For details of Lands before 1867, see Station Road
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SALE: by Private Treaty. Newly built brick & slated Dwelling in 2 tenements in Fair Close with front
 
Kitchen, Wash house & other offices; 3 Sleeping Rooms, Closets etc. Freehold, Land Tax redeemed.  
Rent £16 pa. total. Apply W Lenny or Mr Sam Love.

Ready for occupation 4 Genteel Residences, six roomed with every convenience. Fair Close. Rent
£12. Apply WW Garnham.

 
SALE by Mortgagee in Fair Close. Newly built brick & slated Dwelling in 2 Tenements

TO BE LET: House in Fair Close, now in the occupation of Mr CT Greenwood. Apply William  
Woodroffe. 
 
 
convenient detached Wash Houses & other offices. Also neatly arranged flower & vegetable Gardens  
enclosed in the front by pallisades occupied by Robert Charlish, James Blanch, E purland & JH Piper
 

 
SALE: of Mr Thornton’s freehold Property
LOT 4: Four newly erected  & substantial brick & slated Residences fronting the Fair Close with

SALE by Mr John Rous Cooper’s  executors
 
new brick & slated Mixing Bar, Refreshment Room & Summer House.
 
upon the Lane & Fair Close Road & containing upwards of 20 perches.  [became the Institute]

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Adition to the Hospital
2 New Houses in Fair Close for Mr Davy
Nurses' Home in Fair Close by Arthur Pells
3 New Houses for Mr Elliott in Fair Close
New Boilermaker's shop for Elliott & Garrood
New House in Fair Close For Wm Smith
New Social Institute in Fair Close for Wm Elliott
2 New Houses for A Elliott in Fair Close
New Store for Elliott & Garood in Fair Close
New Lecture Room for Men's Social Institute disapproved
New Lecture Room for Men's Social Institute
Addition to Nurses' Home
Additions to Cottage in Fair Close for Mr Elliott
Wm Elliott to take extra underground light wire across Fair Close
Alterations to WJ Elliott's House in Fair Close
Hospital to lay Electric Light cable. To be removed if requested
Shed for Mr Elliott in Fair Close
Addition to Elliott & Garrood's Offices in Fair Close
Additions to 26 Fair Close for William Wilson
2 Houses in Fair Close Pathway for Mr Alec Elliott
4 New Houses by Mr Hindes for W Elliott in Fair Close Road
4 New Houses by Hindes for Mr Elliott in Fair Close Road, withdrawn
Small House in Fair Close Road for Messrs Hindes
Addition to property by Elliott &Garrood. Building beyond building line
Additions & alterations of amended plan of premises in Fair Close Road
Additions to workshops by Mr Allen approved
Mr Allen for New Foundry at Elliott & Garrood

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LOT 4 FAIR CLOSE
1867  
 
 
 
 
 
 

SALE: late the property of John Wright of Barsham
 
 
Dashwood, Esq. well planted with Fruit Trees and Bushes, and now occupied as a market garden by  
William Delf containing 0a. 1r. 9p. more or less.
 
 

 
Lane, eligibly situated for building purposes at the back of lot 3, adjoining the garden of Robert  

ANNUAL OUTGOINGS: Apportioned Tithe Rest Charge as Market Garden 6s 4d; Land-Tax 10s
[Purchased by S Barkway £90 -Nos 63-73 Fair Close built on site. Four houses built by 1869]

LOT 5  FAIR CLOSE
1867  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SALE: late the property of John Wright of Barsham
 
 
containing 0a 1r 9p more or less.
 
 
 
 
 

 
Fair Close Lane a good Building Site, in the occupation of William Delf as a market garden,  

 
10s
 
subject
 

The purchaser of this lot is to erect a fence to the North to divide it from lot 1, and the lot is sold
to rights of way from Newgate Street to lots 4 and 6, as staked out and shewn on the plan.
[Purchased by Mr Thornton £95; Nos 75-81 built on the site by 1869]

LOT 6  FAIR CLOSE
1867  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SALE: late the property of John Wright of Barsham
 
 
by Mr William Delf, containing 0a. 1r. 22p.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
with a frontage of 91 feet next the Fair Close Lane, admirably adapted for a Building Site, occupied

 
 
 
upon the plan.
 
the owners of lots 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6.
 
