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Kitchen, 3 good Sleeping Rooms, Dressing Room, back office. Apply Mr Wooltorton, Station Road
SALE: by direction of WC Jecks, Esq
Two valuable Lots of Building Land fronting Station Road on the NORTH side
SALE: by direction of WC Jecks, Esq
Two Lots adjoining the Railway on the WEST side; the properties of John Crisp on the North, of Mr
Fenn on the South
Kitchen, 4 Sleeping Rooms, Back Offices. AB
North Frontages on other public ways.
frontage on the Railway.
LOT 2: Building Land EAST of Lot 1 with SOUTH Frontage of 32ft on Station Road with East &
NORTH, admirably adapted for erection of Mercantile Premises, having a frontage on the Railway of
71ft.
LOT 4: Land adjoining Lot 3 on the SOUTH side containing about 40 perches & with similar
SALE: Furniture of John Clarke, Station Road
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Addition to House
Addition to House in Station Road beloning to John Oldrin
Additions to [10] Station Road submitted by Arthur Pells
Schoolhouse for Wesleyan Church
Arthur Pells new Schoolroom for Baptists - built on brick piers
Alteration to Plan for New Schoolroom for Baptists
Additions to house in Station Road for Miss Saul
Lamps on New Bridge at Station to be lighted by Corporation
Covering to Robinson's Bicycle Shop in Station Road disapproved
Additions to Coffee House in Station Road
New Store Shed for FJ Allen's exors in Station Road
Addition to Railway Hotel for Messrs Cobbold
Alterations to House in Station Road for Mr Read, referred back
Additions to House in Station Road for RE Phillips
Additions to Star Hotel for HA King
Additions to HG Lawrance's House in Station Road
Additions to RE Phillips' house in Station Road
Alteration to HA King's Workshops in Station Road
W Robinson to erect advert bard in front of his house, Station Road
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cars. Shortly before the commencement of the afternoon performance the large Elephant broke loose
& running against the side of the Marquee, tore a large rent in the canvas & threw over some of the
seating. He was soon again secured. On Sunday evening, at half past eight, one of the Camels broke
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Sunday last a religious service was held & the Gospel preached. The persons who preach & take part
in the service are quit unknown in Beccles & seem to be attached to no denomination.
Puritan control during the Civil War in the 1640s and the Commonwealth.
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“township of Beccles for the gameplace lying in Newgate.”
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the building of a House of Correction [a Gaol] and a Workhouse within the Town of Beccles .....”
“It was agreed that the House of Correction should be placed on the Game Place.”
Newgate. It was opposite the back of the Guildhall of Beccles, the front of which is in Smallgate, and is now the Glennie School
of Dancing. The present building on the site was put up in 1837 replacing a medieval or Tudor building. At the back, facing
Newgate was the Guildhall Barn which was destroyed by fire in the 1970s or 1980s. This was an ancient wooden structure
whose origins are obscure, but the site was owned by the Feoffees who were successors to the Guild of the Holy Ghost a
medieval Guild of Beccles. Plays were performed there in the eighteenth century by travelling acting companies before the
Public Hall (originally called the Assembly Room) was built in the 1780s.
So the medieval acting area of the Game Place was close to the late 18th century theatre building.
Wed next being 5th August by Mr TOLLETS Company of Comedians will be acted that diverting
comedy A Bold Sense for a Wife, with several entertainments of Singing and Dancing.
By desire of the Quality at the Town Hall [Guildhall Barn] in Beccles every evening next week (last
week) Seignoaria Violante famous Italian Rope Dancer also a play “Love is a Sack” 6 p.m.
Beccles Town Hall [The Guildhall Barn] Wed 20th: Romeo & Juliet (benefit Mr & Mrs Pearson)
entertainment between the Acts. Box & pit laid together 2/6 Gallery 1s. 6pm. It will be a moon-light
Night. Last night of playing.
etc.
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the celebrated Romeo & Juliet written by Shakespeare .
Acts as follows:
End of Act 1, A new way to manage a wife with advantage, by Mr Cunningham
Act 2 As on a Mountain’s Craggy Brow by Mrs Hill
4th A new Canlath? by Mrs H.
End of play: The Dutch Skipper who danced? by Mr Peterson
In the Masquerade scene will be introduced a new Masquerade song
To which will be added the last new farce called LETHE or Aesop in the Shades. written by Mr Garrick.
The whole will conclude with Mr Blakeys Epilogue called “Ten for the Tea Man” Boxes & pit laid
together at 2/6 Gallery 1/- To begin six o’clock
but was much rougher. It was peculiar to the East Anglian coast and its neighbourhood, and is very ancient.
The ball used was the size of a cricket ball, but sometimes a large football was substituted, in which case the game was called
“Kicking Camp”, and if played with shoes on, “Savage Camp.”
The game fel into disuse in Suffolk at the beginning of the nineteenth century, in consequence, it is said, of two men being
also occupied some of the roadway of Station Road itself.
The area was still known as the “Camping Close” in 1821 (see map of William Crisp’s land)
THE THREE BECCLES MARTYRS
the complete reversal of the Reformation, which occured throughout the country.
interesting account of the events:
the command of Sir John Tyrrel, who sent both him and the other two to a dungeon, till they were all three together brought
before the Chancellor of Norwich and the registar at the town of Beccles.
earth of the Universal Catholic Church. That they they believed not holy bread and water, ashes, palms, and all other like
ceremonies used in the church, to be good and laudable for stirring up the people to devotion......That they would not follow the
Cross in procession, nor be confessed to a priest.
they praised God in such an audible voice, that it was wonderful to all those who stood by and heard them.
being there present within hearing thereof, willed the tormentors to throw one faggot to stop the breath of the knaves, as he
termed them, so hot was his burning charity. But these good men not regarding their malice, confessed the truth, and yielded
their lives to death for testimony of the same, very gloriously and loyfully."
Robert Bacon was a Churchwarden in 1547. The will of his father, Robert Bacon, dates from 1513 and he mentions his only son
Robert. He does not appear to have been a rich man, but seems to have been a pious one, for he left most of his possessions,
including the money from the sale of his house, "for the pleasure of God and the profit of my soul." Perhaps Robert the younger
was one of those to whom the destruction of the images in the church had been a deeply bitter blow. While he was
Churchwarden he would have been responsible for defacing the windows and destroying the statuary. Perhaps this bitterness
was the reason for his uncharitable conduct towards the martyr.
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And
Thomas Kemp, Esq [5 & 1/2 acres] (in reign of James II)
Richard Vesey, gent. his eldest son and next heir thereof according to the custom of this manor and
when of age, that is to say of age of nineteen years or thereabout; and therupon to this Court came
and the said Richard Vesey by Henry Jenkinson, gent, his uncle and in this behalf, his Attorney and
prays this favour of the Lord to be admitted Tenant and to the premises aforesaid as to his right and
inheritance according to the custom of this Manor. That is to say to:
gent nigh towards the south.
part and abutting upon the acre and a half aforesaid called Halstead eastwards and upon the land of
the town of Beccles anciently called the Gameplace westwards.
meadow containing four acres and the aforesaid piece of meadow containing one acre and a half to
him and his heirs at a Cort holden ye [blank] day of [blank] in the year of the reign of the late King
James over England of the surrender of Thomas Kemp, Esq.
died sole of and in the land and tenements holden of this manor by Copy of Court Roll, and that
meadow herein next mentioned in part, and a piece of meadow, late Vynors, now William Vesey,
the common pasture of Beccles called Goosegreen of the east, and abutting upon the piece of
mentioned westwards
the north east and the several way of the Lord of this Manor leading to Hall meadow of the south
meadow called Halstead, being the north side thereof and abutting upon the Close herein next
pasture aforesaid called Goosegreen of the east part and the piece of meadow herein next mentioned
of the west and abutting upon Goosegreen aforesaid southward and upon a meadow late Vyard, now
the aforesaid William Vesey, northward.
between the last mentioned piece of the east and a piece of meadow of the said William Vesey of the
west part and abutting upon the aforesaid acre and a half of meadow called the Halstead, northwards.
and Mary, his wife. And the said William Vesey, deceased, had and took up the aforesaid piece of
by estimation six acres; And the aforesaid piece of meadow containing by estimation three rods;
the aforesaid close called the Camping Close to him and his heirs of the surrender of Peter Barrett
hereof delivered by a Roll to hold to him and his heirs at the will of the Lord according to the custom
of this manor; By the rent and service due and accustoms; And the said Richard is admitted tenant to
all the premises aforesaid and pay his fine, but his fealty is .....
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Burke, Tomas Esq., for the Guildhall Close (COPY)
Burke, Tomas Esq., for the Fair Close (COPY)
Burke, Tomas Esq., for land there adjoining (COPY)
Burke, Tomas Esq., for tent in Newgate Street
Rent 15s
Rent 12s
Rent 4s
Rent 1s 6d
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Burke, Tomas Esq., for the Guildhall Close (COPY)
Burke, Tomas Esq., for the Fair Close (COPY)
Burke, Tomas Esq., for land there adjoining (COPY)
Burke, Tomas Esq., for tent in Newgate Street
Rent 15s
Rent 12s
Rent 4s
Rent 1s 6d
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Esq (COPY)
Edward Donn, for the Guildhall Close late Burke (COPY)
Edward Donn, for the Fair Close, late Burke (COPY)
Edward Donn, for land there adjoining, late Burke (COPY)
Edward Donn, for tent in Newgate Street, late Burke
Rent 15s
Rent 12s
Rent 4s
Rent 1s 6d
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Esq (COPY)
Edward Donn, for the Guildhall Close late Burke (COPY)
Edward Donn, for the Fair Close, late Burke (COPY)
Edward Donn, for land there adjoining, late Burke (COPY)
Edward Donn, for tent in Newgate Street, late Burke
Rent 15s
Rent 12s
Rent 4s
Rent 1s 6d
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Edward Donn, for the Guildhall Close (COPY)
Edward Donn, for the Fair Close, (COPY)
Edward Donn, for land there adjoining, late Burke (COPY)
Edward Donn, for tent in Newgate Street, late Burke
Rent 15s
Rent 12s
Rent 4s
Rent 1s 6d
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Edward Donn, for the Guildhall Close (COPY)
Edward Donn, for the Fair Close, (COPY)
Edward Donn, for land there adjoining, late Burke (COPY)
Edward Donn, for tent in Newgate Street, late Burke
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Rent 15s
Rent 12s
Rent 4s
Rent 1s 6d
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Rev J Dashwood, late William Crisp (COPY) part
Richard Thornton, part, late William Crisp & Donn (COPY)
William Sayer, late Arnold (later Thomas Norton) (COPY)
Beccles Magistrates [for prison], late Donn (COPY) part
John Crisp, late William Crisp (COPY)
Richard Thornton, late William Crisp, Donn
Richard Thornton, Tenter Yard
William Delf, late Willaim Crisp (COPY) part
Robert Dashwood admitted to Samuel Bignold’s lands Copyhold
Quit Rent of 14s: Copyhold part of Fair Close: Robert Dashwood 7s;
William Delf 7s
Rent 10s 6d
Rent 2s
Rent 14s
Rent 4s
Rent 6d
Rent 4d?
Rent 1s 6d
Rent 1d
formerly called Goose Green; 8a 3r 7p; Land Tax £1- 6- 0; Quit Rent p.a. 12s -9d
Gaol to the Common; 1a 0r 14p; Land Tax 4s; Quit Rent p.a. 1s 6d;
Quit Rent p.a. 1s 6d;
Property Estate called The Fair Fields
LOT1: [266-270] Three pieces of arable adjoining road leading to the Inclosures on Common,
Quit Rent p.a.8s
LOT 3: [263] Two pieces of arable adjoining Lot 2; 3a 1r 11p & small standing thereon
LOT 4: [261] Piece of arable land adjoining the Gaol;
LOT 5: [part of 262] Piece of arable land opposite Lot 4 on the right of the road leading from the
1a 0r 0p; Land Tax 4s; Quit Rent p.a. 1s 6d;
LOT 7: [part of 262] Arable Land next below 6 containing 1a 0r 24p 1a 0r 33p; Land Tax 4s;
Common 1a 0r 0p; Land Tax 4s; Quit Rent p.a. 1s 6d;
and grain and carrying the same and also straw to market
there is a footpath from the road to the Common 1a 2r 8p; Land Tax 6s; Quit Rent p.a. 2s;
1s 6d;
Fair in every year immemorially used.
apportioned to them are payable to the Manor.
reserves the use of until the 30th day of May following, for the purposes of threshing out her corn
LOT 12: Arable on south side of Lot 10; 2a 1r 18p; Land Tax 10s; Quit Rent 4s:
LOT 13: [259] Arable adjoining road leading from Gaol to Shipwreck Alley on the west; 2a 2r 15p;
Land Tax 8s; Quit Rent 3s 6d
This last Lot is to be sold subject to the right of shewing cattle for sale upon it at the September
and other buildings and 0a 3r 5p pasture land also in the occupation of Miss Donn
CONDITIONS OF SALE..... 3 ...The Barn with rights of passage thereto, which the vendor
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September 1808: Edward Arnold bought Lots 4 & 9 for £275;
6 The turnip crops upon Lots 1st, 12th & 13th to be taken by the respective purchaser of these lots
at valuation.
WRITTEN IN INK ON THE BACK OF THE PRINTED NOTICE:
Mary Donn surrenders Copyhold Land and tents to William Crisp, soap boiler.
along the south side of a meadow belonging to Charles Dashwood Esq.
therewith, is subject to rights of way to Lots I. and II to Mr. Dashwood’s and Mr. John Crisp’s
lands. Copyhold of the Manor of Beccles. Fine Arbitrary. Apportioned Annual Land Tax 15s
afternoon unless previously disposed of by private contract.
