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Beccles Paper 7 Jul 

TO BE LET: Owner Sharpin?: Dwelling House: parlour, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, Garden £9
TO BE LET: House in Blyburgate in occupation of John Arnoup. Leaving neighbourhood.

Beccles Paper 25 Oct 
Beccles Paper 25 Mar 

SALE: FURNITURE & working tools on the premises in Blyburgate next to the Red Lion -
excellent Turning Lathe

 

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Beccles Paper 10  Oct 

SALE: Amos Tills leaving premises. Furniture & Blacksmith’s stock-in-trade. 2 Forges complete.
SALE: Charles Boyce leaving Town. Furniture
SALE: late Ebenezer Spratt: Furniture & builder’s stock-in-trade

Beccles Paper 13 Dec 
Beccles Paper 28 Sep 
Beccles Paper 16 Sep 

SALE; Ref James West: Official Receiver: Household Furniture & Wheelwright’s stock-in-trade,
comprising 3 benches, capital grindstone, iron work, bolts, paints etc; occupied by James West

 
Beccles Paper  
 
ADVERTISEMENT: George Underwood, florist & gardener, plantsman & seedsman.
PLANNING PERMISSION

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Blyburgate? 

protest 
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Commenced building [No 14] without deposited plans. Work stopped
Building [No 14] Work to go ahead, plans seen.
New Warehouse, Stable & Cartshed in rear of Co-Op for JR Wilkinson
Wm Bell granted Licence for Slaughter House in Blyburgate
Tenacy to small piece of land to H & J Read if Churchwardens agree.
Bakery for Mrs Woolner at back of premises by Arthur Pells
New Stable at Blackboy, Blyburgate
New Stable & Cart Shed for Mr Wilkinson [No 33?] Blyburgate
Addition to House of Mr JS Branford in Blyburgate
Alterations to House in Blyburgate belonging to Edmund F Smith
New WC in Premises of Mr Angell in Blyburgate
Conversion of Malt Store into a Cottage at [No 42] Blyburgate
New Building on Premises of WP England in Blyburgate
New Store for  WP England not in accordance with Bye Laws
Additions to Dr Fox's House in Blyburgate
Additions to Mr Angell's House in Blyburgate
Addition to WP England's House in Blyburgate
Converting 17 Blyburgate into 2 Houses
EE Self's shop, Blyburgate registered as Milk Sellers' Premises
Surveyor to inspect Laundry in Blyburgate occupied by Mrs Jackson
Alterations to 19 Blyburgate for TP Angell
Swinging sign on House in Blyburgate for Mr Castell
Swinging sign on EE Self's shop in Blyburgate
Alterations to Britannia Shades
Plans for drainage of late Rose & Crown building in Blyburgate
Surveyor place sign near Black Boy to Lowestoft
Sanitation alterations in Temperance Place, Blyburgate
Hairdresser's pole outside shop in Blyburgate for HE Forster
Alterations to premises in [5] Blyburgate occupied by AB Castell
Small Workshop in Blyburgate for Mr Harper
New House forMr Wm Crowfoot in Blyburgate [No 44]
Application for Mr Charlish for his premises as Dairy

 

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BLYBURGATE 1  MONUCKS
 
 
The Bombay Restaurant
Sheepgate A

Listed Building, (deleted from list by 1st amendment): Early 17th century with alterations. 2 storeys. 2 windows, sash, at 1st
floor, with glazing bars and exposed frames. Stucco, lined and painted. Rusticated quoins. Ogee brick cornice below low
parapet. Ground floor shop with wood case. Interior hewn chamfered beam. Important position.
A drawing by Arthur Pells (ref 10/17)  shows a proposed alteration for the dwelling house & shop in Exchange Square , Beccles
for Mr John Clements, boot and shoe manufacturer and leather merchant. The drawings show its appearance before the
alteration and afterwards. The proposed alterations to the upper storeys accord with the present appearance. The shop front
has been replaced. It must date from about 1900.

