger, since of Bridget Elmy, late of Benjamin Fenn, and then of
William Hunter on the part of the NORTH [25, New Market]
The messe or tent formerly of John Bradnam, since of Midda Bradnum, his widow, then Midda Browning
& John Bradnum, son of the above, or their under-tenants, on the SOUTH [6 Ballygate]
Abutting on Ballygate to the EAST Abutting on Puddingmoor to the WEST
1774
1791
John Elmy & late John Corbold, decsd
Hannah Lincoln tenement in or near Market Place, late Peter Lincoln, her husband,
formerly Corbold
INDENTURE: between John Dawson, linen-weaver & Thomas Youngman of Norwich, tailor & Hannah
Lincoln of Norwich, widow, of the FIRST PART; John Illingworth the elder and younger of the
SECOND PART; Frances Schuldham, spinster, sole executrix of James Schuldham, deceased. A mortgage
vested in Frances Schuldham for £300 and interest.
INDENTURE: between Frances Schuldham of the FIRST PART; John Illingworth the elder and younger
of the SECOND PART; Le Grice Brown Bohun of the THIRD PART for £360 and interest of £4 10s per
cent. The £360 was not paid to Le Grice Brown and the estate became absolute to him.
INDENTURE:- Agreement between Le Grice Browne Bohun & John Illingworth the younger. Now owe
total of £560 at 5% p.a.
John Illingworth; Tenants: Oldring & Crowe
[John & Sarah Illingworth had 3 children between 1791 & 1795]
INDENTURE:- Agreement between Samuel Shaw of Gillingham, carpenter & joiner, on behalf of John
Illingworth, junior of the FIRST PART; William Barnard, of the SECOND PART. William Barnard to pay
£579.
COURT CASE before the Master of the Rolls: William Barnard had died leaving his estate to his wife
Redelpha. £580 to be paid by Redelpha Barnard to Bohun.
Did Bargain & Sell:
Messe and Baking Office with edifices, buildings, yard, garden grounds and appurtenances abutting on:
Messuage & premises late of William Hunter & then of James Cole, draper, [No 25 New Market] on the
NORTH;
On the garden of James Cole in part and premises of William Wright in part & on Puddingmoor in part of
the WEST.
On the messe and premises in part & stable & yard, late Miday Browning now of John Larke on the
SOUTH [6 Ballygate]
On the garden, in part & Ballygate on the EAST
Then in the occupation of Joseph Oldring, baker.
ALSO: messuage with edifices, buildings, yards etc. adjoining the last premises and abutting on parts of
the north and west on the messe & the yard late of Miday Browning, then of John Larke on the south.
And the yards of John Larke in part and Ballygate in part of the east.
Redelpha Barnard never paid £580 and owed interest of £110 17s 6d
Redelpha Barnard bargains and sold:
GWB Bohun, the first messuage in the occupation of John Bird or his undertenants, and the second
messe in the occupation of Joseph Oldring.
SALE: Old established Baking Office in Beccles. Expense of fixtures, moderate. Apply to Mr Joseph
Oldring, Miller, Beccles [2 Ballygate?]
Joseph Oldring to buy the premises for £805. To pay Redelpha £14 1s 6d, Bohun £290 18s 6d and to
borrow on mortgage £500 from Bohun, for his use during his natural life
To be SOLD by Auction by Sam Crowe at the White Lion on Monday 15 November
A neat brick & tiled Dwelling House & premises, with large walled-in Garden, well planted, situated in
Ballygate, now in the occupation of Joseph Oldring, the Proprietor. Immediate possession.
Rix: Writing about No 2 Ballygate:
“Behind the house now Kerridge’s, late John Bird’s, Mr Oldring, a former owner once proposed to build a
Tower Mill on the cliff behind the house and to reach it by the sloping road from Puddingmoor.”
Joseph Oldring, miller, tent in or near the Market Place, formerly Peter Lincoln, Hannah Lincoln, purchased
of John Illingworth
Joseph Oldring , by his will, his executors: Elizabeth, his wife, John Kent, tailor, & his brother Henry
Oldring of Bungay, currier and leather cutter, and John Crisp of Redisham, farmer, guardianship of his
children etc. To sell messe in Ballygate (also devising his land, windmill, cottages and messe to executors
on trust for his children: Joseph, Benjamin, Anna, Sarah, Emma & Catherine)
1804
1828
John Kent, brazier, executor of Joseph Oldring’s will - tent. in or near the Market Place formerly of Peter
Lincoln, since John Illingworth, late Joseph Oldring (later John Bird)
John Bird late Oldring’s exors
INDENTURE between: John Kent, brazier, Henry Oldring, now residing at New York & John Crisp of
Reedham, farmer. of the First Part; / Robert Bird, shopkeeper, and Ann his wife, Joseph Oldring of
Loddon, miller, & Sarah and Emma Oldring, spinsters & Benjamin Oldring, grocer, of the Second Part
/ GWB Bohun of the Third Part; / John Bird of the Fourth Part.
[Ann, elest daughter of Joseph Oldring married married John Bird]
ALL THAT premises of two messes, with baking offices etc. between
a ) Messe of John Bobbett Brooks towards the north. [NMar 25]
b ) the street east c ) above premises belonging to John Lark to the south. [Bal 6 & 8]
d )by the Cliff, in or near Puddingmoor, and premises of Brooks [NMar 25] to the west.
The premises in the occupation of John Bird, Sarah Oldring & Emma Oldring or undertenants.
John Bird, baker, tent. in or near the Market Place formerly of Peter Lincoln
since John Illingworth late Joseph Oldring (later Hy Leavold)
Richard Bohun & William Crowfoot, surviving executors of GWB Bohun of the First Part;
John Bird of the Second Part;./ John Bird seems to have paid off £500 mortgage
Rent 6d
1834
1835
1851
1861
many years occupied by Mr John Bird
SALE: Furniture of John Bird: Effects in Trade, 2 ponies, 3 luggage carts, harness etc.
George Kerridge, baker & confectioner, succeeds to business of Mr John Bird, senior, who has run the
business for nearly 50 years
William Leavold, merchant, tent in or near Newmarket formerly Peter Lincoln
Freehold Residence, confectioner’s & earthenware shops with suitable offices & large garden, near
Market Place, occupied by George Kerridge.
1861
1881
1851