 

ANNUAL OUTGOINGS: Apportioned Tithe Rent Charge 6s.7d; Land-Tax 10s
The purchaser of this lot is to erect and maintain a fence to the North to divide it from lot 5.With lots
4, 5, and 6 are included a right of carriage way from Newgate Street across lot 2 and 5, as shewn  

of lots 4, 5, and 6.
[Purchased by WW Garnham £105; The Institute built on this site]

1867  
 
 
 
 
 
 

SALE: LOT 4 FAIR CLOSE late the property of John Wright of Barsham
 
 
Dashwood, Esq. well planted with Fruit Trees and Bushes, and now occupied as a market garden by  
William Delf containing 0a. 1r. 9p. more or less.
 
 

 
Lane, eligibly situated for building purposes at the back of lot 3, adjoining the garden of Robert  

ANNUAL OUTGOINGS: Apportioned Tithe Rest Charge as Market Garden 6s 4d; Land-Tax 10s
[Purchased by S Barkway £90]

1867  
 
 
 
 

SALE: LOT 5  FAIR CLOSE ate the property of John Wright of Barsham
 
 
containing 0a 1r 9p more or less.
 

 
Fair Close Lane a good Building Site, in the occupation of William Delf as a market garden,  

10s
 
subject
 

The purchaser of this lot is to erect a fence to the North to divide it from lot 1, and the lot is sold
to rights of way from Newgate Street to lots 4 and 6, as staked out and shewn on the plan.
[Purchased by Mr Thornton £95]

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SALE: Fair Close Meadow containing 4a 2r 0p in 75 Lots intersected with good broad Roads &  
 
 
 
 
WEST the Lots are fronting Fair Close Road.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
purchased the Land expressly for sale) has been very successful

convenient approaches from the Station.
 
 
Lots for smaller Residences, with Gardens in the rear & back entrances to a Private Road. On the

The property is now staked out. On the NORTH side the plots adjoining properties on Station Road.
To the EAST  the Lots are fronting on Station Road & towards the Station. On the SOUTH side 36

 
 
medium depth of 87ft 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
being nearly £350 per acre. The speculation was solely the Auctioneer’s, James Crisp (who  

SALE of Building Land in Fair Close
LOT 1:  Corner at the North End near Station Road of 16ft & width at the South of 26ft 6ins,  

SOLD to Mr Spilling, Yarmouth £43
LOTS 2-8: Pieces of Land lying South of Lot 1 & fronting the Railway:
(2) Thornton £18
(7) Thornton £19   (8 being the Corner Piece) James Barkway of Gillingham £36
LOTS 9-23 Pieces of Land with frontages to the South & abutting on Station Road property
(9-10) Mr Spilling £30 each   (11-12) Mr Spilling £28 each   (13-14) Mr Spilling £30 each
(15-16) RA King £30 each    (17-18) John Crisp £32 each    (19) H Wigg £34
(20-21) John Crisp £31 each  (22) John Crisp £36   (23) HW Cutting £34
LOTS 24-39: Pieces of Land fronting the West next Fairclose:
(24) C Pearson, Esq £23  (25) Mills £22  (26) Ingram  (27) Ingram £19  (28) S Barkway £18
(29) S Barkway £16  (30-31) Church £18 each  (32) Pearce £22  (33-34) Youell £19 each
(35) Thornton £16  (37-38) John Crisp £18 each  (39) John Crisp £28 
LOTS 40-74  Pieces of Land with frontage to the North
(40-41) Isaiah Copeman £18 each  (42-43) H Wigg £17 each  (44-45) Garwood £16 each
(46-47) Cutting £16 each  (48, 49, 50, 51) WW Garnham £15 each  (52-53) R Larke £15 each
(54) Brooks £15  (55) James Mayhew £15   (56) Ingram £15  (57-58) H Wigg £15 each
(59-60) Cutler £16 each  (61-62) Cutler £15 each (63-64) TA Laws £15 each  
(65-66) WW Garnham £15 each  (67-68) A Kent £15 each  (69-70) Goodwin £15 each
(71-72) S Love £15 each (73-74) Mr Rix of Lowestoft £17 each
LOT 75 Corner Piece fronting the new Maltings: Mr Rix £38
Some years since the Fair Close was sold for about £100-£120 per acre: The present sale £1,554  