1500.1
1593 
1614c 
 
1671 
1700 
 
1723 
 
1765 
 
1766 
1767 
1779 
 
1786 
 
1787 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

John Denny
Thomas Buck, for his tent, sometime John Denny called Monucks 
William Denny, Esq., [d. 1645] tent in Sheepgate near Newmarket late
Thomas Buck 
Mr James Aldous, his house & orchard in his own tenure 
Arthur Artis, [1640-1719 Member of the XXIV 1707] tent formerly Denny  
late Mr Aldous
Arthur Artis, [grocer, 1674-1764, Portreeve 1727,1741, 1758] tent formerly
Denny after Arthur Artis, his father
Stanton Penny, [1726-1766, XXIV 1759] for a tent formerly Denny late
Arthur Artis in Sheepgate
Stanton Penny, Tent in Sheepgate where he dwells, Arthur Artis, Purvis 
Stanton Penny, [b 1756] an infant, Stanton Penny his Father, Arthur Artis 
Thomas Rede [lawyer, 1732-1811, Portreeve 1760, 1779, 1796] for a tent
adjoining late Penny before Arthur Artis & formerly  Denny in Sheepgate 
John Brooks junior, late Mr Rede, before Penny & formerly Arthur Artis
in Sheepgate 
John Brooks, the younger, [hairdresser, 1751-1808, XXIV 1784] tent in
Sheepgate, formerly Arthur Artis since Penny 

Task 
 
 
Task 8d
Task Bly 82
Task D3 
 
 (folio 67)
Survey 5 
 
 
 
Value £4
Task A37 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Task 8d
Task A 47 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Task 8d
Task P57 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Task 8d
Rent  6d
Rent  6d

Beccles Manor Court 
Beccles Manor Court 

 
 
 
 

Task R22 
 
 
Task 8d
Task B127 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Task 8d
Beccles Manor Court 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rent  6d

1806 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lowestft Rec Off film 
 
 
 
 
 
 

WILL of  John Brooks, leather cutter:
To Susan, my wife: ALL THAT my tenement in the occupation of James Warne, ALSO a double Cottage situate in the Yard now in the  
occupation of Morris Lincoln & John Dennington; ALSO: ALL THAT Messuage & Orchard & two pieces of Meadow Land thereunto  
belonging in the occupation of Mrs Hester Jewson & John Ellis; ALSO my Messuage with Lands, Yards etc late the estate of John Tripp &
 
My wife, James Brooks of Norwich & William Bobbett to be executors. Signed John Brooks; Witness: John Land, Thomas Turner & Mary
Turner. Proved 26 July 1808 at Beccles [He died in June 1808 aged 57; Susan died 1826 aged 75]

 
 
 
 
 
 

now in the occupation of John Wragg in Wesley, Norfolk. After her death to be sold & the money divided between my children.

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1829 
1830 
 
1839 
 
1842 
 

Beccles Manor Court 

Susan Broks, widow [1751-1826] of John Brooks, hairdresser. Tent in
Sheepgate formerly Stanton Penny, before Arthur Artis 
John Bobbett Brooks, upholsterer, under Susan Brooks’ will; Tent in Sheepgate
(later John Garrod 1830) 
John Garrod, late Susan Brooks 
John Garrod, shoemaker,
Garrod, his father, & Susan Brooks, widow, before John Brooks, formerly Penny
John Garrod, [1790-1852] tent in Sheepgate late John Garrod, his father,

 
 
 
 
 
Rent  6d
Beccles Manor Court 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Rent  6d
Rent  6d

Beccles Manor Court 

 
[1754-1838, XXIV  1816] tent in Sheepgate late John

Beccles Manor Court 
 
 
 
Rent  6d
Beccles Manor Court 
 
 

before Susan Brooks 
SALE: [No 1 BLYBURGATE] Centre of Town, Range of Sash Fronted Buildings on 19 August.
Dwelling  in  the  occupation  of  Charles  Rogerson  as  Tenant  from  Year  to  Year  & spacious Shop
recently used by James Feltham, Boot & Shoe Maker
ALSO Dwelling in the occupation of William Stebbens, Pawnbroker. Yearly Tenant, & Stable, Paved
Yard  &  outbuildings,  enclosed  Garden.  A considerable outlay in Repairs & Improvements recentl
completed. Pump. Freehold.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rent 6d
Ipswich Journal 13 Aug 
 
 
 
1861 
Beccles Manor Court 
J K & WH Garrod [tanners in Northgate]
Garrod, Jn 
1841 
£12 
V 
 
Rogerson, CJ
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Garrod, Jn 
Garrod, J & W 
Garrod, JK & W
Clements, Jn 