(more or less) now in the occupation of the vendor, and conveniently situated in the Fair fields, in the
immediate vicinity of the town of Beccles.
along the road leading to Lot III.
3R. 16p. (more or 1ess) also in the occupation of.the vendor. Apportioned Annual Land Tax 15s
IR. 32p. (more or less) also in the occupation of the vendor; together with the road leading thereto
the gate from the north~east to the north-west corner of the piece, and is to have a right of way
Quit Rent 4s 6d
LOT II. [Tithe Map 267] AN INCLOSURE of rich Meadow Land near the above, containing 3A.
LOT III [Tithe Map 266] AN INCLOSURE of rich Meadow Land, adjoining Lot II. containing IA.
Crisp, and (through the last-mentioned land) to Lot II. And the road leading to this Piece and sold
younger, 3rd Part; Richard Thornton, 4th Part; Richard Bardwell, 5th Part.
Southwold, merchant (now deceased) of 1st Part; Deliana Crisp, widow, 2nd Part; John Crisp, the
Rights of Way containing:-
ALL THAT arable land called the Fair Close, 12 acres 1rod 9 perches, but subject to the existing
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SOUTH. (Received 1 February 1814 from Mary Donn).
Almshouses [the Barrington Purvis Almshouses now in Blyburgate Car Park] SOUTH; A packway
and footway [This is the roadway forming the top bar of the T shape of Fair Close, leading from
Station Road through the Car Park; at times it was called Shipwreck Alley] WEST
admitted on surrender of Mary Donn, 6 November 1809, NORTH; Abutting aforesaid 1 & 1/2 acres
of Holsted’s EAST; Game Place (belonging to the Town of Beccles) WEST.
Vesey WEST on aforesaid 1 & 1/2 acres of land Holsted’s NORTH;
land late of Marjory Carver, widow and since of William Vesey, before Thomas Kemp, Esq,
ABUTMENTS: lying next to other parts of the Camping Close, to which Edward Arnold was
v ) And one piece of Meadow at East end of aforesaid Close;
BETWEEN Copyhold lands late William Vesey, Esq called the Camping Close in part, Copyhold
Copyhold land now of WH Crowfoot EAST; Freehold of George Fenn in part and certain
towards the EAST; And upon land belonging to the Town of Beccles called the Game Place to the
WEST.
other part of freehold lately sold and intended to be conveyed together with part of the Copyhold
hereditaments to William Delf on the SOUTH & the freehold land sold etc to William Delf and by
land of .... Grant in other part. and by land or ground of Charles Dashwood to the WEST.
which he could not afford to keep up and had become bankrupt. Samuel Bignold became the owner
of the property.]
Holsted’s being the north part & abutting upon the close next mentioned towards the west.
the surrender of Mary Donn 6 November 1809 on the NORTH; And the separate way of the Lord of
this Manor leading to Hall Meadow on the SOUTH; And 1 1/2acres of meadow called Holsted’s
acres lying next certain other part of the Camping Close to which Edward Arnold was admitted on
called Holsted’s to the NORTH.
separate way of the lord in part & the Copyhold land formerly of Marjorie Carver, widow, & since of
William Vesey, before of Thomas Kemp Esq on the part of the SOUTH.
being of freehold tenure & lately sold & intended to be conveyed to George Fenn in part and the
meadow formerly of William Vesey on the WEST; And abutting on aforesaid 1 & 1/2 acres of land
acres AND one piece of meadow or pasture at the EAST end of the aforesaid Close & contiguous
thereto.
ALL THAT piece of land containing 6a 18p forming part of a close called Fair Close (which contains
including the freehold parts) 12 acres 1 rood 9 perches. Bounded by lands of Samuel Charles Marsh
& Thomas Norton, NORTH; WH Crowfoot, EAST; Other parts of the Close called Fair Close,
Norwich Union Insurance Company. Thornton had taken out a mortgage with the Norwich Union
[Samuel Bignold (he was subsequently knighted) was the head of the family which contolled the
houses adjoining also a walled-in ornamental lawn, Garden & Pleasure Grounds, containing 0a 3r
14p in occupation of William Rogers. Rent £32. Land Tax 9s; Freehold.
pumps, Wood house, Cellar & several Bedrooms, walled-in Yard with Stable, Coach & Harness
LOT 1: Substantial & convenient Dwelling House adjoining Newgate comprising:
Entrance Hall, Parlour, Drawing Room, Kitchen, Pantry, Wash house, with hard & soft water
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walled-in Garden adjoining, in the occupation of Mr John Crisp or under-tenant. Rent £8 p.a.
with two working floors, excellent kiln, barley and malt chambers, two loose boxes & Strawhouse,
with hay loft over, also spacious Wagon-lodge and coal house, over which are boarded and tiled
Granaries, Cask shed, Wine Vaults & retail Malt Office, Liquor Stores, Pump house, Warehouse,
Yard etc in occupation of Messrs Tacon, Part Copyhold of Manor of Rosehall. Remainder freehold.
with capital Store Chambers for Malt, Corn & Hops over the same. In the Yard are extensive Lodges
for Carriages, Piggeries, Stables, Coopers shop, Counting house, etc. Also a brick & tiled Stable for
four horses, with loft over, & part of a Garden at the back, lean-to Bottle house, Yard, in which is a
Chaise house & loose box adjoining, long Hop room & Garden adjoining Shipwreck Alley.
Rede (later John Crisp)
Kitchen Wash house, Parlour, Kitchen, Wash house, Cellar, Bed Rooms & other Offices, with
Drawing Room,
with large walled garden,
Engine house, Washing house, Porter room, Store rooms, Tun rooms, Stabling & Harness house,
LOT 4: ALL THAT Capital, capacious & excellent Brewery & Yard, abutting Lot 3, comprising
brewing 60 coombs of Malt.
small strip of Yard, which is Copyhold); Land Tax £3- 1s- 6d.;
the north-east
freehold. Land Tax on each Lot 5s; Quit Rent on 5, 6 & 7 each 4s; Quit Rent on 8 & 9 each 2s
occupation of Richard Thornton, formerly a Tainter Yard, before William Crisp, formerly Thomas
Lot 6: Land, part of Fair Close 1a 2r 0p adjoining Lot 5 on south-west
Lot 7: Land, part of Fair Close 1a 2r 0p adjoining Lot 6 on south-west
LOT 8: Land, part of Fair Close 1a 2r 0p adjoining Lot 7 on south-west
LOT 9: Land, part of Fair Close 1a 2r 0p adjoining Lot 8 on south-west
LOT 10: Land, part of Fair Close 1a 2r 0p adjoining Lot 9 on south-west
Lot 11: Land, part of Fair Close 1a 2r 0p adjoining Lot 10 on south-west
Lot 12: Land, part of Fair Close 1a 2r 0p adjoining Lot 11 on south-west & an occupation road on
The whole of lots 5, 6 & 7 & 0a 3r 9p of Lots 8 & 9 are Copyhold of the Manor of Beccles, the rest
Quit Rent of 14s Copyhold part of Fair Close: Robert Dashwood 7s William Delf 7s
Thornton, Richard, Tainter Yard
Samuel Bignold of Norwich, Esq, piece of land at the back of the Brewery Offices, sometime in the
Thornton, Richard, late Crisp
Samuel Bignold, also part of tent in or near Blyburgate, late Richard Thornton, before William
Crisp
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Room are nearly finished & present an elegant & unique appearance that invariably characterises the
into the hands of 5 or 6 individuals. The Corporation spent a lot of money draining land for the
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houses.
The first offer should be made to the Corporation at its original cost. They had spent a large sum of
money purchasing it and had sunk a large sum when they sold it to the Railway. It should not get
No 6 on theplan & also the use of the road between the properties 12, 13, 14, 15. And also the use
of the Private Road 9 & 10. N Garrett paying a proportionate share of the costs of keeping such
roads in repair.
containing 16 perches
or hereditaments - agreed to Sale for £888- 9s -0d
percentage on the outlay made by them.
intended to be made by the Company at the back of the Coal Wharf along the east side of the land
Sir Samuel Morton Peto, of Somerleyton, Bart of SECOND PART
Newson Garrett of Aldeburgh, Esq of THIRD PART
After reciting that the Company or Sir SW Peto was or were seized of or entitled to parcels of land
Parcel of land containing 5 acres 21 perches
Coloured on the plan [not there!] & numbered 6,9,10,12,13,14,15 together with the use of the Road
Subject to payment of Tithe Rent Charges of £4 - 15s - 6d, partly lands & partly the roads.
Newson Garrett, of Aldeburgh of ONE PART
& John Cooper of Beccles, the OTHER PART
Apportioned Tithe Rent of 1s 6d; for the Sum of £33 being Lot 16 on the Plan [not there!]
Wellington Street [Station Road] to the SOUTH
Upon Land sold by N Garrett to the Waveney Valley Railway Company to the EAST
to William Fountain Golding Bruff towards the WEST [Lot 17]
[same details of fence & Railway sidings]
INDENTURE Between
Great Eastern Railway Company of ONE PART
William Jecks of Beccles the OTHER part
in consideration of £55
ALL THAT piece of Freehold Land containing 17 perches
Bounded by a Footpath to the NORTH;
By the Railway Station Road towards the SOUTH;
By a footpath towards the EAST;
& by Land formerly belonging to Newson Garret & then late John Cooper WEST
Indenture between:
William Jecks, late of Beccles then of Kirkley, Suffolk, Esq., of FIRST PART
Benjamin Woolnough, gent for £85 [16 perches]
“Eligible Building Land, all Freehold, and Land Tax Redeemed
on each side of the Road leading to the East Suffolk Railway Station, and specially suited to Genteel
Residences, while others by the side of, and having long frontages on the East Suffolk Railway, and
most desirable for Maltings, Corn and Coal Warehouses”.
LOT 1: Frontage on Station Road of 81ft & Newgate of 45ft; Area 0a 0r 13p
[purchased W Mullenger £64]
Lot 2: Frontage on Station Road of 34ft & on the roadside of 59ft
[Bought in £26]
LOT 3: Frontage on Station Road of 60ft & road side of 85ft
[William Woodroffe £40]
LOT 4: Frontage on station Road of 60ft; Area 0a 0r 18p
[William Whitehead £40
LOT 5 : Frontage on Station Road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 18p
[Samuel Darby £44]
LOT 6: Frontage on Station Road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 18p
[John Crisp £36]
LOT 7: Frontage on Station Road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 18p
[John Crisp £40]
LOT 8: Frontage on Station Road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 18p
[[John Crisp £36]
LOT 9: Frontage on Station Road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 18p
[Robert King £34]
LOT 10 : Frontage on Station Road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 18p
[Bought in £30]
LOT 11 : Frontage on Station Road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 18p
[Bought in £38]
LOT 12 : Frontage on Station Road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 18p
[Bought in £38]
LOT 13 : Frontage on Station Road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 18p
[Bought in £40]
LOT 14 : Frontage on Station Road 36 ft & on the road leading from Mr Fenn’s House;
Area 0a 0r 12p
LOT 15 : Frontage on Station Road 72 ft, on the Public Footpath 73ft, on the back road 58ft;
Area: 0a 0r 17p
LOT 16 : Frontage on Station Road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 16p
[Bought in £45]
LOT 17 : Frontage on Station Road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 16p
[Bought in £38]
LOT 18 : Frontage on Station Road 60ft & on the back road 60ft; Area 0a 0r 16p
[Bought in £36]
LOT 19 : Frontage on Station Road 60ft & on the back road 60ft; Area 0a 0r 16p
[Bought in £40]
LOT 20 : Frontage on Station Road 60ft & on the back road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 16p
[Bought in £40]
LOT 21 : Frontage on Station Road 60ft & on the back road; Area 0a 0r 16p
[Bought in £40]
LOT 22 : Frontage on Station Road 60ft & on the back road 60ft; Area 0a 0r 16p
[William Whitehead £40]
LOT 23 : Frontage on Station Road 60ft & on the back road 60ft; Area 0a 0r 16p
[Greengrass £54]
LOT 24 : Frontage on Station Road 60ft & on the back road 60 ft; Area 0a 0r 16p
[Greengrass £58]
LOT 25 : Frontage on Station Road 62ft on a side road of 68ft & on the back road of 71ft;
character, such uniform character to be in every respect according to a plan to be produced at the
auction or any Dwelling Houses of a less annual rent than £15.
separated from it by a newly built wall;
Maltings or other Mercantile purposes; Area 0a 1r 18p
Maltings or other Mercantile purposes; Area 0a 1r 13p
0a 2 r ? p
conveyed by the said Company & Sir SM Peto, to the present vendor by a Deed dated 13 December
1860.
