1858 
 
1873 
1888 
 
 
1892 
 
1892 
1921 
 
PLANNING COMMITTEE

ADVERTISEMENT: RW Lily’s Photographic Studio, Saltgate. Portraits of a very superior description
daily taken. Prices from 1 shilling.
Thomas Read of Saltgate for premises in Northgate. He is the owner or lesee.

SALE: LOT 2: Brick & slated Residence: Entrance Hall, Dining, Drawing & Breakfast Rooms, Six  
Bedrooms, Kitchen & other offices, with stable, Coach House & small Garden in the occupation of Mr  
V Goff; tenancy expires at Christmas.

TO LET: Furnished house in Saltgate with immediate possession. Dining & Drawing Rooms, 4  
Bedrooms, 2 Attics (unfurnished) & offices.
SALE: Furniture Sale of late Mrs JP Loxdale
SALE: W Brooks by Private Treaty: SALTGATE HOUSE:
[purchased The War Office £650]

19   Ernest Edwards
 
20   Clementine Stimpson   
21   Katherine Loader 
serv 
22   Mary J Bradley (2 rooms)
23   Grace W Jones
       Frederick Jones
       Wilton J Jones
24   Ann Ford 
25   Elizabeth Crowfoot 
1
       Mary Tufnell
26   Isabella Goffin (4 rooms)
27   John Botwright (2 rooms) Wid 
28   Walter C Robinso (3 rooms) M 
10
29   Susannah Farweathe (4 rooms) Wid
       Wilfred E Youngs 
30   James Dowe (4 rooms) 
31   George Ely (4 rooms) 
 

 
   No 11

Wid 
 

59 
M 

Lodging House Keeper 
33 

 
living on own means 

Norwich
 

2 s 2 dau 2 boarders
Hants Southampton

  No 9 
3 dau sister 1

S 
Wid 
S 
S 
Wid 
Wid 

69 
50 
22 
18 
82 
75 

Own means 
Own means 
medical student 
Cambridge Univ Student 
Own means 
Own means 

City of London 
Beccles
India, Bengal 
India, Bengal
Suff Middleton 
Susx Hurstpier Point 

 
2 s, 3dau, 2 serv visit 

 
3 serv 

   No 3
 

S 
S 

72 
57 
82 
37 

Own means 
Charwoman 
Retired Gardener 
Printer’s warehouseman  worker 

Susx Hurstpier Point 
Beccles
Hulver
 

 
 
Lon Pimlico 

 
 
w 1s 

   No 14
   No 12
 

68 
1 
74 
28 

Monthly nurse 
Nurse Child 
Retired farmer 
Postman (rural 

Norf Aldeby 
Wenhaston
Toft Monks 
Norf Sutton 

 
Wid 
M 

niece 
w 

   No 6
   No 4

Saltgate Street 
Charles BARKWAYM 
Emma BARKWAY
Emma BARKWAY
Sarah J. BARKWAY 

 
32 
38 
5 
 

 
M 
F 
F 
2 

 
Beccles, Suffolk, England 
Beccles, Suffolk, England 
Beccles, Suffolk, England 
F 

Head 
Wife 

Maltsters Carter
General Shopkeeper
Scholar
Daur 

M 
 

Daur 
Beccles, Suffolk, England 

George WARD 
Sarah Ann WARD
Florence WARD 
George WARD 

M 
M 
 
 

26 
24 
3 
1 

M 
F 
F 
M 

Beccles, Suffolk, England 
Eye, Suffolk, England 
Beccles, Suffolk, England 
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Head 
Wife 
Daur 
Son 

1916 
 
 
 
 

POLICE COURT:Boy of 8 charged with ringing door bell in Ballygate & The Walk.. At the Roman
Catholic School. SW Rix, solicitor said his bell was rung violently, he chased two boys into the
Newmarket. Caught one, who gave a wrong address - he really lived in Ravensmere. A great  
nuisance to people. Clerk directed by the Mayor to ask the school authorities to give the boy a
suitable punishment so that he would not likely to forget it in a hurry.

Listed Building:
17th century with probable 16th century base structure incorporated, and 18th century refacing of main front and one side with 19th
century additions at the rear. Old deeds show that the house was once “The Greyhound & Dog Inn”.
The exterior is comparatively plain. Three storeys with parapet. Brick distempered. Two brick bands, five windows, some filled in.
Modern casements, mullion transom, in flush frames, with segmental arches. Six-panel door in wood case with three quatrer Doric
columns and bracket pediment, arched radial bar fanlight.
Interesting interior:- panelled rooms, some enriched window architraves and mantels, and enriched cornices. Two ducknest grates,
one contemporary, one imported. Oak stair with turned newels. One panelled room with date 1790 on door.
Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Suffolk;
Restrained, but not unimpressive. Three storeys, brick, whitewashed, with frontages to the Churchyard and to Saltgate.
Listed Building:
Gazebo at the south west corner of garden of No 1:
17th century, square panelled room, about nine feet across, with domed ceiling painted with hunting, fishing and boating scenes,
with background of village and church, rivers etc, perhaps by a painter of the Dutch School, on canvas fixed to the plaster and is in
good preservation. One sash window with glazing bars and flush frame. An extension of the main square, either contemporary or
18th century, adds a further six feet or so.

1570 
 
 
 
 
 
1570 
1576 
1593 
 
 

Robert Bacon,for part of the tent next the churchyard
 [He was Churchwarden at the time of the Beccles Martyrs being burnt in 1556. Fox  
describes the burning:  
“Then one Robert Bacon, dwelling in the said Beccles, a very enemy to God’s truth, and a persecutor of
his people, being there present within hearing thereof, willed the tormentors to throw on faggots to stop
the knaves’ breathes, as he termed them ; so hot was his burning charity.”]
Beccles Churchwardens, for part of the said tent in the churchyard 
Thomas Bacon for his house by the Churchyard late Robert Bacon before Jernegan 
Richard Flatman, for his house & grounds next the Churchyard late Bacon, before
Mr Crampton & Mr Jernegan (later Richard Sellings, William Birdsey, John Dix)
[Richard Flatman was the builder who had a lawsuit with Thomas Downing [see People, Downing,  

Rent 4d
 

Rent 3d 1/2d
Task 2s 8d

PROPERTY A
1613c 
 
1644 
1664 
 
1679 
 
1689 
1728 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Joseph Dix for the moiety of a toft & orchard by Beccles Churchyard, late wasted,
late Thomas Fletcher, the other moiety to William Birdsey (folio 63) 
John Hammond, Esq, for part of the Cardinal’s Hat 
John Grice for a tent called the Cardinal’s Hat, since the Dog, which he purchased of
Thomas Hammond, gent, son & heir of John Hammond, Esq 
Richard Wakefield, as guardian for Rebecca Wakefield for one tent called the
Greyhound, in Saltgate next the Churchyard, sometime Dix, later Grice (folio 270)
William Veale, in his wife’s right, for the Dog, late Grice 

Task 1s 4d
Rent 3d

Task 1s 4d
 

INDENTURE, 4 February, between Geoffrey Purvis (yeoman) AND John Clarke (linen weaver) &
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
houses, barns & yards of Geoffrey Purvis on the NORTH
 
 
 