1851 
£13 
£14 
£30 

V 
King, Jos
Clements, Jn
Clements, Jn 

 
1861 
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£10.10
V 
V 
V 

Utbert, W
 
Leather seller

 
This property is listed under Sheepgate in the Directories of 1907 on

Bootmaker

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1933+
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1948
1954
1965
1974

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Clements, John
Sturgess, William

leather seller
boot maker & leather seller

Building facade re-designed by Arthur Pells: [See Pells: List 17 no 10]
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BLYBURGATE 3
  [now Chinese Takeaway: Pearl River & neighbouring house]
 
Bly/Shp AA

Listed Building: Early 19th century. 3 storey. Red brick. Slate roof. 3 sash windows, at 1st & 2nd floors, with glzing bars and flat
arches. 6 panel door in wood case with fluted Doric quarter columns below transom, and arched blank fan. Shop front, left with
wood case, and 1 sash window, right with glazing bars. Group value.
1500.1
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Hastings 
 
Task  
 
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School, then to the University of Cambridge. To Barnaby Downing my son £80]

George Downing [Will 1561: To Cicely, my wife, the two houses wherein I dwell in Beccles, after
her decease to Barnby Downing my son at his age of 25. John & George my sons to the Grammar  

 

John Stacey, [shoemaker d. 1590] for his house he dwelleth in late George
Downing & Hastings  
Mr Carrion for a tent. late John Stacey, before George Downing & Hastings  
(later Henry Nursey) (post Clarke)  
Henry Nursey, [d. 1633] for a tent sometime Sach? after Carrion vid
Carrion (folio 123)  
Joseph Harbor, for a tent sometime John Stacey, after Carrion (folio 138)
vid Carrion  
Robert Clarke, [butcher d. 1666, he married a daughter of Joseph Harbor] for a
tent late John Stacey, Joseph Harbor vid Joseph Harbor (folio 192)  
Robert Clarke, Hearth Tax
Robert Clarke, Hearth Tax
Robert Swayne, a tent in Sheepgate late Clarke  
WILL Robert Swaine, house after death of wife to grandson Robert Swayne
Robert Swain, a tent late Clarke 
William Sewell & Ann Tennant, widow, & Edward Scarlett by Mary Scarlett, his
wife. Tent in Sheepgate formerly Clarke & since Swaine  
Division of Property formerly Clarke, since Swaine: Apportioned Payments:
William Sewell 2d 1/2d; Ann Tenant, Wid 2d 1/2d; Edward Scarlett 2d 1/2d

Task Bly 92
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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3 hearths
5 hearths

Hearth Tax
Hearth Tax
 
 
 
 
Rent 7d 1/2d
Beccles Manor Rental
 
Will  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rent 7d 1/2d
Beccles Manor Rental
Beccles Manor Court
 
 
 
 
Rent 7d 1/2d
Beccles Manor Court
 
 
DIVISION OF PROPERTY

1751  
 
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William Sewell, now Robert Pope, PART of tent in Sheepgate late Swaine,
before Clarke  
Robert Pope, messe in Sheepgate, Swaine, late William Sewell
Robert Pope for a tenement in Sheepgate Street late Sewell before SwainRent 2d 1/2d
Robert Chinery [d 1804]

Beccles Manor Rental
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

Rent 2d 1/2d
Rent 2d 1/2d

 
 

Beccles Manor Rental
Beccles Manor Rental
 
 

1804 
 
legacies.
 
 
 
of  
 
 

Lowestft Rec Off film 

WILL of Robert Chinery, Bricklayer, December 1804
I give to my Nephew Charles Chinery of Beccles, painter & glazier ALL & every Messuage etc for ever, but to pay out of my estate all

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

GWB Bohun & Edward Arnold, executors; They to sell all stock in trade, furniture, etc & employ the interest during the life of Susan, wife of
John Ward, seedsman of £300 in securities.  Afterwards to go to her children.
ALSO an interest to Ann Alcock (my late wife’s niece if she shall still live with me at the time of my decease, but not otherwise) on security
£200 investments. Residue to Charles Chinery.  Signed Robert Chinery
Witness: W Barnard, Abraham Clarke, jun, A Branch. [they were clerks to WGB Bohun]
He died in January 1808 aged 79 & was buried in St Michael’s Churchyard. His wife Rebecca died in 1791 aged 65.