Rental than £15 each.
constructed on any of the said Lots respectively, any building which shall not be of a uniform
LOT 26 : Frontage on Station Road 92ft on a side road of 68ft & on the back road of 88ft and
LOT 27 : Frontage on Station Road 60ft; Area 0a 0r 16p
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LOT 28 : Frontage on Station Road 60ft; Area 0a 0r 16p
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LOT 29 : Frontage on the Road leading to the Goods Station of 155ft; & specially adapted for a
LOT 30 : Frontage on the Road leading to the Goods Station of 155ft; & specially adapted for a
LOT 31 : Frontage on Road ; Area 0a r p
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LOT 32 : Frontage on Suffolk Railway of 146 ft adapted for Maltings or Mercantile purposes; Area
Conditions of Sale
IV The property formed part of the surplus lands of the East Suffolk Railway Company & was
respect according to a plan to be produced at the auction or any Dwelling Houses of a less annual
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gardens in rear and back entrances to private road. West: Lots fronting Fair Close Road
Dashwood 1rod 9 perches
perches
Read
convenient approaches from the Station.
plots fronting on Station Road & towards the Station. South side 36 lots for small residences with
SALE OF FAIR CLOSE LAND 16 July 1867
LOT 4: Garden frontage of 103ft for building at the back of Lot 3, adjoining garden of Robert
FAIR CLOSE MEADOW: Containing 4a 2r 0p in 75 lots intersected with good broad roads and
that day completed 36th year of his Pastorate. Desired that a piece of land near the Chapel should be
purchased to form entrance from Station Road, & eventually the site of a new Chapel. £95 - 18s - 6d
raised.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT: On Friday near the Station George Cutts of Rumburgh, a navvy engaged at 8
am in coupling waggons. The Engine Driver started the engine. Cutts was knocked down & both
wheels of a Waggon went over his right foot and leg. Six men carried him to the George & Dragon
where he had been lodging, Dr Peskett found no fracture - but foot jammed & bruised.
VESTRY MEETING: Surveyors to shut up & stop up a portion of passage or roadway leading from
Gaol Street [Newgate] past the Baptist Chapel & substiute a roadway from Station Road
CHURCH FITTINGS: To Contractors and Builders
Mr Fenn received instructions from Messrs Godbold & Sons to sell by auction in the meadow
adjoining the road leading to the Railway Station on Monday 28 February, 1859: Pewing, Galleries, and
all other interior fittings of Beccles Church. Many thousands of feet of 3/4 inch boarding, studs, joists,
stairs, panelled work, excellent pulpit, a beautiful inlaid octagonal table six foot in diameter. Altar rails
and balusters, excellent wainscot altarpiece entire, and a unique brass chandelier with suspension
chain complete.
YARMOUTH RACES: the number of passengers leaving Beccles Railway Station for the Races on
Tuesday & Wednesday was 530, who had to return by the 6 pm train, This was the largest number of
Tickets ever issued.
CIRCUS: Mr Sanger’s Circus in Mr Garnham’s Meadow. Procession at 1 pm on Saturday. Knights in
Golden Armour, Cavaliers on splendid Horses - handsome Triumphal Cars. Shortly before the
commencement of the afternoon performance the large Elephant broke loose & running against the
side of the Marquee, tore a large rent in the canvas & threw over some of the seating. He was soon
again secured. On Sunday evening, at half past eight, one of the Camels broke loose & after
wandering over most of the Streets was recaptured in the Station Road.
FATAL ACCIDENT: Five men taking shelter on the east side of new Corn Granary of Mr John Crisp,
junior near the Railway Station - wall on the east side gave way, barley & bricks fell on the men.
Charles Oxborough killed.
MARKET STREET: The whole of the property on the North side of Blower’s Lane has been
purchased; and the building will be removed soon after Michaelmas. Thus a spacious, convenient &
saf approach to the Station will be made - The town will be improved in appearance.
BLOWER’S LANE recently widened from New Market to Smallgate to be called MARKET STREET.
New foot pavement on North Side of Market Street. Granite, not exceeding 80 tons for channels,
crossings etc.
Approach from Smallgate to Railway Station be called STATION ROAD
FIRE: Two Haystacks in a Meadow near Station Road in occupation of Mr Barnard, butcher -
contained 15 or 16 tons - sold to Mr John Day, haydealer, Lowestoft. Had been paid for. Not insured.
OMNIBUS from Beccles Railway Station to any part of the Town. Will meet every Train. RB Shore,
White Lion. Fare 6d.
DANGEROUS BULL: A Bull being taken to the Railway Statin became unmanageable, the property of
William Wright of the London Road, brought from North Cove. The Station Master would not allow it
on the Train. Notwithstanding that the animal was secured it was still capable of doing mischief &
rushed at Mr Gaze, who was coming out of a house nearby and knocked him down, giving him a
severe shock. The attention of the Bull was then attracted to another man, named Bennett, a gardener,
& leaving Mr Gaze, it rushed at him also, crushing him against the palisading in front of Mr Ingram’s
House [13 Station Road] with such force as to break part of the ironwork down. Bennett, who was
much hurt,was led home & will be prevented from working for some days. The Bull was slaughtered.
THE CHARACTER of BECCLES: Leading Article: “For some years past Beccles has been an
improving Town, & the gloom & inactivity which at one time were our most prominent characteristics
hav given way to increasing cheerfulness & prosperity. The number of Unoccupied Shops &
untenanted Houses a few years since told too loudly of the Depression under which we were then
labouring. The general cry was, “The Railway has ruined us, & Beccles will never again be what it
once was.” Happily these fears were groundless.
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either side with modern & neat Dwellings - [2] The widening of what was formerly Blowers Lane, so as
to make a convenient approach from the Station to the very heart of the Town - [3] The erection of the
large Maltings near the Railway Station - [4] The new National School Rooms lately commenced [5]
Private enterprise & he care & attention of the town council have alike benefitted us.
It is with pleasure that we now notice the Avenue leading to the Common - a work of great expense.
The Opening Day is Wednesday 1st of May.
RAILWAY STATION THEFT: On Wednesday morning at 9 am, Mrs Barkway, the wife of a
Tradesman in this Town was waiting at this Station for the Yarmouth Train, her pocket was robbed of
her purse containing £2 - 15s. Her pocket was cut right through. There was a large concourse of
persons on the Platform & in the Waiting Room, but no clue could be obtained as to the Thief.
PUBLIC HOLIDAY. Train left the Railway Station at 9.15 am, consisted of 24 Carriages, followed by
another from Bungay at 10.30 of 34 Carriages & 2 Engines. The two trains conveyed 412 passengers
from Beccles only. Altogether 570 by several Trains from Beccles to Lowestoft. At 7 pm excursionists
brought back to Beccles by 2 long Trains & shortly after 10 pm by 2 others, consisting of 42 Carriages
& 3 Engines.
Great praise due to our Station Master Mr Wilkinson by whose exertions every facility afforded.
MALTINGS: New Malt Office in course of erection for Messrs J Crisp & Son near the Railway Station.
DINNER to the MAYOR in the Assembly Room: Mr Mayhew speaks of changes in the Population of
Beccles: 1.) More Tadesmen fewer Doctors & Lawyers 2.) Retired Famers: “They could not walk out
without meeting at the coner of every street, gentlemen, evidently of considerable leisure, flourishing
their sticks, their countenances expressing a placid contentment with their present condition ... Station
Road had been to a considerable extent colonised by them.”
COURT: Desperate Encounter with a Thief. PC Bardwell at about 1.30am on Saturday Morning hears
boat being moved near Station. Recognises thief as Charles Hook, who attacked him with a bottle.
Long struggle. Bardwell gets his man. Liquor found to be stolen from Edward Buck. Hook had skleton
key.
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TO LET: Two houses in Station Road. Apply WW Woodroffe, builder near Northgate or Mr Henry
Cutting, Station Road.
down the whole length of the road, with flags and greenery.
Sunday last a religious service was held and the Gospel preached. The persons who preach, and take
part in the Service are quite unknown in Beccles and seem to be attached to no denomination.
“Christian”. As the result of his efforts a number of persons have been induced to join the Society.”
through a preparatory service in the bath house, after which Mr Passmore stepped into the water
dipped each candidate in succession, who then made his or her way out of the chilling water.
Amongst those immersed were several aged persons, who obtained a sympathy akin to pity from the
rest of the onlookers, while going through their trying ordeal.
Albert. Edward Passmore was away from home on (presumably) a preaching mission at Botesdale,
men, which took place under rather adverse circumstances, the weather having lately been anything
but favourable to a dip in the River.
proceedings, in the course of which the speaker explained to his own satisfaction that immersion was
the proper mode of baptism, & referred at some length to its symbolic teaching. During this address,
which was not listened to with the closest attention, the candidates for immersion were going
place to witness the novel ceremony of the immersion of 11 persons in the River - six women & 5
short as the people began to leave the place at once.
census that year the Evangelist’s 28 year old wife, Emma, was there with her one year old son,
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born in Botsdale.
Charles Peirson Skreen’s Park, Roxwell, Essex
back offices & 5 Bedrooms. Enquire at No 10.
were 2 fully licensed houses & two beer houses.). Flower: only granted wine licence.
Periodicals, Chess, Draughts & Bagatelle. Miss Crowfoot & Miss Parker its real promoters.
Street [Northgate?] to Station Road, late in the occupation of JM Walne. Mrs Walne wishes to thank
employers of her late husband. Disposed of to Mr Nursey.
Blunderfield, 13[?] Station Road
H & J Read, Estate Agents.
coffee rooms in Station Road in a drunken state and fell asleep. Police Constable Lingley requested
him to leave, but refused and was turned out. Barrett was very abusive, and used most disgusting
language in the public thoroughfare. He was consequently locked up. Fined £2 & costs 4s 6d. In
default 7 days. Allowed until Friday to pay.
Wednesday 4 September. Vacancy for 2 or 3 girls as boarders.
TO LET: Furnished apartments: Apply Mrs Jas Crisp, 2 Station Road
Parlours, Kitchen.
to remind her pupils that the next Term commences on Monday 8 September.
SCHOOLS: Miss Knapp of Station Road pupils on 20th January.
husband. James Cutler, bricklayer, plasterer, builder, Newgate, taking over.
there were 9 ploicemen and 200 demonstrators, and a public lamp in Station Road was smashed
the aggressor. Police escorted Worthington to the Brewery followed by an amused and rather
crowd. Some fights took place in the streets, some furze bushe were burnt on the Common, where
Leman School, Ballygate
Garden, Stable & Coach House.
with him. The police caught him later in the day and an armed escort took him to Colchester as a
deserter.
to where the man formely lodged in Hungate Lane, and found him there, but he refused to returtn
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Room, Kitchen, Scullery, 4 Bedrooms. Rent 18 gns pa. Apply Robewrt S Block.
Blinds), Dining Room, (these rooms being separated by Folding Doors) Entrance passage to
Garden, Kitchen fitted with Cooking Stove, Storeroom, Scullery, fitted with rain water pump,
Copper and sink, with water company’s water laid on, wc, and three bedrooms. The front room is
fitted with spacious wardrobe. In the front is a flower Garden, in the rear are coal house and bin, and
a walled-in Garden, having a separate entrance from the back road.
Rose, Esq. Rents £18 p.a.
private occupiers the last, some of the more influential being particularly remiss. Still some of the
streets were brushed and cleaned, the Corporation by their servants setting the example. The most
notable exception was Station Road where the paths needed cleaning more than anywhere else. It
does not seem to have occurred to one occupier to use the brush.
premises. On Thursday morning pavements were covered with slush and it was instructive to observe
the action taken. Shopkeepers, mindful of their customers, were the first to cleanse their frontages;
STATION ROAD:
Saturday. Art Portraiture & Photography of every description.
then to Harrison’s. Manager at Smith & Elder’s. Mentioned in “Fors Clavigera” by Ruskin as helper,
and often invited to his breakfast table at Oxford. Once he breakfasted with Thackeray, Dickens,
Ruskin and Charlotte Bronte. He had many letters from Ruskin. He moved to Beccles about 17
years ago.
firm, and Mr Chester served his apprenticeship in that office. Moved to Blakie’s in Glasgow, Bath,
Read, DT Cowan, CT Field.
will join. [probably No 8 Station Road] Those paying subs: Rev WH Muncaster, FJ Dowsett, W
Room. Benzoline caught fire, but was put out.
Holly Hedge Villas in the occupation of Mrs Flower & Mr EC Field, quarterly tenants at £16 a year
each.
Commercial). Favourable Terms. Good opening for energetic couple.
town. Mr GA Love caught Edward Pretty stealing three hyacinths growing beneath his window.+
TERRIFIC GALE: The most destructive gale in this country since 4 August 1879, prevailed on Sunday
afternoon. The noise and confusion were most alarming, particularly when the shutters of several
shops were simultaneously carried away by one of the most furious gusts of wind. A chimney of the
usual Sunday afternoon prayer meeting was being held. Fortunately the iron stays kept the brickwork
from breaking through the ceiling on to the people below. Mr Knight’s chimney in STATION ROAD
also fell through the roof.
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and two other shops, owned by Mr EW Hindes were all destroyed. It reached the back of Mr
Edward Darby’s gates which were charred and blackened by flames. Mr Allen’s carpenter’s shop
adjoining his house was in imminent danger , but was saved by saturating it in water.
windows cracked by the heat, but were not burnt. The Sheds in which were carpenter’s, painter’s
those concerned eg. Mr Allen at STATION ROAD £7 2s 6d.
FJ Allen, Station Road who will be carrying on the building business on the same principles.
to retain Mr Hopson’s workmen..
businesses combined will facilitate the carrying out of orders in an expeditious manner. He hopes
has added sweet-making to his products.
STATION ROAD is now occupied by Durrant’s
given by Mons Acquier. Principal: Miss Shore, Bayfield, STATION ROAD
warehouse in Station Road, when the harness of the horse slipped, and it ran into and across the road
and the iron bars fell with an enormous clatter. No one was hurt.
30ft high. There was no law against them putting wires over roads if they wished to. That is why the
wire was across Station Road.