Elizabeth his wife, daughter of Geoffrey Purvis of ONE PART
John Schuldham, (gent) of the OTHER PART
ALL THAT Messuage
BETWEEN the Messuage of John Schuldham, [Saltgate 1, & 3] formerly of Rebecca Wakefield  
in part AND the Messuage of Abraham Schuldham (gent), formerly of John Joseph Clarke SOUTH
Another Messuage of Geoffrey Purvis [Saltgate 11] now in the occupation of Daniel Perret in part
AND Messuage now or late of Robert Wake, [Saltgate 9] before that Henry Mann in part AND the

Abutting on Saltgate AND on the Messuage of Geoffrey Purvis now in the occupation of Daniel
Brett to the EAST
The Messuage of  Abraham Schuldham in part AND upon Puddingmoor to the WEST

 
1728 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1736 
1736 
1746 
 
1750 
 
1753 
 
1756 
1758 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1761 
 
1763 
1765 
 
1765 
1s 4d
1782 
 
1798.1
1801 
1812 
 
1812 
1823 
 
“1829”
“1829”
1865 
 
 
 

Now in the occupation of Geoffrey Purvis & -- Gibbs (widow) - for one year.
INDENTURE, 4 May, between Geoffrey Purvis of ONE PART
John Schuldham the OTHER PART
ALL THAT House or outhouse called the Barkhouse appertaining to the Messuage where Geoffrey
Purvis lives, together with a yard adjoining on the WEST side thereof
BETWEEN another yard of Geoffrey Purvis lying next to his House on the EAST
The tenement of Abraham Schuldham on the WEST
Abutting on the Messuage, outhouses & stable of John Schuldham AND the yards grounds ways or
passage there leading from Puddingmoor to the NORTH
John Schuldham, for the Dog, formerly Grice in the Churchyard, formerly Veale
John Schuldham, for a tent adjoining [the Dog in the Churchyard] late Grice 
William Mash, for a tent late Schuldham, gent, formerly called the Greyhound in Saltgate,
next the Church
John Elmy, [surgeon, died 1756] house formerly called the Dog, late William Marsh,
before Schuldham, formerly Veale & heretofore Gryce
John Elmy, for a tent formerly called the greyhound in Saltgate, late of William
Marsh, formerly Schuldham, next the Churchyard 
Lancaster Framingham, freehold in Saltgate, late John Elmy before Marsh 
INDENTURE, 9 October, between Rev Edward Holden of Barsham of ONE PART
Jesse Leeder (gent) of Beccles (surgeon) of the OTHER PART
ALL THAT Messuage formerly called the Greyhound or Dog & house, outhouses, stable, yards,
gardens
BETWEEN the Churchyard on the SOUTH
The Messuage formerly of Geoffrey Purvis, late of John Schuldham & now of Abraham Schuldham
on the NORTH
Saltgate to the EAST
The Messuage formerly of Joseph Clarke, late of William Wase & now of Abraham Schuldham to
the WEST
Formerly in the tenure of Nathaniel Howard & John Hobart, late of Rev Charles Davy & Jesse  
Leeder & now in the sole use of Jesse Leeder and a piece of yard formerly of Geoffrey Purvis, late
of John Schuldham, now of Abraham Schuldham on the EAST side of the Stable.
For one year.
Jesse Leeder, [surgeon, died 1762], for a tent, formerly called the Greyhound in Saltgate,
late Mr John Elmy,  beforeof William Marsh & formerly Schuldham next the Churchyard
Lucy Leeder, lands & tents in Saltgate, late Lancaster Frammingham before John Elmy 
Charles Leeder, an infant, for a house, formerly called the Dog next the Churchyard, late
Marsh, since John Elmy
Charles Leeder, an infant, for the house next adjoining 

Rent 3d
Rent 1s 4d

Task 1s 4d
Rent 1s 10d

Task 1s 4d
Rent 1s 10d

Rent 3d
 

John Assey, [died 1798] for a tent formerly called the Greyhound  in Saltgate, late
Mr Leeder, before Mr John Elmy, formerly Schuldham, net the Churchyard  
Rachel Assey, [died 1800] widow, tent late John Assey, surgeon, & John Elmy
Charles Assey, messe in Saltgate (later William Crowfoot) 
William Crowfoot [IV], surgeon, [died 1820] tent formerly John Elmy, afterwards of
John Assey,  surgeon, and late of Rachel Assey 
William Crowfoot [IV], messe in Saltgate in his own occupation, late Charles Assey 
William Crowfoot [V] of Halesworth, [died 1887] tenements formerly of John Assey,
surgeon, since of Rachel Asset. & late of William Crowfoot, his father
JW Crowfoot, late his father’s house in Saltgate 
JW Crowfoot, for house adjoining

Task 1s 4d
Rent 1s 4d
Rent 1s

     Rents 3d & 1s 4d
 
 

Rent 3d
Rent 1s 4d

SALE: by Private Contract
 
now  occupied by Doctor Crowfoot. [No 1]
 

1868 
1868 
1871 
 
1917 
 
 
 
 
1919 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SALE: Crowfoot’s House in Saltgate
SALE of Furniture of WJ Crowfoot, Saltgate.
SALE: of 1 Saltgate. William John Crowfoot, deceased.
[Rev JR Crowfoot of Wangford £375]
DEATH of Miss Mary Tufnell. Died at Esborne House, Saltgate. Devoted Church worker, aged 89. Her
older sister married Rev John Crowfoot, Rector of Wangford & Reydon. She came to Beccles on the
death of her husband [in 1875]. She died in 1908. Miss Tufnell came to live with her sister.
She was a keen District Visitor, Sunday & Bible Class Teacher, and helped the efforts for home &
foreign Missions
SALE: late WM Crowfoot,Esq:  SALTGATE: FAMILY RESIDENCE known as Esbourne House, with
Garden, Summer House, Vinery &Stabling AND the adjoining
Small Residence & Coachhouse for Sale by Auction at the King’s Head on Monday 28 July, 1919
punctually at 4 o’clock in the afternoon in 2 Lots under instructions from the Executors of the Will of
WM Crowfoot, deceased
LOT 1: SALTGATE 1: A Fine old Family Residence known as Esbourne House abutting upon the
Churchyard, with extensive views over the Waveney Valley, containing 3 Reception and 7 Bedrooms,
Dressing Rooms, Bathroom, convenient offices and ample cellerage, tastefully laid out Garden, Summer
House, Vineryand Stabling, with vacant possession.  
ALSO: SALTGATE 3: the adjoining Residence, containing Sitting Room, Kitchen, Scullery, and 4
Bedrooms, in the occupation of Mr R Norman.  [Saltgate No 3]
[Withdrawn £925; afterwards sold: WB Forward £800]
LOT 2: A Brick & Tile Coach House near the last Lot.
[Jas Sladdew £65]

1841 
1851 
1851 CENSUS

Crowfoot, Wm J  5  
Crowfoot, Wm J  5  

£50.10
£50.10

V 
V 

Crowfoot, Wm J 5 
Crowfoot, Wm J 5 

Surgeon
Surgeon

Elizabeth Crowfoot  W 
William J Crowfoot  U 

91 
61 

F 
M 

Beccles, Suffolk 
Beccles

Head
Son 

1861 
1871 
1881 
1881 CENSUS

Crowfoot, Wm J  5  
Crowfoot, Wm J 5  
Crowfoot, Eliz Mrs 

£50.10
£50.10
£40 

V 
V 
V 

Crowfoot, Wm J 5 
Jones, Sarah 
Crowfoot Eliz Mrs 

Surgeon
Resident
Resident

Charles FORD 
Ann FORD 
Emma CHAMBERS
Ann ANDREWS 

M 
M 
U 
M 

57 
60 
23 
50 

M 
F 
F 
F 

Sibton, Suffolk, England 
Middleton, Suffolk, England
Yoxford, Suffolk, England 
Uggeshall, Suffolk, England 