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Charles Chinery, tent formerly Robert Pope, before William Sewell & his
father, Robert Chinery  
Isaac Piper, tailor, messe in Sheepgate formerly Robert Pope, before William
Sewell, since of Robert Chinery, late Charles Chinery
 Susan Shreeve, grocer, tent in Sheepgate late Charles Chinery before
Chinery, formerly Pope, (later Elizabeth Collins)  
Elizabeth Collins, tent in Sheepgate, late Charles Chinery, before Robert
Chinery, formerly Pope, since of Francis Shreeve
[Thomas  Collins married Elizabeth Shreeve in 1808]
James Piper, tailor, messe in Sheepgate, Robert Chinery, Charles Chinery,
Isaac Piper    

Beccles Manor Court
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rent 2d 1/2d
Beccles Manor Court
 
 
 
 
 
Rent 2d 1/2d
Beccles Manor Court
 
 
 
 
 
Rent 2d 1/2d
Beccles Manor Court

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
Rent 2d 1/2d
Beccles Manor Court 
 
 
Rent 2d 1/2d
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Beccles Paper 6 Mar 

TO BE LET: Sitting Room with 2 or 3 Sleeping Rooms & use of Kitchen. Apply James Piper,  
Sheepgate [now Blyburgate]

 
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To be disposed of: Tailor’s, Draper’s, Hatter’s, Hosier’s established upwards
of sixty years & ready-made & bespoke trade & general outfitting. Proprietor
retiring. Comfortable house & plate glass fronted shop.

Beccles Paper 15 Dec 

SALE or TO BE LET at Reduced Rent: A spacious House & Shop with Plate Glass Front, where a
Ready-made & Bespoke Trade & General Outfitting Business has been carried on for many years in  
Sheepgate [now Blyburgate]. The present proprietor Mr James Piper is about to leave the Town.

 
 

Beccles Paper 19 Nov 

Police Dinner. The members of the Police Force stationed in Beccles & the Constable (Robert  
Newman) entertained by the Mayor [Edward Masters] at the Britannia Shades, Landlord Mr  

 
Snowdon.

 
Beccles Paper 26 Aug 

CLEARANCE SALE of RB Snowden [Britannia Shades] declining keeping Booths. 2 Dozen Moet
Champagne & Large Booth 70ft x 18ft & tables.

 
East Suff Gaz 18 May 

EMIGRATION   TO   CANADA.   A   large  audience  of  labourers  heard  Mr  Dyke,  the  Canadian
Government Commissioner:- Distance to Canada 2,000 miles - took 9 days. In England 400 people a
square mile - in Canada only 2. Plenty of work for the labourer. Canadian Government gave free grants
of land & paid £2-4s-8d of £3 required for agricultural passage to Canada. This Spring had commenced
the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mr Wright of Britannia Shades made rambling remarks discouraging

people going to Canada.
RIFLE CORPS DRILL. 250 men of Beccles, Lowestoft & Bungay met for united drill at 7pm on Beccles
Common. Major Crowfoot put the men through the manual & platoon exercises. Lowestoft men caught
the 8.35 train back, the Bungay men an hour later. Refreshment in the Britannia Shades [Blyburgate]  
provided by Mr Wright

1879
East Suff Gaz, 17 Jun 

1879
1880

East Suff Gaz, 29 Jul 

LICENCES: Britannia Shades to Mr Frampton;
BREWERY  Dinner:  Messrs  Worthington  catering  by  Mr  Frampton  of  Britannia  Shades.  Mr  AB
Worthington presided, supported by Mr Clark & Mr Danby; Mr JM Brundell filled the Vice Chair.
LIQUIDATION: Mr C Frampton, publican [of Britannia Shades, 3 Blyburgate]
LICENCES: Britannia Shades: James Reynolds.
POLICE COURT: LICENCE: Britannia Shades to Edward Chatten of Saxmundham.

East Suff Gaz 3 Feb 

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East Suff Gaz 27 Jul 
East Suff Gaz 3 Apr 
Beccles Paper 17 Jul 

TO LET: BRITANNIA WINE SHADES, BLYBURGATE, immediate possession. Apply Harwood
& Co, The Brewery, Beccles.