Salmon, Station Road
2.) WAVENEY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS: (late Principal Miss West) Principals: Miss Field & Miss
Alexandra Road 1; Kilbrack 1; Watermere House [Fen Lane] 3; Riverview House [Northgate] 2; The
Laurels, London Road 3; Suffolk Inn [Station Road] Pickerel Inn [Puddingmoor] 1; Yachts 8.
every evening. Subjects: Drawing (freehand, geometry & perspective) elementary science,
commercial arithmetic and shorthand. Teachers: Messrs Palmer, Dunt & Bellingham.
position to continue their studies in technical studies.
compelled to remain at school to a greater age than in England, consequently they were in a better
generation. Merchants and others were continually complaining that they could not get in England
the men they wanted, consequently they had to go abroad for them In Germany children were
TO BE LET or SOLD: Sunnyside House, Station Road. Apply AE Mount, No 6 Station Road.
LICENCES: The Star beerhouse, STATION ROAD was granted a full licence.
shed & small garden now in occupation of Henry Rose, whose tenancy expires in 1916. (withdrawn
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Rosie Ingate in the Walk. he did not arrive, but was found drowned in the river at the
depressed lately owing to the war.
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Executors of Henry Hopson. (purchased by Supt JE Newson for £370)
good garden, with frontage of 35ft on Station Road now in the occupation of Mr Henry Horne by
LOT 1: 26 Station Road, Salisbury Terrace, pleasantly situated, white brick & slated residence, now
in the occupation of Mr EE Darby at the annual rent of £20
LOT 2: 28 Station Road adjoining in the occupation of Mrs RN Turner at £20 pa.
WANTED Dressmaskwe, good bodice or all-round hand, Mrs Carter, 22 Station Road.
Glover, BA [became Captain in Royal welsh Fuseliers, wounded. 30 Station Road];
builder & Contractor. Works, Gresham Road.
Clark’s, Chancery Lane, passed exam for Port of London Authority.
sympathies. Two of his brothers were fighting with the forces.] Fined £2.
very much alarmed. They thought there was signalling. People got round the gate and there was a
disturbance. {In a letter to the paper Barnes states that he is not German & has no German
living with his daughter, Miss Emily Kerridge, 11 Station Road, said he was going to see his other
Quay. He had been very
to be 2nd Lieut in the Bedfordshire Regt
the Co-Op before the War.
Artillery Volunteers. He left Beccles 11 years ago & has been home only once (7 years ago) when he
was married to a daughter of Mr H Berry.
Station Road, moved to the Red Cross Hospital in Frederick’s Road where he died.
by a shell on 25 Sept 1915. The Commander was killed and Mr Kearns was badly wounded, but lived
to be picked up with a few other survivors. After his recovery he served on the hospital ship, Garth
Castle, stationed with the Grand Fleet.. He was 27.
soldiers. To be insulted in this way is a scandal as we have all three been discharged through wounds
received in action. I think it would be more to these girls’ credit to join the WAAC or Land Army
instead of parading the town at night jeering at people who have done their duty for their country.
Lane, where books & newspapers were liberally supplied for the working classes. There was a
similar attempt in Station Road. The more recent history of the Institute & Reading Room which
after a brief existence passed into oblivion. There is also the Public Library today. The Co-Operative
Society provide a good library free of charge. All experience goes to show that in small towns is
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MILITARY MEDAL to L/Cpl John Clarke, 5th Suffolk Regt, son of John Clark, 8 Station Road
1
more recently, probably between 1927 and 1936.
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In the Directories of 1858 & 1864 Walne was listed as Publican of the White Horse in Newmarket,
Beccles and stonemason. In the 1865 Directory he was listed as stonemason Wellington Street
Street [Northgate?] to Station Road, late in the occupation of JM Walne. Mrs Walne wishes to thank
Lucy NURSEY
Agnes E. NURSEY
Fred NURSEY
Charles A. NURSEY
Herbert D. NURSEY
Florence L. NURSEY
Edith C. NURSEY
Jonathan J. NURSEY
Ernest E. NURSEY
Alice M. KNAPP
Elizabeth LING
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Haddiscoe, Norfolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Toft Monks, Norfolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Wife
Daur
Son
Son
Son
Daur
Daur
Son
Son
Niece
Servant
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Domestic Servant General
1
Walne, James
stone mason
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Walne, James
Walne, James
Walne, Jas M
Death of James Walne 1876?
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Mrs
Nursey, Florence
Stonemason employs 2
4
stone mason
stone mason
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Walne, James
Walne, Jas M
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Chas
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Charles
Nursey, Florence
Nursey, Miss
Nursey, Miss
Nursey, Miss
Nicholls, EE
16
16
House & workshop
House& buildings
House & buildings
House & premises
House & premises
dwelling
House & Garden
49
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Josling, Mrs A
Josling, Mrs.
Josling, Mrs A
Boggis, Edward W
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LOT 26 ; Frontage of 92ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 ]
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given by Mons Acquier. Principal: Miss Shore, Bayfield, STATION ROAD
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(not yet built)
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King, Robt A
King, Robt A
King, Robert
King, Mrs Anna
King
King, Mrs
Office
Offices
School
Schoolroom
Bayfield School only
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Shore, EP
Shore, Mis Eleanor
Shore, Eleanor
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Shore, Miss Eleanor
Campling,
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Campling Ltd
Camplings, Ltd
Campling Ltd
Camping’s Ltd
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Olanczuk Studio
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laundry receiving office
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laundrymen
Beccles Camera Centre, photographers
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STATION ROAD:
STATION ROAD is now occupied by Durrant’s
Sarah FIDDES
Emma CHARLISH
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Domestic Servant General
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Duningham, James
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Duningham, James
Fiddes. Elizabeth
Fiddes. Elizabeth
Fiddes, Elizabeth
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Nobbs, Jnth
Durrant, George
Durrant, G & Sons
Durrant, George
Durrant, Geo
Durrant, George & Sons
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1914
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Ingate, Lewis M
Doolan, Wilfred
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Pye, Mrs GL
Haden, DG
Income from money
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LOT 26 ; Frontage of 92ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 ]
SALE of Furniture: Miss Spalding of Station Road
SALE of FURNITURE: late Mrs G Crisp, 2 Wellington Terrace, STATION ROAD
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Georgiana S. CRISP
Maria FORBES
Charlotte S. FERRIER
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British Subject, India
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House
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Garrard, Sophia
Crisp, Ellen
Crisp, Georgiana
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Crisp, Georgiana
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Chastney
Chasteney, AM & MC; King, Anna Mrs
Chasteney
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Ward, Mrs (Wellington Terrace)
1906
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Ward, Mark
Hill, Harry
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Freeman, Archibald W
Bellward, Blanche
Blake, Percy Jn
Taylor, Frederick
Taylor, Frederick
Taylor, Frederick
Taylor, Frederick
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SALE: Household Furniture late Mrs Coombe, 3 Wellington Terrace, Station Road
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builder & Contractor. Works, Gresham Road.
George S. DARBY
Harriet DARBY
Arthur G. DARBY
Jane ALCOCK
Ethel ALCOCK
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Hardley, Norfolk, England
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Sister In Law
Niece
Brewers Traveller
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Hill, Louisa
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Hill, Louisa
Coombe, Sarah
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Darby, George
Rose, William
Rose, Barbara
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Garrod, FF
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Atkinson, Mary
Bardwell, Miss
Bardwell, Miss
Bardwell, Miss
Bardwell, Miss
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Bardwell, Miss
Bardwell, Elizabeth
Bardwell, Miss
Sawyer, Mrs
Sawyer, Mrs
Trevitt, Mrs ME
Trevitt, Mrs ME
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King, Robt
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Rosie Ingate in the Walk. he did not arrive, but was found drowned in the river at the
depressed lately owing to the war.
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LOT 26 ; Frontage of 92ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 ]
SALE of Household Furniture of late BA Peirson [No 11]
living with his daughter, Miss Emily Kerridge, 11 Station Road, said he was going to see his other
Quay. He had been very
Beatrice PEIRSON
Loisa FLOWERDEW
U
U
15
18
F
F
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Bungay, Suffolk, England
Cousin
Serv
Domestic Servant Genertal (No Occupation)
Domestic Servant General
11
Cooper, John R
12
House
1865
Cooper. John
Peirson, Chas
Peirson, Charles
Peirson, Charles
death of BA Pierson
Homes, Anne
Homes, Annie
Kerridge, Miss
Kerridge, EE
Keeridge, Miss
Kerridge, Miss ARCM
Kerridge, Miss ARCM
Kerridge, Miss ARCM
Kerridge, Emily
Murray, Miss
Bird, Misses
Bird, Misses
/
/
4
teacher of music
teacher of music
teacher of music
dressmaker
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
King, Robt A
King, Robt A
King, Robt A
12
12
13
13
22
House
House
House
House
dwelling
3
2
1875
1881
1885
1885
1896
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
King, Robert
King, Anna Mrs
King
King, Mrs
McQueen, Mrs E
1861
LOT 25 ; Frontage of 62ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 13, 15 ]
[Purchased WW Woodroffe £64]
1880
1896
1914
1915
1881 Census:
husband. James Cutler, bricklayer, plasterer, builder, Newgate, taking over.
FJ Allen, Station Road who will be carrying on the building business on the same principles.
Executors of Henry Hopson. (purchased by Supt JE Newson for £370)
Frontage occupation of Ernest Horne
good garden, with frontage of 35ft on Station Road now in the occupation of Mr Henry Horne by
Susannah WHITE
Esther GOFFIN
W
U
F
F
Norfolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Head
Annuitant
Serv
20
13
Ingram, Benjamin
brick layer
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
Ingram, Benjamin
Ingram, Benjamin
Ingram, Benjamin
White, Susannah
1881
White (late)
1885
Green, J
Green, John
Green, John
Dowson, RE
Dowson, Richard E
Horne, Ernest
Benns, Percy
Newson, John F
Newson, John E
Newson, John E
Newson, John E
Baxter, Miss
Baxter, Miss
Baxter, Ivor
Baxter, Ivor
Ingram, Benjamin
Ingram, Benjamin
Ingram, Benjamin
14
14
10
House
House
House
Annuitant
41
1871
1875
w
Green, John
Hopson, Henry
Hopson, HE
Neson, John E
15
30
House
dwelling
House & Garden
4
dentist
3
4
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOT 25 ; Frontage of 62ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 13,15]
[Purchased Wm Woodroffe £64]
1881 Census:
Sarah PIPER
F
N K, Norfolk, England
Head
Harriott RICHES
Annabla STARLAND
No
58
U
owner
No Occupation
Serv
22
F
value
Beccles, Suffolk, England
type of property
Sharp, Thomas
1865
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
Ingram, Benjamin
Ingram, Benjamin
Ingram, Benjamin
12
12
10
House
House
House
Annuitant
Piper, James
Piper, Sarah
1881
Piper (late)
1885
Williamson, Wm H
Lees
1899
Chaplin, Charles
1904
Chasteney, Misses
/
Chastney, Misses
Chastney, Misses
Brown, James W
Lawrance, Frank
Spalding, Stanley
Spalding, Stanley
Spalding, Stanley
Thompson, Ronald
Thompson, Ronald
75
1875
w
Pells, Miss
15
House
Miller, Sarah
28
House
1907
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOT 24 ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 17,19]
[Purchased Greengrass £64]
SALE of FURNITURE: late Mr James Wolltorton. STATION ROAD
SALE of FURNITURE: late Mr James Wolltorton. STATION ROAD
SALE: Station Road, Executors of late James Wooltorton Nos 17, 19, 21 ?
Three Villa Residences in occupation of Mrs Brown, RH Chester & Mrs Lane
All Freehold, Tithe Free, Land Tax redeemed. Best part of Station Road, with south aspect
1883
1883
1884
1881 Census:
Maria BROOKS
70
F
Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Head ((Sister))
U
No Occupation
1891 CENSUS
Hester DURRANT
Edith SPARROW
M
U
29
26
F
F
Harleston, Norfolk
Bensted? Suffolk
Wife
Serv
17
Howard, Clementia
Wooltorton, James
20
House
.
1870
Maria Brooks Annuitant in 1881
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
Howard, Clementia
Brooks, Maria
1881
Fraser, Edward
Ferrier & Ferrier
Block, Alf Robt
Block, Robert A
Delf, WH
Block, Alfred R
Oaten, Herbert G
Delf, William H
Delf, William H
Delf, William H
Delf, Alice
1933+
Delf, Mrs
Delf, Mrs
Delf, Miss
1954
Delf, Miss
1965
Simmonds, DM
Wooltorton, James
Wooltorton, James
20
20
House
House
aged 70
widow
1875
Shade
Shade, Elizabeth
Shade, Elizabeth
Oldrin, Mrs
20
20
House
4 bedrooms 3 sitting rooms
dental surgeon
engineer
5 occupants
1896
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1914
1922
1927
Delf, WH exors
30
House
1948
speculation. He also lived in one of the four houses which he owned.
The first two occupants were probably well-off widows. Alfred Block was a retired grocer born 1853 (he was a
grocer, 1 New Market in 1881); Herbert Oaten a dentist, who probably used the house as his surgery as well as
living in it.
DELF FAMILY LIVING IN NORTHGATE at the time of the 1881 Census:
1881 Census
1881 Census
Elizabeth Delf
William H Delf
49
18
born Wakefield, Yorks
born Beccles
“Fancy Depository” (a wool shop) at No 1 New Market (where Nationwide is now), but he still described
leader of the orchestra, and ran his own band.. He married Alice from Bungay when he was about 22 and they
had 2 sons and a daughter.
At first he rented the house in Station Road, and he also rented the shop from Alfred Block, and his widow, but
eventually he owned this house, the house next door (No 19) and the shop in the New Market.
When he died in about 1933? his wife carried on living in Station Road until at least 1948. Their daughter Eveline
then continued living there for about the next 20 years
All the people who lived there seem to have been middle class - the middle group of the middle class.
The house admirably suits their status in society.