Head 
Wife 
Servant
Visitor

General Servant In Charge Of House (Dom Ser)
Cook Housekeeper
Housemaid
No Occupation

1896 
1901 Survey
Elizabeth Crowfoot  W 
Mary Tufnell 
 

75 
   U 
and 3 servants 

F 
F 

Hurstpierpoit, Sussex 
Hurstpierpoint, Sussex 

Head 
sister 

own means
own means

1904 
1906 Survey 
 
 
 
 
 
1933+
1965 

V 
7 Bedrooms 
Crowfoot, Mrs
Tufnell, Miss
Tufnell, Miss (Esborne House)
Ford, Benjamin
Forward, Bryan
Ho & Garden 

Resident
5 occupants

Crowfoot, Eliz 
 
 
 
 
 
Orde, Lancelot 
 

Crowfoot, Eliz 
1907 
1907 
1914 
1922 
1927 
 
Wainford  Rural District Council Offices (& No 3)

 
 
 
 
 
Orde Lancelot 

1739 
1818 
1822 
 

Robert Wake 
Miss F Schuldham’s house began to be pulled down this week, the house in the Churchyard
Schuldham, Miss Frances, late Rebecca Wake, formerly house in Beccles at corner of Churchyard, now
pulled down and thrown into Mr Crowfoot’s Garden

Listed Building:
17th century with 18th century front. As in No 1, the older work appears to be embedded in the rear, consisting of gabled cottages.
Three storeys, Parapet. Brick, distempered. Floor band. Two windows, mullion transom casements, segmental arches at first floor,
with flush frames. Pantiles. Six-panel door with flush frame, and with hood, on shaped brackets.

See Saltgate No 1 before this
1863 

TO BE LET: Dwelling House in Saltgate: 4 bedrooms, 2 Sitting Rooms, Stable & Coach House if  
required. Apply Dr Crowfoot.
SALE: by Private Contract
Spacious & well situated Residence with large productive Garden, vinery, stable & coach house now  
occupied by Doctor Crowfoot. [No 1]
AND a Dwelling House adjoining in the occupation of Mrs Thornton. Apply Rix, solicitors [No 3]

 
1865 
 
 
 
1919 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SALE: FAMILY RESIDENCE known as Esbourne House, with Garden, Summer House, Vinery &
Stabling AND the adjoining
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Small Residence & Coachhouse for Sale by Auction at the King’s Head on Monday 28 July, 1919
punctually at 4 o’clock in the afternoon in 2 Lots under instructions from the Executors of the Will of
WM Crowfoot, deceased
LOT 1: A Fine old Family Residence known as Esbourne House abutting upon the Churchyard, with
extensive views over the Waveney Valley, containing 3 Reception and 7 Bedrooms, Dressing Rooms,
Bathroom, convenient offices and ample cellerage, tastefully laid out Garden, Summer House, Vinery
and Stabling, with vacant possession.  [Saltgate No 1]
ALSO: the adjoining Residence, containing Sitting Room, Kitchen, Scullery, and 4 Bedrooms, in the
occupation of Mr R Norman.  [Saltgate No 3]
[Withdrawn £925; afterwards sold: WB Forward £800]
LOT 2: A Brick & Tile Coach House near the last Lot.
[Jas Sladdew £65]

1841 
1851 
1861 
1871 
1881 
1881 CENSUS

Crowfoot, Wm J V  
Crowfoot, Wm J V  
Crowfoot, Wm J V  
Crowfoot, Wm J V  
Crowfoot, Eliz Mrs 

1841 
1851 
1861 
1871 
1881 

£16 
£14 
£14 
£14 
£14 

V 
V 
V 
V 
V 

Winn, Jem 
Thornton, Sarah
Thornton, Geo
Thornton, Louisa
Thornton, Louisa

Embroidress
Embroidress

Louisa THORNTON 
Eliz DUNNINGHAM 
Herb DUNNINGHAM  U 

U 
W 
16 

57 
43 
M 

F 
F 
Beccles, Suffolk, England 

Geldeston, Norfolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England 

Head 
Sister 
Haberdashers Apprentice

Embroideress
No Occupation

1896 
1901 Census

1904 
1906 Survey 
1907 
1919 
1933+

1904 
Ford, Ann 
 
 
 

V 
4 Bedrooms 
 
 
 

Crowfoot, Eliz 
 
 
Orde, Lancelot 

2 Sitting   
Ford, Mrs
Norman, Mr R
Ho 

 
 
Martin

1948 
1965 

Bryant, Arthur
Wainford Rural District Council (& No 1)

1576 
1593 
 

Thomas Bacon for his house by the Churchyard late Robert Bacon before Jernegan 
Richard Flatman, for his house & grounds next the Churchyard late Bacon, before
Mr Crampton & Mr Jernegan (later Richard Sellings, William Birdsey, John Dix

1613c 
 
 
1639 
1650.1    
1668 
1682 
 
 
1704 
 
1734 
 
1734 
 
1746 
 
1784 
1815 

 
 
 
 
Francis Lone

William Birdsey, for the moiety of a toft & orchard, by Beccles Churchyard, late wasted ,
sometime Bacon, & afterwards Thomas Fletcher, the other moiety to Joseph
Dix (folio 63) 
John Franklin, [d 1684] for divers land & tents juv ex late Bacon, before Flatman & Peck 

Task 1s 4d
Task 2s 8d

John Franklin, for part of a tent in Saltgate, late Bacon, since Birdsey, since John Leman
Jeoffrey Purvis, for divers land & tents lying near Beccles Churchyard late Jo Franklin,
gent in jux sometime Bacon, before Flatman & Peck, which he purchased of Francis
Lone, vid John Franklin (folio 278)
Rev John Jessop, clerk, for a messe in the churchyard, late Jeoffrey Purvis, part of a tax
formerly entered by Jeoffrey Purvis
Jeoffrey Purvis, for divers lands & tents lying near Beccles Churchyard, late his Father
1s 8d being paid of 2s 8d Task 
Abraham Schuldham, for a messe in the churchyard, late Jessop 1s part of tax late
entered by Jeoffrey Purvis of 2s 8d Task 
Abraham Schuldham, gent, for divers lands & tents lying near Beccles Churchyard,
late Jeoffrey Purvis, decsd, being the remaining part of 2s 8d Task 
Frances Schuldham,  
William Schuldham, messe & garden in Saltgate, formerly John Jessop, late William Wase

Task 1s 8d
Rent 9d
Rent 9d

1816 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1817 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1817 
 
 
 
 
 
1824 
 
 
 
 

AGREEMENT: William Schuldham of Lion Street, Kent Road, London of ONE PART
& Wiliam Abraham Schuldham of Marlesford, Suffolk, barrister, acting for William Schuldham of
Marlesford SECOND PART
in consideration of £2,500 paid by William Schuldham of Marlesford unto William Schuldham of
London, conveys ALL ESTATE as Cousin & heir of Frances Schuldham, late of Beccles, ALL  
MESSUAGES, LANDS, etc of which Frances Schuldham died EXCEPT three Messuages or  
tenements in Beccles in the tenures of Mr Pymar, Mr Cross & Mrs Berry & Mrs Groom.
INDENTURE between William Schuldham of London & William Schuldham of Marlesford of ONE