 
Beccles Paper 4 Sep 

LICENCE: Britannia Shades, BLYBURGATE: John Harrison, 28 years a soldier. Granted
POLICE COURT: LICENCES:  The Britannia Shades, Blyburgate to Robert Bird, Westhall
POLICE COURT: William Ling, John Dowe, William Dowe and James Balls, labourers, all of Beccles
found guilty of attacking John Rising Meen, farmer of Barsham. Meen was in the White Swan, when
the landlord agreed to accompany him part of the way home. Near the Britannia Shades, the men came
up,  knocked  him  down  and  kicked  him  savagely.  PC  Coe  &  Inspector  Ling  arrived.  Witnesses
supporting  Meen  were Henry C Green, Landlord of the White Swan, Charles Roache, traveller for
Messrs Blackie, George Woolner, colt breaker & Charles Bumstead, Landlord of the Britannia Shades.
All given 21 days hard labour.
LICENCE:  White  Horse  temporarily  transferred  to  Mr  C  Bumstead,  who  removes  from  Britannia

East Suff Gaz 30 Oct 
East Suff Gaz 19 Jul 
1889 
East Suff Gaz 23 April 

Shades.
     LICENCES: Britannia Shades to Alfred Day;

1893   East Suff Gaz 3 Oct
1894
1894

LICENCE: Britannia Shades in BLYBURGATE to Lambert Wm Sewell
WORKING MEN’S CLUB: to be opened at the Britannia Shades with a reading room for members and
a room for recreation, bagatelle, draughts, etc. Mr H Block, Secretary & a committee.
CHILD NEGLECT: Charles Crowford & Sarah his wife accused of neglect. Inspector Lingley on duty in
Blyburgate on 7 November at 9.15 pm. He saw two boys aged 10 & 11 in the street, but they ran away.
He found them in the urinal of the Britannia Shades. One had no shoes or stockings, was wearing an
old guernsey, an old pair of trousers, and a shirt, all very dirty, and was wet through to the skin. The
other had a big cape on and an old cap , but was very badly clothed underneath. He was also wet
through. Both were very dirty. It was a dreadful night, cold and very wet and windy. They lived in
Peddars lane. At one time the wife was in Melton Asylum, and the father was working in the fish
market at Lowestoft and the five children lived at home. To be reviewed in a month.

East Suff Gaz 24 Jul 
East Suff Gaz 4 Dec 
1895
East Suff Gaz 10 Dec 
1908 
Planning 
17 Mar 
Blyburgate 
approved 
Alterations to Britannia Shades
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           OWNER
 
DATE
VALUE
 
OCCUPANT 
 
OCCUPATION








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3       






Piper, Jas
Piper, Jas
Piper, Jas
Piper, Jas
Piper, Jas
 
 
Piper, Jas
 
Piper, Jas
 
 
Piper, Jaqs exors 
Piper, Jas exors 
 
Piper, Jas exors 
Chapman, Kendall
Chapman, Kendall
 
Chapman, Kendall
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1841 
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1880 
1880 
1881 
1883 Sept 
1883 Oct
1885 
1890 
1893 
1895 
1896 
1899 
1902 
1904 
1907 
1912 
1914 
1927 

£13.50
 
 
£24 
£24 
 
 
£24 
 
£24 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Piper, Jas
Piper, Jas
Piper, Jas
Snowden, Robt 
Wright, William 
Wright, William
Frampton, Chas
Frampton, Chas (in liquidation 1880) 
Reynolds, Jas
Revell, Benj 
 
Bird, Robert
Bumstead, Chas 
Beckett, Wm  Mackley, Ellen
Day, Alfred
Sewell, Lambert 
Sewell, Lambert 
Sewell, Lambert 
SEWELL L  
empty 
Ward, Charles 
Ward, Eliza Mrs 
WARD Eliza  
WARD Eliza  

 
 
 

AA 
AA 
AA 
AA 
 

tailor
tailor
tailor
Brit Shades? 
 