1861
LOT 24 ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 19,17]
[Purchased Greengrass £58]
1874
1884
1891
1881 Census:
pantry, cellar, well fitted up water closet, with pump of hard & soft water, tastefully arranged
Garden, enclosed in front by an ornamental wall & fence; One Residence is occupied by Mr Robert
Wooltorton & the other is unoccupied. All Freehold & Land Tax redeemed.
Drawing Rooms, four airy & pleasant Bedrooms (with an extra room to one Residence), Kitchen,
Three Villa Residences in occupation of Mrs Brown, RH Chester & Mrs Lane
All Freehold, Tithe Free, Land Tax redeemed. Best part of Station Road, with south aspect
then to Harrison’s. Manager at Smith & Elder’s. Mentioned in “Fors Clavigera” by Ruskin as helper,
and often invited to his breakfast table at Oxford. Once he breakfasted with Thackeray, Dickens,
Ruskin and Charlotte Bronte. He had many letters from Ruskin. He moved to Beccles about 17
years ago.
firm, and Mr Chester served his apprenticeship in that office. Moved to Blakie’s in Glasgow, Bath,
Robert K. CHESTER
67
M
Printer Overseer
M
U
15
55
F
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Wife
Daur
Domestic Servant General
Bank Cashier Associate Of The Institute Of Bankers
Harriott E. CHESTER
Sarah E. SASSONS
John CLARKE
25
F
M
Islington, Middlesex, England
U
Lodger
19
void
Wooltorton, James
20
House
1870
Chandler
Chester, RH
Chester, Robert
Chester, RH
Chester, Elizabeth
Chester, Elizabeth
Chester, Elizabeth
Newson, JE
Newson, Joseph
Newson, John
Benns, Percy
Horne, Ernest
Horne, Ernest
/
Lawrance, Cecil
Lawrance, Cecil
Lawrance, Mrs L
Kenny, Gerald
Printer’s Overseer
4
dentist
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
Wooltorton, Jas
Wooltorton, James
Shade, N
Shade
Shade, Elizabeth
Shade, Elizabeth
Shade, Mrs
Delf, WH exors
20
20
20
20
20
26
House
House
House
House
dwelling
House
2
67
m
1875
1881
1885
1896
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
3
1861
LOT 23 ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 21, 23]
[Purchased Greengrass £54]
1874
1884
1893
1921
1927
1881 Census:
pantry, cellar, well fitted up water closet, with pump of hard & soft water, tastefully arranged
Garden, enclosed in front by an ornamental wall & fence; One Residence is occupied by Mr Robert
Wooltorton & the other is unoccupied. All Freehold & Land Tax redeemed.
Drawing Rooms, four airy & pleasant Bedrooms (with an extra room to one Residence), Kitchen,
Three Villa Residences in occupation of Mrs Brown, RH Chester & Mrs Lane
All Freehold, Tithe Free, Land Tax redeemed. Best part of Station Road, with south aspect
town. Mr GA Love caught Edward Pretty stealing three hyacinths growing beneath his window.
Semi detached
21
Clarke, John
Wooltorton, James
22
House
1871
20
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
21
/ (empty)
Read, Wm
1885
Love, Alf
Love, Alf
Love, Alf
Love, AG
Love, Alfred G
1907
Love, Mrs
1914
Dunt, Robert C
Love, Mrs
1922
Moore, Ernest
Cartwright, Philip
Hester, Mrs MA
Richardson, Charles
Richardson, Charles
/
Cornish, Arthur
Wooltorton. James
22
House
House
1881
Love, Susanna Mrs
Love, Alf
Love, AG
25
House
dwelling
7
clerk to division of Wangford etc.
4
5
1899
1904
1906
SALE of property by RJS Crisp, Esq. 9 Sept 1927
Cartwright, Philip
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOT 23; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 21, 23]
[Purchased Greengrass £54]
SALE of Household Furniture of Mr James Wooltorton, deceased.
1881
1905
1881 Census:
garden front & rear in occupation John Lees (Bought AR Block £435)
Jas WOOLTORTON
82
M
59
18
Spexhall, Suffolk, England
Aldeby, Norfolk, England
Housekeeper
Adopted Child Of Housekeeper
Housekeeper
Annie L. BANNS
unempoyed
U
F
23
Wooltorton, James
Wooltorton, James
House
1871
Wooltorton, James
Wooltorton, James
Death of James Wooltorton; SALE: [purchased Alfred Winter?]
Retired Farmer
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
Wooltorton, James
1881
Darby, Albt W
Noad, Kate
Noad, Kate
Lees, John
1904
1905
Block, AR
1906
Lees, John
1907
Block, Alfred R
Block, Alfred R
Block, Alfred R
Blo0ck, Alfred
Block, Alfred R
Lawrance, Frank
Lawrance, Frank
Lawrance, MrsD
Bryant, Willam R
22
House
82
um
1881
Winter, Alf
Winter, Alf
House
22
1896
1899
Winter, A
Block, Alfred
30
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOTS 22 & 21; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 25, 27, 29, 31, 33]
[Lot 21 Purchased William Whitehead; Lot 22 Bought in £40]
1882
1892
Blinds), Dining Room, (these rooms being separated by Folding Doors) Entrance passage to
Garden, Kitchen fitted with Cooking Stove, Storeroom, Scullery, fitted with rain water pump,
Copper and sink, with water company’s water laid on, wc, and three bedrooms. The front room is
fitted with spacious wardrobe. In the front is a flower Garden, in the rear are coal house and bin, and
a walled-in Garden, having a separate entrance from the back road.
Rose, Esq. Rents £18 p.a.
each. [Withdrawn £520]
1871
1875
1881
1881 census
1885
1892
1896
1899
1902
1904
1906 survey
1907
1914
1914-1918 serving in War : CHASE, Ernest W
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
(not yet built)
Passmore, Edward
Mount, Arthur
18
House
Evangelist
Alb PASSMORE
Anne METCALFE
Lawrance (late )
Flower, Mrs
Allen, Fred
Allen, FC
Ball, Rev Edgar
Thurberfield, Rev G
Willett, Rev
Willetts, Rev Samuel
W
1
75
Grimmer, Miss
Mount, Arthur
Moulton, Mrs A
Moulton, Mrs
Hopson, Hy
M
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Wisbech St Mary, Cambridge, England
18
17
15
Primitive Methodist Minister
House
dwelling
3 bdr
Primitive Methodist
2 occupantd
3 sitting
25 Station Road
1914
Royal Field Artillery
Cpl
Hitchcock, Harold
Grimmer, Miss E
Grimmer, Miss E
Grimmer, Miss E
/
Poulton, LF
Grimmer, Miss E
23
House
1861
LOTS 22 & 21; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 25, 27, 29, 31, 33]
[Lot 21 Purchased William Whitehead; Lot 21 Bought in £40]
1882
1892
Blinds), Dining Room, (these rooms being separated by Folding Doors) Entrance passage to
Garden, Kitchen fitted with Cooking Stove, Storeroom, Scullery, fitted with rain water pump,
Copper and sink, with water company’s water laid on, wc, and three bedrooms. The front room is
fitted with spacious wardrobe. In the front is a flower Garden, in the rear are coal house and bin, and
a walled-in Garden, having a separate entrance from the back road.
Rose, Esq. Rents £18 p.a.
Holly Hedge Villas in the occupation of Mrs Flower & Mr EC Field, quarterly tenants at £16 a year
each.
1871
(not yet built)
1875
1881
1881 census
1892
1885
1896
1899
1904
1906 survey
1907
1914
1922
1927
1927
1933+
1936
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Mount, Arthur
M
M
U
Grimmer, Miss
Mount, Arthur
Moulton, Mrs
Moulton, Mrs
Hopson, Hy
Grimmer, Miss
House
Finningham, Suffolk, England
Sunderland, Durham, England
Geldeston, Norfolk, England
dwelling
House
Rose. William
William ROSE
Barbara ROSE
Ralph ROSE
Field, EC
Ashby, Wm
Bolter
Bolter, David
Amos, William
Ammis, Isaac
Amos, James W
Rivers, Arthur
Rivers, Arthur
Rivers, Mrs
Targett, Frederick
Targett, Fred
Firman, Mrs
Targett, Frederick
Smith, Mrs
Smith, Mrs R
/
Lawrance, Clifford
18
M
F
M
18
17
15
23
Head
Wife
70
30
3 bedr
dental surgeon
dental surgeon
5 occupants
3 sitting
Designed by Arthur Pells, date of drawing March 1900. Built by George & Herbert Hipperson. Cost £459
See Pells Drawings, Lowestoft Record Office List 16 No 21
1861
LOTS 22 & 21; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 25, 27, 29, 31, 33]
[Lot 21 Purchased William Whitehead; Lot 21 Bought in £40]
1914
1914
shed & small garden now in occupation of Henry Rose, whose tenancy expires in 1916. (withdrawn
at £425)
LOT 1 ) No 29 Semi-detached "Pretoria Villa" with offices, shed & small garden occupation HG
Rose
1871
(not yet built)
1875
1881
1885
1899
1902
1904
1906 survey
1907
1914
1914
1922
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Hopson, Henry
Hopson, Hy
Clarke, Francis
4 bedr
dental surgeon
3 occupants
(not yet built)
(not yet built)
(not yet built)
Hopson, Henry
Hopson, Henry
Hopson, Hy
Hopson, Henry
Targett, Frederick
Rose, Henry G
Targett, Frederick
Rose, Henry G
Rose, Henry G
Clarke, Frncis
Clarke, Francis
Clarke, Francis
John, Laurence
Turner, Alfred B
Turner, Alfred B
£21
32
dwelling
House
3 sitting
1861
1863
1864
Arthur Mount came to Beccles in the 1850s in his twenties. He advertised himself in the local paper in the first year of its
publication, 1857.
On 26 May, 1857 AE Mount, photographer in Exchange Square advertised:
framed portrait 2s 6d, collodion process; colouring.
Then on 23 June 1857 he advertised: Large view of the Church 2s.
That year there was another photographer in the town RW Lilly in Smallgate who advertised portraits on glass or paper, but
without any price. By April of the following year however competition increased & Lilly was advertising:
Photographic Studio, Saltgate: Portraits of a very superior description daily taken. Prices from one shilling.
Mount responded in the same issue:
Mr Mount, photographic portraits, Smallgate. Will positively leave Beccles in a week. Portraits on paper, which can be sent
by post, for 1 shilling and all extra copies 6d. Nine till dusk.
Mount did not leave in a week, in fact he stayed in Beccles for nearly 40 years. He appears to have beaten off competition and
prospered. He moved to 31 Station Road (one of the first six residents) by 1864 and in time owned five neighbouring houses
there, numbers 25, 27, 29, 31 & 33. He was living in Station Road in 1892, but seems to have retired as he no longer advertises
himself as a photographer, although he was still listed as such in 1888.
living at number 31. By 1904 another photographer, Albert Jervis was living in the house, followed by two successive East
European photographers from 1914 to 1974. So it was a photographer’s house, with one short break from 1864 until at least
LOTS 22 & 21; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 25, 27, 29, 31, 33]
[Lot 21 Purchased William Whitehead; Lot 21 Bought in £40]
CONVEYANCE: BETWEEN Newson Garrett & AE Mount
CONVEYANCE: BETWEEN AE Monunt and Maria Whitehead [Mortgage]
1950
1974.
Felxstowe) wife of Ludwik Karl Olanzuk for £1,950, together with the Garden Ground, Studio and
Premises belonging
MOUNT
Next morning a photographer, Mr A. Leyneek, of Station Road, happened to see the animals floundering about while he was
gazing at the flooded marshes from the churchyard wall. Braving the danger caused by wind and swiftly flowing water, he
borrowed a rowing boat and set out towards the animals in the hope that he could attract them to safety. After a great deal of
patient effort he got them to swim towards the town side of the river. Eventually they were hauled ashore by a band of willing
helpers at the Puddingmoor boatyard of Mr Herbert Hipperson.
1914
have resided for the last 14 years, that I am a German subject, but this is quite a mistake. I was born
near Memel in Kurland, which is one of the three counties known as Baltic Provinces. The people are
called Lettish. They speak their own language and have their own books and newspapers. In religion
they are Protestants (like the Germans), but they are overruled by Russia, though the Baltic Provinces
originally belonged to Sweden. My father and sister are still living near Riga.
1925
ADVERTISEMENT: Leyneek’s, Day & Electric Lighyt Studio. What about that photograph you
promised your friends? Don’t disappoint them this Chistmas.
Service; Studio: Station Road, Beccles
1865
1871
1875
1881
1881 census
1885
1896
1899
1896
1899
1902
1904
1906 survey
1907
1914
1914-18 serving in War: LEYNEEK, Andre, 31 Station Road
1922
1927
1933+
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Mount, Arthur E
Mount, Arthur E
Waterman, James
Mount, Arthur
Arthur E. MOUNT
Ellen MOUNT
Mount, Arthur
Drake, James
Drake, James
Mount, Arthur E
Mount, Arthur E
Jervis, Albert C
Jervis
Read, AE )
Jervis, Albert C
Leyneck, Henry A
Mount, Arthur E
Mount, Arthur E
Mount, Arthur E
Mount, Arthur
M
M
Mount Arthur
Lockwood, John
Mount Arthur
Mount, Arthur E
Delf, William
Delf, Wm
20.01
20
20
20
M
F
25
22
20
1917,
30
House & garden; 32 perches
House & garden
House & garden; 32 perches
House & garden
Needham Market
Elmswell,
House & Garden 32 perches
House & garden etc
House & premises 32 perches
dwelling
North Russian Army
Head
42
Wife
3 bedrooms, 2 sitting rooms including kitchen 4 occupants
photographer
photographer
Pte
photographer
photographer
photographer
photographer
photographer
photographer
Leyneek, Henry A
Leyneek, Andrew
Leyneek, Andrew
Leyneek, Andrew
Olanczuk, LK
Olanczuk, LK
Olanczuk, LK
Leyneek, Andrew
Originally this house had no bay windows according to the 1883 Ordnance Survey map
1861
LOTS 22 & 21; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 25, 27, 29, 31, 33]
[Lot 21 Purchased William Whitehead; Lot 21 Bought in £40]
1863
1872
1878
1880
1899
1902
1925
price. Had several years experience in London; Can supply plans & specifications.