PART
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

& William Schuldham of Stanley Road the SECOND PART
ALL THAT messuage
BETWEEN the House of Dr Crowfoot, surgeon on the NORTH [Saltgate 1 & 3]
& the Public House called the George on the SOUTH [Saltgate 9]
WITH the Yards, Gardens, Stable & Stay Chamber over the same, now in the several occupations of
Mr Pymar [the organist of St Michael’s], Mr Folkard
[also houses in Smallgate & Newgate]
SALE: Auction by Sam Crowe at King’s Head. [Saltgate Nos 5 & 7?]
Comfortable House & Premises in Beccles for a small genteel family, the late residence of Mrs [Miss]
Schuldham, deceased, situate by the Churchyard comprising 2 Parlours, Vestibule with Staircase,
Kitchen with pantry & store room on the ground floor, 3 Sleeping Rooms with Dressing apartments,
& 3 Attics. Good Cellar, wash house and laundry detached, Stable & Chaise House, & a neat walled
in Garden with Summer House etc. Immediate possession may be had.
 
Substantial brick & tiled Freehold messe in two occupations with yards & outbuildings
in Saltgate in occupation of Thomas Pymar [the Organist of St Michael’s] & Mr Robert
Jarman [printer] as tenants from year to year. Rents together £36. Annual quit rent 9d
to Rosehall.

1824 
1847 

William Tiptod
SW Rix,

 
Rent 9d

Listed Building:
17th century with 18th century front. As in No 1 and 3, older work is incorporated. Three storeys. Red brick. Three windows, sash
with glazing bars, and segmental arches. Pantiles. Eight-panel door, in wood case, with fanlight. Group value

1862 
1871 
 
1872 
 
 
1894 
 
 
 
 
 

ORIENTATION: TO BE LET: House & Garden lately occupied by SW Rix & from Michaelmas the
house adjoining now

tenanted by Rev JT Johnstone [the Rector]
TO BE LET: Comfortable & well appointed Family House in Beccles near the Church & now tenanted
by Mrs Johnstone, containing 3 Sitting Rooms, 6 Bedrooms & Dressing Room, Cellerage, Kitchen &
small detached Pleasure Garden if desired. Apply SW Rix.
SALE: Under the Will of the late S Wilton Rix: Two freehold RESIDENCES in SALTGATE ,
RESIDENCE [No 7] with Garden & Stabling, lately occupied by Late SW Rix,  containing Hall  
RESIDENCE  let to Dr Helsham, [No 5 ] SALTGATE containing Hall, Dining Room, Drawing  
Room, Cellsr, Kitchen & offices, Bed & Dressing Rooms & wc. There is a Garden in the rear, with
back entrance aqnd an open Yard abutting on Puddingmoor.
[not sold]

Tiptod. Wm 
Rix, SW
Rix, SW
Rix, SW
Rix, SW
Rix, SW
1881 CENSUS

1841 
1847 
1851 
1861 
1871 
1881 

£30.10
0.09 
£29.10
£30.10
£28.00
£28 

V 
R
V 
V 
V 
V 

Rix, SW
Johnston, Rev T 
Johnston, Rev T 
Calvert, Jn 

Attorney
Clergy/Rector
Clergy/Rector
 

Jonathan CALVERT 
Emma CALVERT
Nora CALVERT 
Maud CALVERT
Edith CALVERT
Mary CALVERT
Susannah HOLLAND 
Kate CHARLISH

M 
30 
6 
5 
3 
1 
U 
16 

36 
F 
F 
F 
F 
F 
20 
F 

M 
Woolwich, Kent, England 
Ipswich, Suffolk, England 
Ipswich, Suffolk, England 
Beccles, Suffolk, England 
Beccles, Suffolk, England 
F 
Beccles, Suffolk, England 

M 
 
 
 
 

Wife 
Daur 
Daur 
Daur 

Scholar
Scholar
Scholar

Daur 
Beccles, Suffolk, England 

Servant
Nursemaid (Domestic)

Grace W Jones 
Francis Jones 
Wilton J Jones 
 
 
Rix 
1906 Survey 
 
 
 
 
1933+ 
 
 
 
 
 
 

W 
U 
U 
3 daughters; 2 servants & visitor
1902 
1904 

50 
22 
18 

F 
M 
M 

Beccles
Bengal, India 
Bengal, India 

Head 
son 
son 

own means
medical student
Cambridge University Student

 
£35 

 
V 
 
 
 
 
 
Baxter, Eleanor 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Jones, Mrs
Jones, Grace 
Jones, GW 
Jones, Mrs
Jones, Mrs
Hammond, William
Watkins, Frank 

Resident
7 Bedrooms 

Walton, JP 
 
 
 
 
Baxter, William 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1907 
1914 
1922 
1927 

 
Baxter, Mrs E - boarding house
Newham, Mrs Kathleen - guest house [with 7]
Bridges, Norman Harold - guest house
Saltgate Guest House
Bridges, NH - piano tuner
Saltgate Guest House

1936 
1948 
1954 
1965 
1965 
1974 

Listed Building:
17th century with 18th century front. As with Nos 1, 3 and 5 older work is incorporated. Three storeys. Brick, painted. Pantiles. Two
windows, sash with glazing bars and segmental arches. Modern door. Group value

1863 
1871 
 
1871 
 
1894 
 
 
 
 
 

TO BE LET: Dwelling House in Saltgate occupied by William Garrard. Apply SW Rix.
TO BE LET: House occupied by Mr Rix comprising 3 Sitting Rooms, 5 Bedrooms, Kitchen with  
Garden & Stable.

TO BE LET: House & Garden lately occupied by SW Rix & from Michaelmas the house adjoining
now tenanted by Rev JT Johnstone [the Rector]

SALE: Under the Will of the late S Wilton Rix: Two freehold RESIDENCES in SALTGATE ,
 
 
 
Gig House, loft and bin.
 

RESIDENCE [No 7] with Garden & Stabling, lately occupied by Late SW Rix,  containing Hall  
Dining Room, Morning Room opening into Conservatory, which is paved with tiles, Study, Kitchens,
and Offices, Drawing Room, five Bedrooms and WC, Gardens with frontage next the street, Stable,

Tiptod, Wm 
Rix, SW
Rix, SW
Rix, SW
Rix, SW
1881 CENSUS

1841 
1851 
1861 
1871 
1881 

£12 
£11.15
£13 
£23.01
£23 

V 
V 
V 
V 
V 

Pymar, Thos 
Pymar, Thos 
Davenport, FW
Rix late
Rix, SW

Musician
Musician

Samuel W. RIX 
Eliza RIX
Sarah MASTERSONU 
Louisa PARKER 

M 
M 

75 
55 
43 
14 

M 
F 
F 
F 

Diss, Norfolk, England 
St Mary Magdalene, Oxford, England 
St Michael South Elmham, Suffolk 
Woodton, Norfolk, England

Head 
Wife 
Servant
Servant

Housemaid Domestic Serv
Cook Domestic Serv

Katherine Loader
 
ALSO in 2 roomed flat
Mary J Bradley 
 
 
Rix 
1906 Survey 
 
 
 