579
567

 
 
591

AA 
Harrison, John

Brit Shades

 
£24 
£30 
 
£30 
 
£29 
 
£29 
 
 
 
 

 

Brit Shades 
 

630
1238

 
 

 
AA
 
 
AA
 
 
 
 

Brit Shades 
1238
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Brit Shades

 
1412
 
 

 
 
 
 

Brit Shades
Brita Shades
Brit Shades
Brit Shades





Barber Albt 
 
 
 
 

1936 
1948 
1954 
1965 
1974 

£50 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

BOND T
BOND T
BOND T
BOND T
BOND T

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

shopkeeper
fish restaurant
fish restaurant
fish restaurant
fish restaurant

 
 
 
 

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BLYBURGATE 5,7,9,11
 
 
 
 
 
Blyburgate AD/ Sheepgate AD

Listed Buildings:
No 5: early 18th century, stucco, painted 2 storeys. 2 windows, floor bands, low parapet, ground floor shop. 1 sash and 1
casement window at 1st floor.
Nos 7 & 9: early 17th century, stucco, painted, 1 window each, 2 storeys and attic, wood eaves cornice, steep roof with 1 gabled
casement dormer each. 1st floor near-flush-frame sash windows now with central glazing bars only. Ground floor shops with
wood cases.
No 11 (including No 11A) 18th century, 2 storeys, 2 windows, red brick, pantile roof, near-flush-frame sash windows with
glazing bars. Shop, ground floor, left, witth wood case. 11A wide way through under with double doors and segmental head.

1854  
 
[number 5] 
 
[number 7] 
 
 
[number 9] 
 
 
[number 11] 
 
[yard]
 
 
 
1893 

 
 
 
 
 
& detached wash house; in the occupation of George Edwards, boot & shoe maker; yearly tenant

SALE: Lot V: Dwelling Houses & Shops on east side of Sheepgate [now Blyburgate]
Sale of property of Charles Cinery, decsd; [see map]
A Shop & House containing sitting room, 2 sleeping rooms, pantry etc. in the occupation of Edward
Ife, hairdresser; yearly tenant £5-10-0
Shop with modern front & House, containing sitting room, 4 sleeping rooms, 2 attics, pantry, cellar

Sale 19 July
 
 

 
£10

 

 
 
tenant £10
 
 
 
 
 
 

House containing parlour, kitchen, pantry, 3 sleeping rooms, 2 attics, cellar & detached wash house
with a workshop & loft at the back; in the occupation of Edward Everitt, plumber & painter; yearly

 
 

Tenement containing sitting room & pantry & sleeping room; in the occupation of Frederick Tillett;
weekly tenant £4-4s-0d
The Yard entered by folding gates from the street at the back & occupied by several tenants of this
lot.
Land Tax 
Free Rent to Manor of Frostenden
SALE: William Spear, junior who is leaving England. Furniture

 
 
 
 
 

17s-6d;
6d  [no mention is made of the Manor of Beccles]
Beccles Paper 21 Feb 
 
OWNER
 
DATE
VALUE
 
OCCUPIER 
 
OCCUPATION
BLYBURGATE 5
















Chinery, Chas 
Sayer, Wm 
Spear, Wm 
Aggras, Chas 
Aggras, Chas 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tilmouth Phyl 
 
 
 
 

1841 
 
 
1896 
1904 
1912 
1965 
1902 
1907 
1914 
1927 
1936 
1948 
1954 
1965 
1974 

£4 
1861 
1881 
 
£10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
£23 
 
 
 
 


£4.10 
£5 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ilfe, Edw


Phillips, Jn 
Ward 
Castell, Arth 
Taylor, Edgar 
DORRINGTON  
CASTELL Arth
CASTELL Arth  
CASTELL Arth  
TAYLOR Chas  
TAYLOR Chas  
TAYLOR Chas  
TAYLOR Chas  
TAYLOR Chas  

 
Gaze, Edw 
Saul, Thos 

AD 

hairdresser
 
 
AD 

AD 
AD 
bootmaker

bookbinder
printer comp

 
AD
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

cycle maker
cycle agent
Sew Mach

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

motor engineer
motor engineer
cycle agent
cycle agent
cycle agent
cycle agent
cycle agent

 
 
 
 

BLYBURGATE 7




Chinery, Chas 
Sayer, Wm 
Spear, Wm 
Tilmouth, Edw 

1841 
 
 
1896 

£8 
1861 
1881 
£10 


£8 
£8 

Boult, Benj 


Tilmouth, Edw 

AD
Edwards, Geo 
Balon, Jer 

AD 
AD
tobacconist

boot maker
AD 
Beccles, Streets, Blyburgate Properties 1 
David Lindley, 1990-2004 
 