& RA King were the contractors for building the Chapel.]
SALE: Furniture & Stock-in-Trade of Mr Jonathan Blunderfield who is moving
Wednesday 4 September. Vacancy for 2 or 3 girls as boarders.
TO BE LET or SOLD: Sunnyside House, Station Road. Apply AE Mount, No 6 Station Road.
Private Treaty: Property of AE Mount
Sale William Read
(Bought EC Darby £900)
1865
Blunderfield, Jn
Blunderfield, Jn
16
House & workshop; 16 perches
1871
1875
1881
1881 census
1885
1891 census
1899
1902
1902
1904
1906
1907
1914
1914-18 serving in War READ, William M
1922
1925
1936
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
Rampling, Emily
Ecelestone, Anna
Anna ECCLESTONE
Eliza COX
Kate B. FROST
Florence M. POLL
Goode
Mount, Arthu
Mount, Arthur E
Mount, Arthur E
Blunderfield, J
Mount, Arthur
18
20
41
19
F
F
20
House
House
F
F
Glemham, Suffolk, England
Bedingham, Suffolk, England
House
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beaminster, Dorset, England
Governess/School
Head
Teacher
Scholar
Scholar
Governess (Dom)
Music Teacher
Mount, Arthur
8
7
Boarder
[Directory]
Read, William
Read, Wm (Sunnyside) Read, Wm
Read, William
Read, William
Read, William
Sta
35
dwelling
1917
House
insurance agent & secretary to John Crisp & Co
5
American ASC
4
8
Pte
Read, William
bought by EC Darby June 1925
Darby, Louisa
Darby, Mrs
Grubb, Jack
Bruce, Maj Geo
Foulger, Eric
Foulger, Eric
conduct an extensive town and country business in addition to the Yarmouth and Saxmundham undertakings.”
1876
1896
Blunderfield, 13[?] Station Road
has added sweet-making to his products.
33.1
37.1
37.1
33.1
33.1
33.1
33.1
33.1
33.1
33.1
33.1
33.1
33.2
Dunn, Geo A
Laurance, Henry
1881
Lawrance, Henry
1885
Lawrance & Sons
Lawrance, Henry G & Son
Lawrance
Lawrance, Henry G & Son
Lawrance HG & Sons
1927
Lawrance HG & Sons
1936
Lawrance, HG. & Sons
Lawrance, HG. & Sons
Lawrance, HG & Sons
1965
Foulger, PR
Blunderfield, J
Blundersfield, Francis
3.02
land & shed
7
1875
behind 33
mineral water manufacturer
mineral water manufacturer
mineral water manufacturer
1907
1914
1922
mineral water manufacturer
mineral water manufacturer
1954
mineral water manufacturer
1861
LOT 20; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 35, 37]
[Bought in £40]
PRIZE POULTRY in Yorkshire won by HG Lawrance of Station Road for a Black Rosecomb
1891
1915
Clark’s, Chancery Lane, passed exam for Port of London Authority.
35
Blunderfield, Jn
12
35
35
35
1881 Census: Dwelling: 35
Edward C. DARBY
Matilda H. DARBY
Ernest E. DARBY
Clifford F. DARBY
Laura M. SMITH
35
35
35
35
35
35
Those Serving in 1914-1918 War:
Blunderfield, Jnth
NO MENTION
Darby, Edward
Blunderfield, Frcs
Blunderfield, Frcs
Station Road
31
32
7
4
26
Blunderfield
Lawrance, Henry
Lawrance, Henry
Lawrance, HG
possibly being enlarged?
14
Beccles, Suffolk, England
London, Middlesex, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Chelmsford, Essex, England
18
19
Timber Merchant’s Clerk
Head
Wife
Son
Son
Cousin
5
m
1875
1881
Blunderfield, Francis£14
Merchants (Assistant) (Timber) (Clerk)
M
F
M
M
F
Scholar
No Occupation
3
Laurance, Henry
Lawrance, Henry
Lawrance, Henry
Lawrance, HG
Lawrance, Henry G
Lawrance, Henry G
manufact & dwell
7
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
LAWRANCE, Guy
LAWRANCE, Hny S
LAWRANCE, Herbt F
LAWRANCE, Robt G
35
35
35
35
Sta
Sta
Sta
Sta
1916
1916
1915
1916
4th
Suffolks
Royal Engineers
Suffolks
Suffolks
Pte
Wounded
Wounded; DCM
2nd Lieut
35
35
35
35
35
35
Lawrance, Henry G
Lawrance, Guy
Lawrance, Guy
Lawrance, Guy
Lawrance, Guy
Lawrance, Mrs RI
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOT 20; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 35, 37]
[Bought in £40]
SALE of Furniture of late Mr F Blunderfield [No 37]
1889
1890
1918
Bedrooms, Scullery, other Offices in rear & flower Garden in front occupied GW Cross
propietor (Withdrawn £75)
ii ) Brick & slated Stable & Coach House & Garden at back of Station Road near Lot 1 occupied by
Artillery Volunteers. He left Beccles 11 years ago & has been home only once (7 years ago) when he
was married to a daughter of Mr H Berry.
37
Blunderfield, Francis12
House
1871
37
37
1881 Census: Dwelling: 37
Retired Farmer
owner:
Blunderfield, Francis (also occupier)
Blunderfield, Frcis
Blunderfield, Francis14
Station Road
House
83
m
1881
£14
My BLUNDERFIELD
Susan BROWN
M
W
76
51
F
F
Fritton, Norfolk, England
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Wife
Serv
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
37
1885
Blunderfield, Frcs
1896
Biggart, Alex
Allen, Frederick
1902
Allen, Mrs
1904
Allen, PJ
1906
Allen, Mrs
1907
Allen, Mrs
1914
Allen, Mrs
1922
Allen, Mrs
1927
Palmer, Henry
Self, Mrs
Self, Mrs
Sayer, Sidney J
Sayer, Sidney J
[Directory]
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOTS 19 & 18 ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49]
[Lot 19 Bought in £40; Lot 18 Bought in £36]
SALE of Furniture of late Mrs Leavold
1891
39
Leavold, Sarah
Easter, Thomas
House
21
21
Income from money
1875
39
Leavold, Sarah
Easter, Thomas
House
84
w
1881 Census: Dwelling: 39
Sarah LEAVOLD
Eliza PIPE
39
39
39
39
39
39
39
39
39
39
39
39
39
39
84
W
Easter, Thomas
Easter, William
Easter, William
Stringfield, GH
Garboldisham, Norfolk, England
F
21
£22
Head
Serv
4
Income From Interest Of Money
Domestic Servant General
4
54
Leavold, Sarah
Draper, Elizabeth
Draper, Mrs
Newson, John
Pearson, Mrs
/
Morris, Frederick
Morris, Frederick
Morris F
Morris F
Scoley, John G
Scoley, Mrs
Garrood, Miss LW
Garrood, Miss LW
House
dwelling
farmer
4
1896
1902
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOTS 19 & 18 ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49]
[Lot 19 Bought in £40; Lot 18 Bought in £36]
41
Easter, Thomas
21
House
1871
41
41
1881 Census: Dwelling: 41
Annuitant
Woods, Charlotte
1881
Easter, Thomas
21
House
70
w
Sarah PAGE
U
27
F
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Serv
Domestic Servant General
41
41
41
41
41
41
41
41
41
41
41
41
Nobbs, John
Nobbs
Nobbs, John
Nobbs, Jonathan
1907
Nobbs, Jonathan
1914
Nobbs, Jonathan
Nobbs, Jonathan
1927
Woods, Walt F
Mantle, Wm
White, Ernest A
Doolan, Wilfred
Doolan, Wilfred
Easter, William
Easter, William
Eastaugh, (Stockton Hl)
£22
dwelling
4
accountant
4
2
1896
1904
1906
accountant
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOTS 19 & 18 ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49]
[Lot 19 Bought in £40; Lot 18 Bought in £36]
1934
aspect, in the occupation of Mrs Blackmore at £30 pa, tenant paying rates
43
Delf, Thomas
Easter, Thomas
21
House
1871
Income from dividends
43
Girling, Sarah
Easter, Thomas
House
52
1881
Station Road (3 Norfolk Terrace)
Easton, Thos
Elizabeth GIRLING
Hannah WHITE
U
U
82
19
F
F
Spexhall, Suffolk, England
Walpole, Suffolk, England
Aunt
Serv
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
43
Girling, Sarah
Girling, Sarah
Girling, Sarah Miss
Girling, Miss
Girling, Miss
Girling, Miss
Girling, Miss
Blackmore, Mrs
Blackmore, Mrs
Thwaites, Edgar E
Thwaites, Edgar E
Thwaites, Edgar E
Easter, William
Easter, William
Eastaugh, (Stockton Hl)
£22
dwelling
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOTS 19 & 18 ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49]
[Lot 19 Bought in £40; Lot 18 Bought in £36]
SALE of FURNITURE: in Station Road, 4 Norfolk Terrace: of late Thomas Easter
SALE of Household Furniture of late Thomas Easter, 4 Norfolk Terrace. [No 45]
1882
1882
1882
1881 Census:
Garden, Stable & Coach House.
Elizabeth EASTER
Rachel E. COLE
M
U
69
17
F
F
Hales, Norfolk, England
Ringsfield, Suffolk, England
45
Easter. Thomas
Easter, Thomas
House
1871
Easter, Thomas
Easter, Thomas
Easter, William
Easter, William
Easter, William
Eastaugh, (Stockton Hl)
Farmer employs 5 men
4
station master
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
45
Easter, Thomas
Jellicoe, Hy
Hammond, Wm
Hammond, Wm
Hammond, WS
Hammond, William
Clarke, Francis
Clarke, Francis
Clarke, Francis
Fairweather, Mrs
Fairweather, Mrs
Fairweather, Mrs
Fairweather, Mrs
Fairweather, Mrs
21
22
£22
House
House
dwelling
69
m
1881
1885
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
4
1
45.1
45.1
Easter, Thomas
Easter, Thomas
Easter, Thomas
Easter, Thomas
3.03
3.03
land & meadow; 3r, 3p
meadow
1875
1881
1861
LOTS 19 & 18 ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49]
[Lot 19 Bought in £40; Lot 18 Bought in £36]
See Newspaper of that date: Dinner party for William Blyth in King’s Head
SALE: 4 Norfolk Terrace: Furniture of late Thomas Easter.
1877
1882
1882
1881 Census:
Garden, Stable & Coach House.
Eliza BLYTH
Eva BLYTH
Mary SHADE
M
U
43
20
F
3
F
North Cove, Suffolk, England
F
Hulver, Suffolk, England
Aldeby, Norfolk, England
Domestic Servant General
47
Winn, Rebecca
Easter, Thomas
house
1871
Easter, Thomas
Easter, Thomas
Easter, William
Easter, William
Easter, William
Eastaugh, (Stockton Hl)
Farmer in Norfolk
5
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
47
Blyth, William
Green, Eliza
Goodwyn, Frank
Goodwyn, Frank
empty
Goodwyn, Frank G
Easter, William
Easter, William
Easter, William
Mortimer, Horace
Mortimer, Horace
Mortimer, Horace
Mortimer, Mrs H
Mortimer, Mrs E
27.1
27.1
£27
House
dwelling
0
57
m
1881
1885
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
4
1861
LOTS 19 & 18 ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49]
[Lot 19 Bought in £40; Lot 18 Bought in £36]
1889
1915
1881 Census:
Breakfast Room & 5 Bed & Dressing Rooms, with Stabling & Yard adjoining.
disturbance. {In a letter to the paper Barnes states that he is not German & has no German
sympathies. Two of his brothers were fighting with the forces.] Fined £2.
very much alarmed. They thought there was signalling. People got round the gate and there was a
Mary HOLLAND
Herbert HOLLAND
M
27
10 m
F
M
Sotterley, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Wife
Son
Housekeeper
BARNES, George
BARNES, John H
49
49
Sta
Sta
1908
1914
2nd
12th
Welsh Regiment
Rifle Brigade
L/Cpl
Rflm
49
French, Emily late
Easter, Thomas
27.10
House
1871
& stable
Printers warehouseman
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
49
Holland. George
Dodd, Mary
Smith, Edward
Smith, Edward
Smith, EP
1906
Smith, Edward P
Barnes, Edward
Skevens, Charles
Skevens, Charles
Skevens, Charles
Skevens, Charles
Skevens, Charles
Skevens, Charles
Skevens, Charles
Easter, Thomas
Easter, Thomas
Easter, William
Easter, William
27.10
27.10
House
House
26
4
m
1881
1885
1896
1904
5
4
Eastaugh, (Stockton Hl)
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1860s on Deeds
1861
1863
1867
1867
1871
1876
1876
1883
1883
No 6 on theplan & also the use of the road between the properties 12, 13, 14, 15. And also the use
of the Private Road 9 & 10. N Garrett paying a proportionate share of the costs of keeping such
roads in repair.
the Company a percentage on the outlay made by them.
intended to be made by the Company at the back of the Coal Wharf along the east side of the land
Newson Garrett of Aldeburgh, Esq of THIRD PART.