 
1933+ 
 
 
 
 
 

M 
3 daughters; Widowed Sister; 1 servant

S 
1902 
1904 
1904 

69 
 
 
£24 

F 
 
 
V 

City of London 
Loader, Mrs
Loader, Mrs
Loder, Dawson 
empty 
-- 
Moore, Chester George
Taylor, Edward Louis
Taylor, Edward Louis
Ho 
Taylor, Mrs
Newham, Mrs Kathleen - guest house [with 5]
Dye, Leonard
Albon, John R
Cooper, DG

Resident
5 Bedrooms 

Walton, JP 
 
 
 
 
Hipperson & Co 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Taylor, Edward 
 
 
 
 
 

1907 
1914 
1922 
1927 

1936 
1948 
1954 
1965 
1974 

1570 
1576 
1593 
1615c 
1630c 
1635c 
1644 
1665 
1677 
1693 
1715 
1867 
 
1867 
 
1894 
 
 
 
 
1914 
 
1914 
 
 
 
 
1914 
1914 
1916 
 
 
1914

Thomas Palmer for the tenement late Dobson 
Thomas Palmer [.....] before Edgars
The Owner of the Grounds & tent wasted: late Thomas Palmer Before Dobson & Edyour
John Davison, for a tent before Ed Davison
William Davidson, for two tents in Saltgate, sometime Prints & Palmer after CraneTask 2s
John Hutchen, for grounds & tent wasted, late Davison, before Palmer, Dobson & Eymor
John Hutchen, for a tent late Dawson & for the sign post 
John Gilbert, for a tent wasted, sometime Davison, Poland, Dodson & Eymor (folio 232) 
Henry Mason, tent in Saltgate, late John Hutchin 
John Gilbert’s Heirs, for a tent in Saltgate  
Robert Wake, tent late Mason, formerly Hutchen in Saltgate 
SALE: Lot 2: Convenient House & Shop in Saltgate adjoining Lot 1 [number 11] on SOUTH side
tenanted by Messrs Stimpson & Son, shoemakers Rent £11
SALE: Lot 3: Substantial brick & tiled Stable & Yard on WEST side of Lot 2.
Entirely freehold, profitable trades carried on in both houses for many years.
SALE: under the will of Miss Katherine Percy Rix: the HOUSE & SHOP in [No 9] SALTGATE  
occupied by Henry Stimson. at a Rate of £12, containing Entrance, Front Shop, Workshop, Sitting
Room, Kitchens and Offices & five Bedrooms, Garden, large Yard, with building formerly a Stable.
(sale, with later details, by Messrs Spelman 17 September)
[not sold]
COUNCIL: Plan for a new Cinematographic building in Saltgate by Eastern Counties Cinema Co  
diapproved by Committee.
CINEMA  IN  SALTGATE:  During  construction  bones found near the Puddingmoor end. The house
pulled down to make way for the cinema had been occupied by the Stimpson family (church  
Bellringers) for several generations, next door was the Prince of Wales Inn, which long ago  
disappeared, the site forming the garden of premises occupied by SW Rix. 5 Skulls unearthed &  
other bones.
MUSIC LIENCE: newly erected Cinema Palace in Saltgate given licence forpublic singing & dancing
COUNCIL: Plans approved for 1) Engine House at the back of the Picture Palace in Saltgate.

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SINGING  LICENCE  FOR CINEMA: Reported that songs “not such as should be, had been sung.”
Police reported it was overcrowded. Undertakings were made by the management (Mr Walter  
Joseph of Norwich)
The story of the Cinema, in Saltgate, is too recent to be termed history. Built in 1914 on the site of the
old Prince of Wales Inn, its opening was attended with little ceremony..for it was around the time of
the commencement of the first World War.
It was owned by a Norwich company and my only recollection is of its resident pianist, a little fellow
with hair brushed well back, his coat tails arrayed behind the piano stool as he performed. The war
lingered on with its memories of Zeppelin nights when on occasion the hostile airships clanked across
the skies carrying their load of bombs weighing but a few pounds each.
THE SERIALS
Yet all was well within the Cinema, The silver screen poirtrayed the latest productions, not forgetling
the great attraction of the serial, which in those days counted more than even the feature film. The
never-to-be-forgotten Pearl White, the thrills, even the sob stuff as we sang the theme tune “Elaine” in
which we indicated the Lady had set our hearts aflame!
After the war the ownership of the Cinema changed and eventually passed into local hands and it
embarked upon an era probably unequalled since, with genial Bob Atkinson as manager and Mr. Jimmy
Cutler the musical chief. In the early days tinkling piano was considered adequate to lend atmosphere
to a picture but later a small three or four piece orchestra took its place, for the musical accompaniment
to a picture was slowly becoming an art.
With the coming of “super” pictures a musical score was generally available, adding considerably to
the presentation, while sound effects emanating from the orchestra pit provided a touch of realism.

1916 
1917 
 

PRESENTATION TO CINEMA MANAGER: Mr CJW Morrison leaving after three years.
CINEMA, SALTGATE, ATTENDANT, Miss Aldred, who has worked there since it opened in  
1914 had presentation, leaving to take up munitions work.

 
 
 
Farr, Thos 
Bardwell, Sar 
 
 
Farr, Thos 
Bardwell, Sar 
Bardwell, Sar 
Farr, Thos 
Farr, FW
 
 
Morse, F
Rix, Joseph 
Rix, Joseph 

1823 
1830 
1830 
 
1841 
1844 
1844 
 
1845 
1850 
 
1851 
1855 
1855 
1861 
1871 
1881 

 
 
 
1841 
£13.05
 
 
1845 
£4.15 
 
1850 
£8.05 
 
 
£7.10 
10.1 
10.1 

 
 
 
£9.05 
 
 
 
£8.05 
 
 
 
V 
 
 
V 
V 
V 

Stimpson, John 
Stimpson, John 
Stimpson, John 
V 
Ecclestne, John 
Barkway, Sam
Stimpson, John 
 
Stimpson, John 
Stimpson, John 
 
Ward, Benj 
Ward, Benj
Stimpson, John 
Haddingham, Wm
Stimpson, Jn 
Stimpson, Jn 

Inn; The Prince of Wales
Boot & Shoemaker

Inn; The Prince of Wales
Stimpson, Sarah 

Inn 
 

 
No 234

Boot & Shoemaker
Barkway, Sam 

Ho 
 

 
 
 
Ho 

 
No 232
No 243
 

Boot & Shoemaker
Goffin, late 

 
Beer Retailer

Shoemaker 
Shoemaker

1881 CENSUS
John STIMPSON

M 
M 
U 
 

71 
70 
18 
13 

M 
F 
M 
M 

Beccles, Suffolk, England 
Acle, Norfolk, England 
Broom, Norfolk, England 
Halesworth, Suffolk, England

Head 
Wife 
Grandson
Grandson

Mary STIMPSON
Henry STIMPSON
Charles STIMPSON

Engineer (Mechanical) Journyman (E & M)
Scholar

Clementine Stimpson 
 
 
Walton, Josh 
1906 Survey 
 
 
 
 
1933+ 
 
 
 
 

W 
 
 
£11 

59 
 
 
V 
 
 
 
 
 
Cinema Co Ltd 
 
 
 
 

F 
Stimpson, Mrs
Stimpson, Mrs
Stimpson, Clmntia
Stimpson, C 
Stimpson, Mrs
/
Eastern Counties Cinema
Eastern Counties Cinema Co