 
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Tilmouth, Edw 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tilmouth Phyl 
 
 
 
 

1904 
1912 
1965 
1902 
1907 
1914 
1927 
1936 
1948 
1954 
1965 
1974 

£13 
 
 
 
 
 
 
£27 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Tilmouth, Edw 
Tilmouth, Edw 
Cuddon, Ronald 
TILMOUTH Edw
TILMOUTH Edw
TILMOUTH Edw
TILMOUTH Edw
TILMOUTH Mrs P  
CUDDON Ron  
CUDDON Ron  
CUDDON Ron  
CUDDON Ron  

AD 
 
 
 
 
 
 

tobacconist
newsagent
tobacconist
Tobaccon
Tobaccon
Tobaccon
Tobaccon
 
tobacconist
tobacconist
tobacconist
tobacconist

 
 
 
 
 
 

Tobaccon

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

BLYBURGATE 9















Chinery, Chas 
Chinery, Chas 
Sayer, Wm 
Spear, Wm 
Price, Rich 
Price, Rich 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tilmouth Phyl 
 
 

1841 
1851 
 
 
 
 
1912 
1965 
1902 
1907 
1914 
1927 
1936 
1965 
1974 

£8 
£6.10 
1861 
1881 
1896 
1904 
 
 
 
 
 
 
£30 
 
 



£8.15 
£14 
 
£18.10
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Boon, Edw 
Everitt, Edw 


 

Harper, EM Mrs 
Express Cleaners 
HARPER MrsE  
HARPER MrsE  
HARPER MrsE  
FORESER Hy  
FORESER Hy  
EXPRESS CLEANERS
EXPRESS CLEANERS

 

AD
plumber
AD 
 
AD 
AD 
ironmonger
dyers & cleaners
ironmonger
ironmonger
ironmonger
hair dresser
hair dresser

AD 
Everitt, Edw 
Spear, Wm 
Harper, Bert 
Harper, Bert 

plumber
AD 
ironmonger
ironmonger

gasfitter

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

BLYBURGATE 11

11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11.1 
11.1 
11.1 

Chinery, Chas 
Chinery, Chas 
Sayer, Wm 
Sayer, Wm 
Spear, Wm 
Price, Rich 
Price, Rich 
 
 
 
 
 
Tilmouth Phyl 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1841 
1851 
 
 
 
 
 
1965 
1902 
1907 
1914 
1927 
1936 
1948 
1954 
1965 
1974 
1936 
1965 
1974 

£2.10 
£2.05 
1861 
1871 
1881 
1896 
1904 
 
 
 
 
 
£25 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



 
£5 
£5 
 
£5.10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Stannard, Chas 
Tillett, Fred 
 


 

Sergeant
PRICE Ric 
HARPER MrsE  
HARPER MrsE  
EAST ANGLIA ELECTR
RIX FM
TAYLOR A  
TAYLOR A  
SERGEANT  
SERGEANT  
FORDER Victor
SKIPPINGS Jn
SKIPPINGS Jn

AD

AD 
Boon, Alf 
Everitt, Jn 
Ward, Edw 
Harper, Bert 
Harper, Bert 
 

fishmonger
AD
 
AD 
AD 
AD 
optician
 
ironmonger
ironmonger

AD
waterworks
ironmonger
ironmonger

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

carpet wareh
 

 
 
 
 
 

outfitter
electricals
electricals
optician
optician

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Beccles, Streets, Blyburgate Properties 1 
David Lindley, 1990-2004 
 
 
Bly9 
 
BLYBURGATE 13  & 15 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blyburgate JJ

[suspect  up to 1751 may be different property]
1500.1  
1576 
1593  
1600.1  
1600.2  
1600.3  
1664  
1669   
 