After reciting Sir SW Peto was lesee for a term of 21 years from 1 June 1859. Sir SM Peto to pay
Parcel of land containing 5 acres 21 perches
Coloured on the plan [not there!] & numbered 6,9,10,12,13,14,15 together with the use of the Road
Subject to payment of Tithe Rent Charges of £4 - 15s - 6d, partly lands & partly the roads.
LOT 17? ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 51, 53? ]
[Bought in £38]
INDENTURE Between:-
Newson Garrett, of Aldeburgh of ONE PART
& John Cooper of Beccles, the OTHER PART
Apportioned Tithe Rent of 1s 6d; for the Sum of £33 being Lot 16 on the Plan [not there!]
containing 16 perches
Wellington Street [Station Road] to the SOUTH
Upon Land sold by N Garrett to the Waveney Valley Railway Company to the EAST
to William Fontain Golding Bruff towards the WEST [Lot 17]
[same details of fence & Railway sidings]
Great Eastern Railway Company of ONE PART
William Jecks of Beccles the OTHER part
in consideration of £55
ALL THAT piece of Freehold Land containing 17 perches
Bounded by a Footpath to the NORTH;
By the Railway Station Road towards the SOUTH;
By a footpath towards the EAST;
& by Land formerly belonging to Newson Garret & then late John Cooper WEST
NORTH;
Woolnough, gent for £85 [now described as 16 perches]
ALL THAT piece of Freehold Land containing 17 perches bounded by a footpath towards the
By a footpath [Gaol Lane] towards the EAST;
By Land formerly belonging to Newson Garrett & then late John Cooper towards the WEST;
INDENTURE BETWEEN William Jecks, late of Beccles then of Kirkley in Suffolk, Esq & Benjamin
INDENTURE BETWEEN Benjamin Woolnough, gent of ONE PART
Edward Charles Darby, merchant, of the SECOND PART, 16 perches for £100
Loisa Newstead, of Beccles, widow, of the OTHER PART for £100
Edward Charles Darby, Merchant, of the SECOND PART for £125
Edward Charles Darby, merchant, of the SECOND PART, 16 perches for £100
less
use
1886
1904
Those Serving in 1914-1918 War:
conveyed to Edward C Darby by Louisa Newstead. The Land to be divided by a good and sufficient
fence by FJ Allen from the land of EC Darby.
indemnify the said company person or persons from all injury, damage costs or expenses by reason of
any act or default of FJ Allen or using such siding. And will if requested keep the points by which a
communication shall be effected with the main line closed and locked except when trucks are actually
in the course of transit to or from such siding.
office of George & Peto. Ref: Norfolk Record Office BR43/36 on list of works.
Frederick James Allen of Beccles, stonemason, of the OTHER PART for £62-10
ALL THAT plot of Land on the North side of Station Road, being the Eastern half of a plot of land
And FJ Allen covenants not to erect any buildings which shall not be of a uniform character or of
annual value than £15, at least 12ft from the public path.
He will obey the Rules, Bye Laws and regulations to be from time to time made by the Great Eastern
Railway Co or persons working the line formerly known as the Great Eastern Railway in reference to
the use of any siding which may be constructed into or adjoining the said plot of land and will so
such siding as not to interfere with the traffic on the said Railway and will save harmless and
Simon Page of Darsham, yeoman SECOND PART for £100 at £4.50 pa interest
Same orientations, but FJ Allen to the west, Workshops & other buildings on the site
Edward C Darby
Designed by Arthur Samuel Hewitt; ARIBA 1881; Resigned 1921; at one time in London in the
51
(not built yet)
1875
27.10
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
51
1899
Darby, EC
1902
Darby, EC
1904
Darby, E Chas
1906
Darby, Edward C
Darby, Edward C
/
Darby, Edward C
/
Pluck, Walter
/
Richardson, Donald
Richardson, Donald
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOT 17?; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 51, 53? ]
[Bought in £38]
53
(not built yet)
1875
Allen, Fredk
Allen, Patience
Allen, Mrs
1902
Allen, Patience
1904
King, HA
King, Herbert A
King, Herbert A
King, Alfred
King, Herbert A
King, Herbert A
Hipperson, GH & Sons
Hipperson, GH & Sons
Hipperson, Percy
Hipperson, GH & Sons
Hipperson, GH & Sons
Allen, Fredk
Allen, F exors
House & premises
House & premises
[Directory]
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
40
1899
builder
builder
builder
builder
builder
builder
builder & monumental masons
builders, contractors & decorators
builders, contractors & decorators
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1965
1974
used for 5 or 6 years] to premises in course of erection opposite Mr Boutell’s sale meadow, near the
railway station Opposed by licensees of Star Inn (Mrs Spencer) & Railway Hotel. (Mr Church). 53
signatories, including the Rector, Deputy Mayor, Rev J Calvert, Churchwardens Houghton & Laws &
residents of Caxton Road etc opposed. Not granted.
POLICE COURT: LICENCES: The Railway Hotel, Station Road to Benjamin Revell
The Annual Meeting of the Waveney Angling Club is held; officers are elected, and it is decided to
change the head-quarters of the club to the Railway Hotel, Station Road.
MARRIAGE: Fred Barrett, the well-known jockey to Miss May Revell, youngest of Mr B Revell of the
Railway Hotel, Beccles in St Michael’s Church
VOUNTEERS: The first Annual N.C.O.’s Dinner in connection with the G & H Companies (Beccles)
2nd V.B.N.R. held at the Railway Hotel
RAILWAY: The G.E R. employees in the Way and Works Department have their Annual Dinner at the
Railway Hotel, Mr. Youell presiding.
*** SALE: Temperance Hotel, King’s Head, Waveney Hotel, Suffolk Hotel (Station Road), Railway
Hotel, “Hermon” (Ashman’s Road), “Ferndale” (Station Road), 3 Houses in Alexandra Road.
VISITORS’ LIST: Extra Places: Railway Hotel, Station Road (4); The Pickerel, Puddingmoor (3); No 40,
Ravensmere (4)?
1889
William CHURCH
Mary A. CHURCH
Mary A. MITCHELL
Emma LIFFEN
Maria HALL
M
M
U
U
W
Innkeeper & Fish Merchant
65
22
15
56
F
F
F
F
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Wenhaston, Suffolk, England
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Barsham, Suffolk, England
Wife
Servant
Servant
Nurse
Domestic Servant General
Nurse (SMS)
49.2
Church, William
Cobbold
28
Railway Inn
1871
Cobbold
Cobbolds & Co
Public House [Railway Inn]
Railway Hotel & dwelling
Railway Hotel (proprietor)
Railway Hotel (proprietor)
Railway Hotel (proprietor)
Railway Hotel
Railway Hotel
Railway Hotel
4
1965
1974
55?
55
55
55
55
55
55
55
55
55
Revell, B
Revell, Benjamin
Revell, Benjamin
Rushmer, Albert E
Rushmer AE
Phillips, Jack
Holt, Harry
King, Robert
Railway Hotel
Railway Hotel
5
1927
1936
1954
8
1906
1907
1914
1922
Railway Hotel
2
1853
Mr & Miss Grant, Mr Dashwood & Mr Collins
inconvenience until a new House and Shop are erected. Accepted.
1853
1853
1933
Shreeve’s premises [these premises, I think.]
Class Groceries and Provisions; Phone Beccles 139. Established 1807
SW Rix did a drawing of this corner in 1854?- see Rix Collection Geographical p 284 (my photocopy see Smallgate File)
Richard COLLINS
Emma COLLINS
Catherine HARTT
Mary CUNNINGHAM U
60
F
30
16
Gillingham, Norfolk, England
F
F
Housekeeper
Grocer Assistant
Domestic Servant General
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Gillingham, Norfolk, England
Serv
This property is listed under SMALLGATE in the Rate Books
2
2
2
2
Now listed as STATION ROAD in the Rate Books
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Collins, M & R
Collins, Rich
Collins, Rich
Woodward, MC
Peto, SM Sir
Peirson, Chas
Peirson, C exors
Peirson, C exors
28
28
35
35
House [no527]
House & Shop [no 544]
House, Shop etc [no 606]
House & Shop [no 750]
1865
1875
1885
1899
Woodward, MC
Woodward, Michael C
Gipson, George R
Gipson, George R
Gipson, George
Gipson, George
Gipson, Geo. Reynolds,
Gipson, George
Gipson Stores
Needlecraft Shop
Baldry, Leslie E
Peirson
shop & dwelling
4
grocer
grocer
grocer
grocer
grocer
grocer
grocer
grocer
3 & shop
6
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1974
This property is on the south west corner of Newgate and Station Road.
Louisa NEWSTEAD
Edith NEWSTEAD
U
19
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Daur
Draper Assistant
CARTER, William
4
Sta
1914
9th
Suffolks
Pte
Ellen Philpot [aged 18, living in Suffolk Inn in Station Road] with his fist at 8pm in Manor House Lane
when she was out wth the Salvation Army. [The Hall seems to have been in the Lane]
Lieut Maria Peters & Lizzie Spalding [aged 21, living in Rook’s Lane] came to her when she fell. She
screamed and they carried her into the Hall. Walter Taylor said he was in the ranks behind this young
woman. This man knocked her down & trampled on her. He was not really the worse for drink, but he
had some.
VISITORS’ LIST: Staying in Beccles (with or without wives): King’s Head 9; White Lion 7; Waveney
Hotel [Northgate] 3; Alexandra Hotel 3; Clifton Temperance Hotel 3; Laburnham Villa, Alexandra Road
1; Kilbrack 1; Watermere House [Fen Lane] 3; Riverview House [Northgate] 2; The Laurels, London
Road 3; Suffolk Inn [Station Road] Pickerel Inn [Puddingmoor] 1; Yachts 8.
Hotel, “Hermon” (Ashman’s Road), “Ferndale” (Station Road), 3 Houses in Alexandra Road.
1918
Captain in RAMC
4
Cooper, Stephen
1864
Peirson, Charles
Peirson, Chas
Peirson, Chas
Peirson, C exors
Peirson, C exors
Perison, Charles
Peirson, Charles
Morgan & Peirson
20
17
17
20
28
Hotel & dwelling
Suffolk Inn
Public House [Suffolk Inn]
Suffolk Inn
Public House [Suffolk Inn]
Public House
Inn Keeper
4 occup
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Newstead, Louisa
Newstead, Louisa
Driver, Elizabeth
/
Driver, Eliz
Driver, Elizabeth
Driver, Elizabeth
Driver, Eliz
Beard, Louis
Beard, Louis
Carter, William
Carter, William
Carter, William
Carter, Wm.
Allen, Bernard L
/
1875
1896
1899
1896
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
5 recep
beer retailer
beer retailer
beer retailer, Suffolk Inn
beer retailer
beer retailer
beer retailer
beer retailer
4.1
4.1
4.1
4.2
Easter, Elizabeth
Easter, Eliz
Sale, Harry
1974
Butcher, Anthony J
Peirson, Chas
Peirson, Chas
10
10
House
House
1875
1881
6
This property was on the south east corner of Newgate and south west corner of Station Road.
1864
1864
LOT 1; Frontage of 81ft on Station Road [Station Road number 6]
[Purchased W Mullenger £64]
area in front of 360 square feet, including pump for testing hose on premises. At the corner of
Wellington Street [Station Road] next to the Baptist Chapel; Rent £8 pa. Each engine would be, with
its hose, buckets ready at a moment’s notice.
1867
1870
1874
1875
1888
established
weekly and
1893
1899
1933
Masonic Hall & Ante-Room & Fire Engine House, now in the occupation of Beccles Corporation.
Iron pallisading. On east side plot of building ground 45ft x 22ft, space for a new dwelling.
engine house & the upper floor as a Masonic Hall in Station Road. Frontage of 85ft. Small Garden.
TO BE LET: Warehouse: Room in Station Road formerly occupied as an Engine House
Transfer of Licence of “Refreshment Rooms” from Charles Howlett to Charles Emms
Periodicals, Chess, Draughts & Bagatelle. Miss Crowfoot & Miss Parker its real promoters.
from 6 a.m. to 10.30 p.m..
The Coffee Rooms, greatly improved under the management of Mr Smith....
daily papers, a capital bagatelle table, chess, draughts, and a small reference library.
every evening. Subjects: Drawing (freehand, geometry & perspective) elementary science,
commercial arithmetic and shorthand. Teachers: Messrs Palmer, Dunt & Bellingham.
position to continue their studies in technical studies.
compelled to remain at school to a greater age than in England, consequently they were in a better
generation. Merchants and others were continually complaining that they could not get in England
the men they wanted, consequently they had to go abroad for them In Germany children were
Catering; Moderate Charges. Officialy Appointed to the RAC and AA; Garage, Repairs etc, Phone 68.
Station Road, Beccles.