1902 
1904 
1904 

Apartments
6 Bedrooms 

Walton, JP 
 
 
 
 
Hipperson & Co 
 
 
 
 

1907 
1914 
1922 
1927 

 
Beccles Cinema (Mrs EE Hipperson, proprietress)
Beccles Cinema Co Ltd
Beccles Cinema Co Ltd
Beccles Bingo Club

1936 
1948 
1954 
1965 

PRINCE OF WALES in Saltgate: owners transferred the licence to the Railway Hotel, the occupier Benjamin Ward (presumably
between 1851 & 1861)  from Eugene Ulph’s Scrapbook 1951-52, Beccles Museum 

LINGERING in Saltgate the other day a friend choose to upbraid me for having neglected to include the Cinema in my
sketches of the town, adding somewhat despairingly: You of all people should have a tale to tell.” So, in deference to my
friend the omission shall be remedied. 
The story of the Cinema, in Saltgate, is too recent to be termed history. Built in 1914 on the site of the old Prince of Wales
Inn, its opening was attended with little ceremony..for it was around the time of the commencement of the first World
War.
It was owned by a Norwich company and my only recollection is of its resident pianist, a little fellow with hair brushed
well back, his coat tails arrayed behind the piano stool as he performed. The war lingered on with its memories of Zeppelin
nights when on occasion the hostile airships clanked across the skies carrying their load of bombs weighing but a few
pounds each.
THE SERIALS
Yet all was well within the Cinema, The silver screen portrayed the latest productions, not forgetling the great attraction of
the serial, which in those days counted more than even the feature film. The never-to-be-forgotten Pearl White, the thrills,
even the sob stuff as we sang the theme tune “Elaine” in which we indicated the Lady had set our hearts aflame!
After the war the ownership of the Cinema changed and eventually passed into local hands and it embarked upon an era
probably unequalled since, with genial Bob Atkinson as manager and Mr. Jimmy Cutler the musical chief. In the early days
tinkling piano was considered adequate to lend atmosphere to a picture but later a small three or four piece orchestra took
its place, for the musical accompaniment to a picture was slowly becoming an art.
With the coming of “super” pictures a musical score was generally available, adding considerably to the presentation, while
sound effects emanating from the orchestra pit provided a touch of realism.
EFFECTS USED
An example of this considerably added to the success of D. W. Griffith’s “Way Down East” which ran at the Cinema for a
week. The music was superb—even now I seldom hear Schubert’s Serenade without harking back to this picture, for the
heroin’s appearance (Lillian Gish played the part) at any time in the picture produced a few bars of this theme, while her
escape across the ice-floes released a shattering roar from a cylinder containing stones etc. in the orchestra pit.
Sleigh bells, triangles, tambourines and rain effects were also added as required. There were many other special screenings
in the old Cinema days—how well I remember other Griffith’s “supers” “Broken Blossoms” (also with Lilian Gish) and the
mighty “Intolerance” and “Birth of a Nation.” The great Valentino in “The Four Horsemen” and Lon Chaney m “The
Hunchback of Notre Dame” and others ‘that appeared on the Cinema screen.
BRITISH FILMS
All the foregoing pictures, together with most of the stars had origin in the USA., but what of the British films of the
Cinema’s silent days? Truth to tell they are in the main forgotten, for the British film industry of those days was but in its
birth pangs. The best of a poor lot were undoubtedly those that emerged from the Hepworth studios, their stars being
Henry Edwards, Chrissie White and Stewart Rome.
True the Hepworth artists gave sincere performances and the scenes of the countryside of Old England were as a breath of
fresh, sweet air compared with the interminable scenes of the American canyons, and dusty prairies with their bandits and
sheriff’s  posses!  Drama,  comedy—with  tears  and  laughter,  great  pictures, poor pictures—even an unusual picture,
“Warning Shadows” which was shown for but one night—all these contributed to the good old days of the silent films;
two houses nightly, with Saturday and Bank Holiday matinees.
There were the regular Cinemagoers—you could tell the evening without a calendar by a glance at some of the rows of
seats—if you saw ‘old - “ in his favourite seat it was Monday, observe Mrs. -- and it would certainly be Wednesday.

FIRST TALKIE
There came a day when the sound picture appeared on the horizon, but the Cinema was in no hurry to adopt the “talkies.”
True in the early 1930’s the orchestra pit underwent altereations, the orchestra—almost like the Arabs— stole silently
away, and the Cinema was bereft of Jimmie’s fiddle, Gus’s cornet to say nothing of cello and piano, their place being taken
by a radiogram and recorded music.
The Cinema eventually succumbed to the new cult and its first “all talking” feature was “The Love Parade” wiith Maurice

Chevalier, though by this time it had a “sister” theatre, the Regal, firmly established in Ballygate.
Yet it is at the “Old Cinema” that my happiest memories remain, for even as a relief pianist it was a privilege indeed to share
the comradeship of men and women whose duty it was to provide the public with its entertainment. Alas! some of them
are no longer with us, yet, among an older race of cinema-goer I cannot think the memory of them will fade.

 
Listed Building:
Probably 18th century, altered. Two storeys and attic. Roughcast, painted. Pantiles. Two windows, casements enlarged. Enlarged
dormer, and window in gable at second floor. Group value.

1570 
1576 
1593 
 
1635c 
 
1665 
 
1671 
1681 
 
1693 
1704 
 
1720 
 
1729 
1770 
 
 
1770 
 
1777 
 
1799 
1800 
 
1812 
 
1816 
 
 
1822 
1824 
1825 
1864 
 
1867 
 
 
 

Matthew Prynt, for the tenement, late Thrower 
Matthew Print..... late Thrower before...... 
The Heirs of Matthew Print or Garnett for the grounds wasted at the corner next the
Old Market, before Bylney & Thrower [post Davison]
John Hutchen, for the grounds wasted in the corner next the old Church, before Prints
or Garnett, before that Bilon & Thrower 
John Gilbert, for land wasted late John Hutchen, called the Three Feathers, nup Prints,
Garnett, Billyney & Trowers 
John Gilbert, in the tenure of George Manning called the Three Feathers
Edward Clarke, for a tent in the corner of the Old Market, sometime called the Three
Feathers, Hutchen, late Gilbert (post Galfred Purvis)
Edward Clarke, part of a tent in the Old Market, late Gilbert 
Jeoffrey Purvis, for a tent in the Old Market, sometime called the Three Feathers,
late of Edward Clarke 
Thomas Purvis, for a tent called the Three Feathers at the corner of the Old Market,
late Edward Clarke & since that of Jeoffrey Purvis 
Thomas Purvis
William Bond, for a tenement formerly called the Three Feathers at the corner of the Old
Market, late of Thomas Purvis & formerly of Geoffrey Purvis
[Lydia Bond married Richard Bardwell in October 1769]
Richard Bardwell, [died 1800 aged 70] messe in Saltgate, late Thomas Purvis, Jeoffrey
Purvis,
Richard Bardwell, for a tent formerly called the Three Feathers at the corner of the
Old Market, late of William Bond, before of Jeoffrey Purvis 
Richard Bardwell, in his own use 
John Bardwell, [singleman, died 1811, aged 52] messe in Saltgate, late Richard Bardwell,
his Father, Geoff Purvis, Clarke, Gilbert 
Richard Bardwell, carpenter of Sandwich in Kent, messe in Saltgate formerly of Richard
Bardwell, before Clark & Gilbert, since of John Bardwell. 
Bond William Bardwell, baker, [died 1823 aged 52] freehold messe in Saltgate, formerly
Richard Bardwell, before Clarke & Gilbert, since of john Bardwell, decsd, & late of Richard
Bardwell, the brother of BW Bardwell 
Bardwell, Richard, late Purvis (free)
Sarah Bardwell, messe in Saltgate, formerly John, Richard & Bond William Bardwell 
Bardwell, Richard late Purvis (free) House on corner of Puddingmoor 

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TO BE LET: House & Shop with suitable buildings in Saltgate late in the occupation of Mr Davey,
painter, deceased. Apply Mrs Bardwell, Old Market.