1693  
1700  
1751  
 
1751  
 
1764  
 
1769  
 
1773  
 
1794  
1797  
 
1799  
1810  
 
1829  
1832  
 
1847  
 
1849  
 
1864 
 
1867 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Sybley
William Corfield, [d 1593] for his tent that he dwelleth in sometime Sybley  
John Corfield,  for his tent that he dwelleth in sometime Sibyls
Thomas Lockington, [d 1628] for a tent formerly Corsills (folio 88)  
John Denny, for a tent sometime Sibyls after Corsills (folio 147)  
Robert Denny, for a tent sometime Corsils after John Denny (folio 162)  
Robert Denny, for a tent late Corfield (COPY)   
John Seaman, [gent, d 1689]for a tent called Lockington's , Milesams & Corsilles,
after Lockington
William Boyce, [d 1724] for part of tent late Lockington  
William Boyce, part of tent late Lockington  
Joseph Andrews,  [d 1767] tent in Blyburgate, late Rev Edmund White,
Seaman, Boyce,
Joseph Andrews, for part of tent, late Edmund White, clerk, before Seaman,
Boyce, sometime Lockington  
William Clarke, [d 1771] glazier, tent in Blyburgate, Rev Edmund White, Seaman,
Boyce, late Joseph Andrews  
Benjamin Baker, tent in Blyburgate, William Clarke, Joseph Andrews,
Rev Edmund White, Seaman, Boyce  
To be let: House & Shop occupied by Benjamin Baker, Chandler's Office,
Warehouse, Stable, etc. Enquiries Francis Harmer, grocer
Charlotte Baker, widow, Seaman, Andrews, Clarke, Benjamin Baker  
Benjamin Baker, peruke maker, messe in Blyburgate, Seaman, William Clarke,
Charlotte Baker, widow, his mother
B Baker; occupants: Nunn & others  
William Winson, messe in in Blyburgate, formerly Seaman, afterwards
William  Clarke, late of Charlotte Baker, widow, since of Benjamin Baker
Winson, Wm Gooderham, late Baker  
Mrs Gooderham of Yarmouth, messe in Blyburgate, late William Winson,
before Benjamin Baker (later William Winson)  
William Winson of Great Yarmouth, draper, messe in Blyburgate, late
Mrs Gooderham, before Wiliam Winson (later Mrs Ecclestone)  
Harriet Ecclestone, widow,messe in Blyburgate, late William Winson,
Mrs Gooderham

Task

Task 6d
Task 6d
Task 8d
Task 6d

Task Bly 9
 

 
 
 
Task 8d?
 

Task  Bly 9
Task L13
Task D23
Task D27
 
 
 
Rent 6d
Rosehall Manor Rental

 
 

Task S 35
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 

Task part of 2s
 
Rent 8d   

 
 
 

Rent 7d
Beccles Manor Rental
 
 
Beccles Manor Rental
Beccles Manor Rental
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rent 8d
Beccles Manor Court
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rent 8d
Beccles Manor Court
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rent 8d
Beccles Manor Court
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rent 8d
Norwich Mercury 4 Sept
 
 
 
Rent -
Beccles Manor Court
Beccles Manor Court
 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Rent 8d
 

 
Value £1-12s
Land Tax Assessment
Beccles Manor Court
 
 

Rent 8d
 

 
 
 
 
Rent 8d
Beccles Manor Rental
Beccles Manor Court
 
 
 
 
 
Rent 8d
Beccles Manor Court
 
 
 
Rent 8d
Beccles Manor Court
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rent 8d
Beccles Paper 22 Nov 

William Wright (from Great Yarmouth) taken baking & confectionary business carried on for many
years by Mrs Ecclestone in Blyburgate

 
Beccles Paper 4 Jun 
William Wright, Baker & Confectioner of Blyburgate leaving Beccless
BLYBURGATE 13
[now Anglia Rubber Stamps]
 

OWNER
Gooderham, Mrs 
Ecclestone, Harrt
Ecclestone, Harrt
Ecclestone, Harrt
Ecclestone, Harrt
Ecclestone, Eliz 
 
Thompson, S exors
 

 

DATE
1841 
1851 
1861 
1871 
1881 
1896 
1902 
1904 
1907 

VALUE
£4.00 
£8.10 
£10 
£12.10
£12.10
£18 
 
£21 
 

 






 

 

OCCUPIER 
Winson, Geo  
Powley, Robt 
Mayhew, Chas 
Ecclestone, Harrt
Ward, Harrt 
Pawson late 
GIBBONS Percy
Gibbons, Percy 
GIBBONS Percy

 
JJ2
JJ2
JJ2 
JJ2 
JJ2
JJ2 
 
JJ2 
 

OCCUPATION

13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 
13 

chemist
confection

draper
cycle dep
bicycle maker
cycle dep

 
 
Beccles, Streets, Blyburgate Properties 1 
David Lindley, 1990-2004