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Bradnum, John
Bradnum, Mrs 
Bradnum Mrs. Susannah, shop-keeper 
Bradnum Mrs Susannah, shop-keeper 
Bradnum Miss Ellen, shop-keeper
Bradnum Miss Ellen, shop-keeper
Bradnum Miss Ellen, shop-keeper
Girling, Jack 
Scarffe, Donald
Scarffe, Donald
Scarffe, V 

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Tenders for works in New Hospital in Fair Close. Plans & specifications at Dispensary between 19 &
29 March. JL Clemence, Architect

LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE: Church Service first: Corporation, the Choir, boys & girls
 
 
hymns “Onward Christian Soldiers etc.
 
 
spread the mortar, & a bottle containing an appeal on behalf of the Hospital, a list of the subscribers  
to the building, a copy of the East Suffolk Gazette for the current week, & a list of the Municipal  
Officers of the Borough, was deposited ijn acavity prepared for it by Master Claude Metcalfe. The
stone was then lowered into its place & Lady Clarke assisted by Mr JL Clemence, the architect,  
having “proved” & delivered the customary taps with a mallet, declared the stone to be “duly & truly  
laid.”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

of the National School headed by bands of 4th Suffolk Artillery & 14th Suffolk Rifles (united) under  
command of Band Master Fowler, 4th Suffolk Artillery Volunteers, proceeded to the site singing

 
Foundation Stone. A trowel, having been handed to her by the builder, Mr RA King, she deftly  

 
 
few years hence, but there was one thing of which they were all most perfectly aware, and the poor  
would never cease to be of the land, and that disease of every character & nature would never cease  
out of the land. Therefore with that conviction, it was advisable that this hospital should be erected,  
where such distress should be met & relieved by those qualified by education & knowledge to attend  
to it.
 
 
 
 

Sir Charles Clarke said “ They certainly none of them possessed any prophetic pwer & they knew
what a day might bring forth - they couldn’t assert what would happen to them a day, a month or a

They had in their Architect a gentleman fully known for his thorough honesty of purpose & for his
practical knowledge of all the details of building. They had also in their contractor a man well known
by every one there & no step would be wanted in the building of the Hospital.
The other work .. almost all the fittings & other work had been taken by by persons residing in the

 
 
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EDITOR: The Contractor Mr Hindes; the Bricklayer Mr King.
The Hospital Building is rapidly approaching completion and will be ready for patients by 24 June

HOSPITAL: The work of the building of the Hospital has now been completed & the exhibition of
 
 
 
 
 
the playing of the Band of the 4th Suffolk Artillery. Collections £25 11s

Paintings & Natural History was opened on Wednesday. In 4 days there were 1,471 visitors; Gross  
receipts £102.
 
 
Capt Crowfoot formed in front of the Council Chamber [in Smallgate] & marched to the Church to

On Sunday a special Thanksgiving Service attended by the Mayor & Corporation, the Archdacon of
Suffolk, Revs FF Tracy & JH Raven.  Mebers of the two Volunteer Corps under Capt Metcalfe &

 
 
 
Esq, MB. The Dispenser is Mr W Flower, MPS, and the Matron Miss Going

The Jubilee contributions of the townspeople in 1887 were devoted to the emlargement of the  
Hospital. The new ward which was added brings up the accommodation to 15 beds and 3 cots. The  
honorary medical officers are WM Crowfoot, Esq, MB, RJ Metcalfe, Esq MD, and EB Crowfoot,  

HOSPITAL: Resignation of Dr Metcalfe as medical officer owing to ill health. Mr WM Crowfoot  
 
and expressed regret that he should need to resign through ill health, the office he had held with such  
great benefit to the Hospital for so many years. He proposed that Dr Metcalfe be elected honorary
consulting physician in recognition of his services.
 
 

 
appointed to the medical staff of the Hospital. Proposed by Mr Masters, seconded by Rev Muncster.