SALE: LOT 1: Substantial dwelling house & spacious shops with bake office in Saltgate now in the
occupation of John Mallett Ross, confectioner, as yearly tenant with Granary, Yard & Garden
ALSO House or tenement adjoining on the NORTH, now occupied by William Mills as under-tenant to
Mr Ross. Extensive frontage to Saltgate & Puddingmoor  Rent £25 pa

 
1889 
 
 
 
 

Entirely freehold, profitable trades carried on in both houses for many years. [Lots 1 & 2]
SALE: Saltgate:
At corner of  Saltgate and Puddingmoor. Substantial Block, brick and tiled Dwelling and
Confectioner’s Shop, Refreshment Room and Bake Office with Yard, Stabling etc. Freehold.
Trade Premises in the occupation of Mr A Tyler, baker and confectioner, at annual Rent of £18.
ALSO small cottage adjoining now in the occupation of Mr W Youell. Rent £6-10s

Bardwell, Sarah 
Bardwell, Sarah 
Bardwell, Sarah 

1841 
1841 
1841 

£13.05
£5.05 
£13.05

V 
V 
V 

Ecclestone, Jn 
Hopson, Wm 
Love, Jn

Baker
Basket Maker
Cabinet Maker

Bardwell, Sarah 
Bardwell, Sarah 
Bardwell, Sarah 

1851 
1851 
1851 

£11.15
£11.15
£4.15 

V 
V 
V 

Davey, Jn 
Shreeve, Fra 
Stimpson, Jn 

Painter
Baker/Confect
Cordwainer

Bardwell, Sarah 
Bardwell, Sarah 
Ross, Jn
Ross, Jn
1881 CENSUS
John M. ROSS 
Maria ROSS 
Harriett KIRBY 

1861 
1861 
1871 
1881 

£12.05
£15 
£23 
£23 

V 
V 
V 
V 

Davey, Jn 
Ross, Jn
Ross, Jn
Ross, Jn

Painter
Baker
Confectioner
Confectioner

M 
M 
U 

54 
55 
16 

M 
F 
F 

Norwich, Norfolk, England 
Beccles, Suffolk, England 
Stockton, Norfolk, England

Head 
Wife 
Servant

Baker & Confectioner Employing 1 M & 1 F
Assisting In Confectioners Shop
General Servant (Domestic)

Ernest Edwards 
 
 
Ross, Jn
1906 Survey 
occupants 
 
 
1914-1918 WAR SERVICE

M 
2 sons (19 & 18);  3 daughters (16,14,10)
1902 
1904 
Walton, JP 

 
£17 

 
V 
 

Edwards, Ernest 
Edwards, Ernest 
Edwards, EE 

 
 
dwelling, shop & bakery 

Baker/Confectioner
Baker/Confect

1907 
1914 

Edwards, Ernest 
Edwards, Ernest 

Baker/Confectioner
Baker/Confectioner

EDWARDS, Ernest
TYE, Percy 
 
 
1933+ 
 
 
 
 
 

11 
11 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saltgate
Saltgate
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1917 
1915 
Took, Walter 
Taylor, A & Son 
Taylor, Arthur 
Taylor, A & Son 
Taylor, A & Son 
Taylor, A & Son 
Savage, AG 
Savage, AG 

 
2/4th 

Royal Garrison Artillery 
Royal Berks 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Took, Walter 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Cott & Shop 
 
 
 
 
 

Pte 
Confectioner
Engineer

1922 
1927 

 
Engineer
Engineer
Electricians
 
 

1936 
1948 
1954 
1968 
1974 

Furniture dealer
Furniture dealer

SMALL COTTAGE ADJOINING
1881 CENSUS
Henry FARROW
Harriett FARROW M 
Rosa FARROW
Arthur FARROW 

 
M 

 
27 
26 
2 
11 m 

 
M 
F 
F 
M 

Beccles, Suffolk, England
Stoven, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England

Head 
Wife
Daughter
Son

1593 
 
1650c 
 
1653 
 
1683 
 
1693 
1700.1
1720 
 
1742 
1748 
 
1758 
 
1821 
 
 
 
 
 
1824 
 
1829 
 
1831 
 
1852 
 
1852 
 
 
1854 
 
1862 
 
 

The heirs of Michael Salhowes of Shandsy, for a tent late Peek, before Henry Botswaine
at the corner opening upon the market Place, part of the new house 
John Nicholls, for a tent anciently John Pickes & Henry Botswaine, late Captain
Hammond, opening upon the Market Place, part of the new house 
John Nicholls, messe called the Saracen’d Head on the east side of Saltgate, purchased
of John Hammond, Esq. 
John Nicholls, jnr, for tent sometime Peck, Boatswaine & Captain Hammond, late John
Nicholls, gent, standing upon the market Place, part of the new house
John Nicholls, jun, for a tent & post in Saltgate Street Corner
John Schuldham
John Sallows, for a tent in Saltgate corner, late Mr Hammond, since that Nicholls &
since that Mr Schuldham, called the Sarcen’s Head
John Sallows, tent at Saltgate street corner late Nicholls 
John Sallows: alienated tent & land in Saltgate, late Nicholls to Robert Harbor & Mary
his wife
Samuel Maltwood Creed, [died 1807 aged 81] tent in Saltgate sometime Nicholls & late
John Sallows 
[Probably this house] To be let with immediate possession. A house in Beccles, pleasantly situate in the
centre of the Town, fit for a small genteel family; comprising entraance hall, parlour, kitchen, three good
bedrooms, cellars, garden and other conveniences, late in the occupation of Mr. Higham. The rent and
taxes are moderate.  and a gig house with stable adjoining, may go with the house if required. Apply to
Mr Cuddon, conveyancer, Beccles, of whom may be had several sums from £100 to £200 or ample
mortgages for a term of years.
James Cuddon, tent in Saltgate formerly John Sallows, since Samuel Creed
(later Thomas Jay) 
Thomas Jay, [died 1834 aged 43], watchmaker. Tent at south east corner of Saltgate, now
in his own occupation, late James Cuddon, formerly SM Creed (later Thomas Hall) 
Thomas Hall, shoemaker, tent at south east corner of Saltgate, late Thomas Jay
(later William Hall) 
William Hall & James Hall of Norwich, tent at south east corner of Saltgate late
Thomas Hall, before Thomas Jay 
SALE: 3 May 1852
Business premises and shop at corner of Saltgate, with large yard, warehouse, stable &
outbuildings & garden, in occupation of Mr WJ Bulwer for 22 years Rent £20 pa
Francis Beane of Raveningham, tent at south east corner of Saltgate, formerly
Thomas Hall, late William Hall & James Hall
ADVERTISEMENT: Isaac Green: Boot & Shoe Warehouse, Newmarket
Bought Bankrupt Stock of Men’s Hats, Scarfs & Neckties. selling at 20% off prime cost.
Winter Stocks of Boots & Shoes.