CONCERT in aid of HOSPITAL: Trio by Handel: Miss Boyce (piano), Mr WH Delf (violin), Mr AR
 
Larkman sang; Vocal quartet: Messrs AW Jordan, DA Soanes, JL Holt, LG Laws; Miss Grace E  
Woods; Piano duet by Mr & Mrs Warder Harvey. (Mendelssohn)

During the year ended 24th June 1898, 113 in-patients and 303 out-patients participated in the  
benefits of this noble institution.

HOSPITAL SUNDAY: The Artillery Band played the church call in the Newmarket at 10 am, and
 
 
 
were on parade. A section of Yeomanry was also present.

the Band of the Lowestoft detachment - who had come over to lead the Rifle Volunteers to Church,  
they being without a Band at present - played the Church Call in the Old Market, and subsequently a  
selection in the Newmarket. The Artillery Volunteers paraded 100 strong. Upwards of 100 Riflemen

GARDEN FETE in Mr JE Crisp’s Garden. Vocal selections by Beccles Choral Society, Mr H Delf’s
 
Gymkhana. In the evening there was a cycle and fancy dress parade, followed by a parade of  
illuminated bicycles. Proceeds to the Hospital Fund.

The Hospital, in Fair Close, was erected in 1874, the cost of maintenance being about £600 per  
annum.
 
by John Crisp, Esq. Two wards were added in 1887, at a cost of about £400: there are now 15 beds.
 

SALE:  Freehold building known as BECCLES HOSPITAL : with Grounds, Stabling etc, situate in
 
is now in the occuption of the owners who give vacant possession on the purchase.
 
 
 
 

 
 
Private Nursing Home.
 

Special attention is called to Persons seeking a property occupying a large space close to the centre
of the Town. This commodious building is specially well adapted for a School, Boarding House, or

 
water rates) 
 

1875 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

IN LIQUIDATION; BECCLES: MESSES. H.& J.READ Have received instructions from the
TRUSTEE of Mr. WILLIAM WOOLNER GARNHAM’S ESTATE, to Sell by Auction, at the  
WHITE LION HOTEL, BECCLES, on Tuesday, 11th August, 1875, at Four for Five o’clock in the  
Afternoon, THE following Valuable FREEHOLD PROPERTIES, namely—
 
 
Rooms, with Pumps for Hard and Soft Water, and PRODUCTIVE GARDENS. This Property is  
enclosed by a Wall on the West and South, and in Front by an Ornamental Iron Area Fence, and has  
a back entrance from a roadway adjoining the Nursery Grounds. This Lot is occupied by HENRY
LARKE and BENJAMIN BRADFIELD, as Quarterly Tenants, at the aggregate Annual Rent of £21.
 
 
 
MANN, as Quarterly Tenants, at the aggregate Annual Rent of £22.
 
 
 
 
 
Yarmouth; and of the AUCTIONEERS, Beccles, and Carlton Colville near Lowestoft.

 
STREET; each Residence containing Front Parlour, Kitchen, Back Kitchen, and Three Sleeping  

 
 
STREET, similar to and adjoining Lot 3. This Lot is occupied by WILLIAM FRAKES and JOHN  

[Numbers 48 & 46   Fair Close see 1776]
LOT 4. Two newly-erected and substantial Brick and Slated RESIDENCES, also in FAIR CLOSE  

 
 
length, with a frontage of 30 feet, and abutting upon the Property of Mr. Laws and Mrs. Gooding,
 
Great Yarmouth of Mr. LOVEWELL BLAKE, Public Accountant, Hall Quay Chambers, Great  

[numbers 44 ?? & 42??  Fair Close see 1757ff
LOT 5. A Valuable Plot of FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND, in FAIR CLOSE STREET, 118 feet in  

1878 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
belonging to Mrs Taylor.
 
 
 

SALE: Freehold Building Land
LOT 1: Building Land on NORTH side: depth 129ft; 30ft frontage on road adjoining garden  

LOT 2: Similar Plot on the EAST adjoining Lot 1
LOT 3: Similar Plot on the EAST adjoining Lot 2
LOT 4: Similar Plot on the EAST adjoinig Lot 3

1885 
 
 
 

FAIR CLOSE ROAD: newly erected Freehold Cottage Residence with white brick Front & slate  
 
bedrooms. In the Yard in rear of house is soft water tank & 2 boarded buildings used for trade  
purposes. Small front garden, iron railings.

SALE: LOTS 1 & 2: FAIR CLOSE ROAD: Two roomy Freehold Dwelling Houses, Nos 1 & 2 Fair Close
Road, with Gardens attached, each containing two sitting rooms, four bedrooms and good offices. No
1  let  to  Mr  Piper  at  £14  10s,  and  the  other  occupied  by  Capt  Osborne,  who  gives  immediate
possession. [the houses have been renumbered, probably nos 1342 & 1344 on 1885 list, owned by
Edward Wm Hindes]
[withdrawn at £195 each]

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SALE: Substantial Double Residence with large Hay House, Stable, Cow Shed & other offices in
 
tenants. Rent £12. [Nos 8 & 10?]
 

SALE: Executors of Thomson Wilson, Nos 30 to 36 FAIR CLOSE ROAD [later renumbered] Four
DWELLING HOUSES, each with Sitting & Living Rooms & 3 Bedrooms. Let to quarterly Tenants

 
at £43 pa
 

SALE: Executors of Mrs EM Easterbrook: Nos 50 & 52 FAIR CLOSE ROAD [later renumbered]  
 
Scullery & 3 Bedrooms and has small Garden. In the occupatio of quarterly Tenants £26 pa
 

SALE: Nos 14 & 16 FAIR CLOSE ROAD, [later renumbered]  known as “Bellgrove Villas” in 2  
 
Bedrooms, Coal House, small Gardens at front &rear, encosed by ornamental iron palisading & brick  
wall on south & west sides. In Occupation of Miss Knights & Mr MC Woodward, quarterly Tenants  
at rentals of £32 pa.
 

[LOT 1 purchased WH Cook £235; LOT 2 purchased Miss H Copeman £245]
SALE; FAIR CLOSE: No 14: Begrove Villa.
[purchased GA Dunn £245]

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SALE:  LOT 6  FAIR CLOSE late the property of John Wright of Barsham
 
 
by Mr William Delf, containing 0a. 1r. 22p.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
with a frontage of 91 feet next the Fair Close Lane, admirably adapted for a Building Site, occupied

 
 
 
upon the plan.
 
the owners of lots 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6.
 
 

ANNUAL OUTGOINGS: Apportioned Tithe Rent Charge 6s.7d; Land-Tax 10s
The purchaser of this lot is to erect and maintain a fence to the North to divide it from lot 5.With lots
4, 5, and 6 are included a right of carriage way from Newgate Street across lot 2 and 5, as shewn  

of  lots 4, 5, and 6.
[Purchased by WW Garnham £105]

SALE: The valuable walled-in LAWN, adapted for either Tennis Ground or Bowling Green, with  
buildings thereon, and planted with choice fruit trees, as occupied by the Executors of the late Mr

 
Henry Read,  and
 
 

 
and the Pathway connecting the same with Newgate, both lots being freehold & Land Tax redeemed.

1904 
 
 
 
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250 members and is open from 9.30 am to 10.30 pm. adjoining is a Lecture Hall, erected in 1904, by
Mr W Elliott, which, including the platform, will seat 480 persons.

The Men’s Social Instiute occupies a commodious building in Fair Close, erected in 1902. and  
contains billiard and reading rooms, lending library, refreshment bar and hot and cold baths: it has

1922 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SALE: by the Mortgagee at a low reserve: FAIR CLOSE, LECTURE HALL. Most substantially  
 
& WC on north side, 2 Cloak Rooms, Lavatory & WC on south side. Side entrance to staircase  
leading to large room from passage way on the north. LECTURE HALL with match-boarded roof
50ft x 45ft, with stage & back entrance from passageway on to the north. Kitchen with range, copper  
& sink; boiler house, staircase leading to large Room with folding doors, making 3 rooms, Gallery
over Lecture Hall 41ft x 9ft.
 
 
Manager of the Cinema.
 

 
light. Fittings included. Sold free of all restrictions. Viewed on application to Mr Robert Atkinson,