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1921 
 
 
 
 
 

SALE: HW Read, Esq: BLOCK of Freehold BUSINESS PROPERTY in One Lot comprising
HAIRDRESSER’S SHOP & DWELLING HOUSE in occupation of Mr A Downing;  []
CORNER DAIRY SHOP & DWELLING HOUSE, spacious Yard, Garden & Premises in the occupation of
Mr CH Bacon, and [2 Saltgate]
DWELLING HOUSE, No 4 SALTGATE, in occupation of Mrs Ely, the whole producing £50 at pre-war
rentals.

Hall, Eliza 
Hall, Wm/Jas 
Beane, Fra 
Bean, JR
1881 CENSUS

 
1852 
 
1881 

1841 
2 
1854 
£15 

£13.05
B
2 
V 

B
Green, Isaac 

Isaac GREEN 
Men

Bean, JR exors 
 
Read 
Hawes, Fred 
 
 
 
1914-1918 WAR SERVICE

1896 
1902 
1904 
1906 Survey 
1907 
1907 
1914 

 
 
£18 

V 
 
V 
 
 
 
 

Bowes, Robt 
Bowes, Robert
Hawes, Fred 
Hawes, Fred 
Hawes, Fred 
Hawes, Frederick
Wells, John 

Fruiterer
dwelling & Shop 
Fruiterer

PEACOCK, Walter R 
 
 
 
Read, Herbert   
 
 
 

2 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Saltgate
Wells, John 
Bacon, Charles 
Bacon, Charles 
Powell, David 
/
Beccles Working Men’s Co-operative Association Ltd
Beccles Working Men’s Co-operative Association Ltd

 
 
 
 
Ho & Shop 

Royal Army Veterinary Co 
dairyman
dairyman
dairyman

Pte 
[listed as 10 The Walk]
[listed as 10 The Walk]
[listed as 10 The Walk]
£30 

1914 
1922 
1927 
1933+ 
1936 
1954 
1974 

1945c 
 
 
 
 

According to a project with photographs in the Beccles Museum:
“The houseof B. Pleasants [arrow indicates this building] had ceilings similar to those of Swain’s, now
Owles & Ashford’s office [No 23 Newmarket]”
Also: “Under this house a cellar existed & workmen discovered a tunnel which was filled in. There were
many tunnels: under the Cinema - under Newmarket & under the Church.”

1906 Survey 
1914 
1922 
1927 
1936 

Read (Ipswich) 
 
 
 
 

Downing, AR 
 
 
 
 

dwelling & shop 
Downing, Alfred E
Downing, Alfred E
Downing, Alfred E
Davy, Misses 

3 bedrooms, 2 sitting rooms & shop 
 
 
 
 

hair dresser
hair dresser
hair dresser
ladies’ hairdresser

1593 
 
 
1650c 
 
1693 
1700.1
1720 
 
1742 
1758 
1762 
 
 
1807 
 
 
1824 
 

The heirs of Michael Salhowes of Shandsy, for the other part  part of the new house
with other late tents byrnt & grounds adjoining called the Saracen’s Head, late Button,
before Walcy (post John Michell)
John Nicholls, for  the other part of the new house and grounds adjoining, [Saltgate 2]
called the Saracen’s Head late Captain Hammond 
John Nicholls, sen, [grocer] for a tent  in Saltgate 
John Schuldham
John Sallows, for a tent in Saltgate corner, late Mr Hammond, since that Nicholls &
since that Mr Schuldham, called the Sarcen’s Head 
John Sallows, for tent adjoining , [Saltgate 2] late his Father 
Samuel Maltwood Creed, [died 1807 aged 81] tent next adjoining [Salgate 2] 
SALE: 13 March 1762
To be sold at upholstery & paper hanging warehouse at Beccles by the Church;
upholsterer from Norwich, successor to SM Creed
SALE: Sam Crowe to sell at King’s Head on 9 May :  
Freehold estate, upper end of Saltgate, late residence of Samuel Creed, deceased, & other
part occupied by Boyce Maskel, upholsterer, large warehouse, detached, etc
James Cuddon, tent in Saltgate adjoining [Saltgate 2] formerly John Sallows, late Creed
(later Thomas Jay) 

Task 10d
Rent 1s 2d

Task 10d
Rent 1s 2d
Rent 1s 2d

1829 
 
1831 
 
1852 
 
1852 
 
 
1854 
 

Thomas Jay, [died 1834 aged 43], messe in occupaton of George Winn adjoining on
the east side late James Cuddon, formerly SM Creed
Thomas Hall, messe in occupation of George Winn, adjoining on the east side [Saltgate 2]
 late Thomas Jay
William Hall & James Hall of Norwich, in occupation of -- Feltham, adjoining the east side  late
Thomas Hall 
SALE: 3 May 1852
Spacious house fronting Market Place, adjoining Lot 1 & piece of gardenat back,
occupied by J Feltham at £14 pa
Francis Beane of Raveningham, messe on east side of premises above [Saltgate 2]  late
William Hall & James Hall

1921 
 
 
CH  
 
 

SALE: HW Read, Esq: BLOCK of Freehold BUSINESS PROPERTY in One Lot comprising
HAIRDRESSER’S SHOP & DWELLING HOUSE in occupation of Mr A Downing;  [9 The Walk or 2 Saltgate?]
CORNER DAIRY SHOP & DWELLING HOUSE, spacious Yard, Garden & Premises in the occupation of Mr
Bacon, and [9 The Walk or 2 Saltgate?]
DWELLING HOUSE, No 4 SALTGATE, in occupation of Mrs Ely, the whole producing £50 at pre-war
rentals.

Hall, Eliza 
Hall, Eliza 
Hall, Wm/Jas 
Beane, Fra 
Bean, F
Bean, F exors 
Bean, JR
1881 CENSUS
Charlotte BAILEY
Eliza M. BAILEY

 
 
1852 
 
1861 
1871 
1881 

1841 
1851 
1.02 
1854 
£5.05 
£4 
£5 

£6.10 
£5.05 
B
1.02 
V 
V 
V 

V 
V 

Dennant, Jere 
Gaze, Edw 

Shoemaker
 

B
Hunt, Suckling 
Stimpson, Ben 
Bailey, Edw 

Smuggler!
Shoemaker
Butcher

M 
U 

45 
22 

F 
F 

Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Head 
Daur 

Butcher’s Wife
Butchers Daughter Attends To Shop

George Ely 
 
 
 
Read 
1906 Survey  
 
 
 
 
 
1933+ 
 
 
 

 
wife
1902 
1904 
1904 
Ely, George 
1907 
1907 
1914 
1922 
1927 
Read, Herbert 
1936 
1954 
1974 

 
 
£5 

 
 
V 
Downing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Ely, George
Ely, George
Ely, George 
 
Ely, George
Ely, George
Ely, Mrs
Ely, Mrs
Ely, Mrs
Ely, Alice 
Ely, Mrs
Beccles Working Men’s Co-operative Association Ltd
Beccles Working Men’s Co-operative Association Ltd

Householder
2 Bedrooms