HOUSE No 6 STATION ROAD
1864
SALE by Mullenger’s Trustees, 12 March 1867
Newson, Henry
Newson, Henry
Henry MYERS
Louisa MYERS
Marian F. TRACY
Head
Wife
Coffee Tavern Manager
Coffee Tavern Manager wife
Lodger (Head)
1871
1875
1881
1881
1881
Money
M 49
M 38
U 36
Pierson, Chas
M
F
F
Glasgow, Scotland
Kessingland, Suffolk, England
St Georges Hanover Squ, London
1885
1896
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1927
1936
1936
1937
1948
1954
Parker, Ann
Smith, Fred
Smith, FW
Crowfoot Mary
Crowfoot, Miss
10
House
House
33
House, Coffee Rooms etc
Crowfoot, Miss
Gale, W (Commercial Hotel)
Gale, Wallace
Gale, Wallace
Gale, Wallace
Gale’s Hotel & Restaurant
Gale’s Garage
Gale’s Hotel & Restaurant
Gale’s Garage
Gale’s Temperance Hotel
Gale’s Hotel & Restaurant
Gale’s Hotel & Restaurant
Crowfoot, Miss
Restraunt & dwell
dining rooms
dining rooms
Temperance hotel
10 bedr
5 sitting
6 occupants
1891
1899
ADVERTISEMENT: Miss Saul, addition to house
ADVERTISEMENT: W ROBINSON, Station Road, BICYCLES (ILLUSTRATION)
No
6.1
Fire Engine House
1867
To Let
1870
Webster, William
Webster, William
Myers, Henry
Parker, Ann
Smith, FW
1899
Reynold’s John
6.1
6.1
6.1
6.1
6.1
6.1
Pierson, Chas
Crowfoot, Mary
Crowfoot, Mary
8
5
Coffee Room
Coffee Rooms
33
Manager Coffee Tavern
49
m
1875
1881
1885
Crowfoot, Miss
House, Coffee Rooms etc
6.2
Fenn, George Working Men’s Club
Myers, Henry
Parker, Ann Refreshment Rooms
1885
8
10
King, Robert
Reading Room
22
1875
1881
6.2
6.2
Crowfoot, Mary with warehouse
6.3
Webster, William
Myers, Henry
Fire at Warehouse
Smith, FW
1899
Field, Miss EF & Salmon Miss AK,
1902
Anglian Motor Company
Robinson, William
Robinson, William
Robinson, William
Gale’s Garage Ltd.
Gale’s Garage Ltd.
Gale’s Garage Ltd.
Gale’s Garage Ltd.
Pierson, Chas
Crowfoot, Mary
14
5
Pierson, Chas
School Room
1875
1881
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
motor & cycle manufacturer
motor & cycle manufacturer
motor engineer
motor engineers
motor engineers
motor engineers
motor engineers
1914
1922
1927
1948
1954
1965
1974
BECCLES BAPTIST CHAPEL
1859 Beccles Paper, 20 Sep
1860 Beccles Paper, 31 Jan
1860 Beccles Paper, 10 Apr
1861 Beccles Paper, 29 Mar
1861 Beccles Paper, 23 Apr
1873
he had completed the 36th year of his pastorate that day.
He desired that a piece of land near the Chapel should be purchased to form an entrance from Station
Road and eventually be the site of a new Chapel. £95-18-6 raised.
promised £530. Total cost £1000. Architect from London [name of architect not mentioned].
contract for the whole, according to plans and specifications, which will be open to inspection at Mr
Wright’s , London Road. Tenders to him before 14 February.
Laid by George Wright assisted by RA King and James Walne, the contractors.
land.
and fifteen others united into a church in 1908. Last Saturday I buried the last of those who originally
composed the church at the age of 87.
Last year it was decided that the old building was not worth repairing. Sir Morton Peto gave the
Mr Wright thanks the Council for the use of Assembly Rooms for worship for several months.
1822 & in May 1823 was unanimously chosen as Pastor; He continued until April 1870. Aged 81.
1861
LOT 2; Frontage of 34ft on Station Road [Station Road number 8]
[Bought in £26]
Mrs Corbyn moves to Station Road, South Side
1872
1918
1918
1881 Census:
the Co-Op before the War.
Eliza CORBYN
Rose CORBYN
M
U
66
26
F
F
Botesdale, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Wife
Daur
Music Professor
No Occupation
CLARK, David A
CLARK, James M
CLARK, John
8
8
8
Sta
Sta
Sta
1915
1914
1914
7th
2/6th
1/5th
Suffolks
Suffolks
Suffolks
Sergt
Sergt
Cpl
8
Youell, Henry
YouelI, Henry
12
House & buildings
1871
8
Youell, Henry
Youell, Henry
12
House & workshop
1885
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
Newstead, R
Robinson
Robinson, Wm
Robinson
Clarke, John
Clark, John
Clark, John
Clark, John
Field, Mrs FS
Saunders, Chas
Thompson, Ronald
Dittrich, Mrs RM
Dittrich, Mrs RM
Gudgin, M
1974
Newstead, Rebecca
Newstead, Rebecca
Shellcross, Rosetta
Shellcross, Rosetta
Anglian Motor
18
28
House & premises
House & premises
cycle depot & dwell
7
1885
1896
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
3
boarding house
8
10
1861
LOT 3; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 10, 12,14]
[Purchased Wm Woodroffe £40]
TO LET: Two houses in Station Road. Apply WW Woodroffe, builder near Northgate or Mr Henry
Cutting, Station Road.
1871
10
Cutting, Henry
Woodroffe. WW
10
House
1871
Annuitant
10
Homes, Ann
1881
Woodroffe, TA
10
House
55
w
Annie HOMES
W
F
Watford, Hertford, England
Head
27
21
No Occupation
No Occupation
Annie HOMES
U
F
British Subject, Russia
Daur
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
10
Tilney, Harry
Atkins, Jas
1899
Welch, Ellen
Welch, E Eliza
Welch, Miss
Welch, Miss
Shaw, Miss
Burton, Arthur
Burton, Mrs F
Buton, Mrs. F
Buton, Mrs. F
Ruggles, Mrs WI
Ruggles, Mrs WI
Woodroffe, JA
13
House
1896
Woodroffe, JA
Phillips, RE Mrs
dwelling
3
2
2
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOT 3; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 10, 12,14]
[Purchased Wm Woodroffe £40]
TO LET: Two houses in Station Road. Apply WW Woodroffe, builder near Northgate or Mr Henry
Cutting, Station Road.
1871
1881 Census:
Jonathan NOBBS
M
M
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Head
Accountant & Valuer
23
12
Woodroffe, WW
10
House
1871
Toll, Henry
Nobbs. Jonathon
1881
Grear, Charles
1881
Johnson, Eliz E
Barnes, Harriet
Barnes, HE
Barnes, H
Barnes, Hannah
Harper, Miss
Barnes, Mrs
Easlea, Algernon
Phillips, Robert E
Phillips, Robert E
Turner, Mrs
/
Clarke, Miss
Clarke, Miss
/
Accountant & valuer
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
Woodroffe, TA
10
House
30
m
Woodroffe, TA
Woodroffe, TA
Phillips, Mrs Emily
Phillips, RE Mrs
13
£14- 10s
House
dwelling
3
3
1
1896
1899
1904
1906
1907
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOT 3; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 10, 12,14]
[Purchased Wm Woodroffe £40]
1881 Census:
14
Case, Sarah
Woodroffe, Wm
12
House
own means
House
Census 1891
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
/ (empty)
Tillott, Sarah Ann
Tillott, Sarah
Tillott, Sarah
Tillott, SA
1899
Phillips, Robert E
Philips, Robt E
Phillips, Robert E
Phillips, Robert E
Ward, Mark W
Ward, Mark W
Taylor, Mrs J
Taylor, Mrs. J
Purslow, Edward C
Nolan, Timothy
Waldron, Fredrick
Woodroffe, JA
Woodroffe, TA
S
Woodroffe, TA
12
14
Yaxley
House
House
14
1881
1885
Woodroffe, TA
Phillips, RE Mrs
dwelling
5
Prudential Insurance agent
assistant insurance superintendent
3
5
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOT 4 ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 16, 18]
[Purchased William Whitehead £40]
SALE: W Warder Harvey who is leaving the Town
1927
1881 Census:
Har ECCLESTONE
W
F
Halesworth, Suffolk, England
Head
Income Derived From Houses
16
(not yet built)
Blake, J Rev
Ecclestone, Harriet
Ecclestone, Ann E
Patrick, William K
Harvey, William
Harvey, Wm W
Harvey, WM
Harvey, WW
Harvey, William W
Harvey, William W
Harvey, William W
Harvey, William W
Watkins, Francis B
Hewitt, Rev. B. D.
Evans, Rev Christian
1954
Pond, Rev Clifford
Thorpe, Rev John
Naylor, Peter
Boast, Geo exors
Blake, Rev Joseph
Blake, Rev Joseph
M
Blake, Rev Josh
Blake, Rev Joseph
Blake, Rev Josh
Blake, Joseph Rev
House
House
House
King’s Lynn
House
dwelling
Income from house
Retired Farmer
4
organist of the Parish Church
organist of the Parish Church
organist of the Parish Church
Baptist. Minister
w
Census 1891
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
20
20
20
20
5
71
1881
1885
3
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
Baptist. Minister
Baptist. Minister
1974
1974
1861
LOT 4 ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 16, 18]
[Purchased William Whitehead £40]
1881 Census:
Simon BEVERLEY
64
M
Poringland, Norfolk, England
Retired Coal Merchant
Charlotte BEVERLEY
M
Wife
18
(not yet built)
Corbyn, Joseph M
Beverley, Simon
Beverley, Simon
Beverley, Simon
Beverley, Simon
Beverley, Emma
Skevens, Sam
Skevens, SL (Fernie Lea) Beverley, Mrs
Skevens, Samuel L
Skevens, Samuel L
Skevens, Samuel L
Skevens, Samuel L
1927
Skevens, Mrs FE
Phillips, Geoffrey
Phillips, Geoffrey
Phillips, Geoffrey
Phillips, Geoffrey
Boast, Geo exors
Boast. George
Boast. George
M
Beverley, Simon
Beverley, E Mrs
Beverley, Mrs E
20
20
20
Porlingland
20
£24
Retired Coal Merchant
0wn means
6
deputy superintendent Registrar of Wangford
Census 1881
Census 1891
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
House
House
4
House
dwelling
3
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1948
1954
1965
1974
LOT 5; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 20,22]
[Purchased Sam Darby £44]
20
Masters, Edward
Peirson, Charles
20
House
1871
Coal Merchant
20
Robins, Henry
Peirson, Charles
20
House
38
m
1881
Henry L. ROBINS
M
M
Cambridge, Cambridge, England
Coal Merchant
46
18
7
14
Lily DEATH
Mabel DEATH
Sarah WEST
U
F
F
F
Wymondham, Norfolk, England
Wymondham, Norfolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Step Daur
Domestic Servant General
Scholar
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
Thwaites, Chris
Eccleston, Anna
Ecclestone, AE
Ecclestone, Ann
Ecclestone, AE
Ecclestone, Miss
Smith, Mrs
Smith, Mrs
1922
Smith, Mrs
Shellcross, Mrs R
/
Wright, Miss
Wright, Miss
Wright, Miss
M
Peirson, Charles
Peirson, C exors
Peirson
Copeman & Cadge
20
£20
5
apartments
House
dwelling
3
2
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOT 5; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 20,22]
[Purchased Sam Darby £44]
WANTED Dressmasker, good bodice or all-round hand, Mrs Carter, 22 Station Road.
1914
22
Drake, Mary
Peirson, Charles
House
1871
Peirson, Chrles
House
22
1875
Beales, Isaac
Isaac BEALES
M
M
Kessingland, Suffolk, England
Head
Income From Interest Of Money
47
17
15
11
9
5
27
20
George BEALES
Isaac BEALES
Rose BEALES
William BEALES
Ellen BEALES
Eliza LARKINS
Alice RAVEN
U
U
U
U
M
M
F
M
F
F
F
Kessingland, Suffolk, England
Wrentham, Suffolk, England
Wrentham, Suffolk, England
Wrentham, Suffolk, England
Kirkley, Suffolk, England
Uggeshall, Suffolk, England
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Son
Son
Daur
Son
Daur
Serv
Serv
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Domestic Servant General
Domestic Servant General
22
1891
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
Muncaster, William H
36
Manchester
Congregational Minister
Census
Walker, Rv Caleb
Parker, Rev H
Rees, E Rev
Rees, Rev Edward
Cater, Mrs C
Oaten, Herbert
Crofts, Maurice
Oaten, Herbert G
Crofts, Maurice
Oaten, Herbert G
Oaten, Herbert.
Norman, Ronald H
Delf, Mrs EW
Werderman, Miss & Stone Miss P
Delf, Mrs EW
Peirson, C exors
Perison
Copeman & Cadge
20
House
dwelling
5
Wesleyan minister
dress maker
dental surgeon
dentist
dentist
dentist
4
4
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1927
1936
1936
1948
1954
1965
1965
1974
1861
LOT 6 ; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road Wesleyan Chapel]
[Purchased John Crisp £36]
1871
1872
1970s-80s
In the centre a Catherine Wheel window & the whole facade surmounted with ornamental turrets and
finials. The interior faced with white brick & coloured bands & arrangements made so that a Gallery
may be added. Room has been left behind the Chapel for a Schoolroom.
300 people. Lombardic Style, or Italian Gothic, to be built of white brick with Bath stone dressings.
builders & C Utting, mason of Lowestoft.
£45, making sum for new Chapel £432.
building is rapidly approaching completion. [raised £100]
and Congregationalists, becoming the United Reformed Church.
1861
LOTS 7, 8 & 9; Each with Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road Nos 24, 26, 28, 30, 32]
Lot 7 Purchased John Crisp £40, Lot 8: John Crisp £36, Lot 9: Robert King £34]
TO LET, 1 Salisbury Place, STATION ROAD.
1893
1881 Census:
Edward W. HINDES
M
M
Halvergate, Norfolk, England
Head
Builder Master Employing 11 Men & 2 Boys
47
20
19
17
16
14
12
9
6
1
Edward J. HINDES
Arthur A. HINDES
William F. HINDES
Rosa H. HINDES
Walter E. HINDES
Alice HINDES
Herbert HINDES
Richard HINDES
Ethel A. HINDES
U
U
U
U
M
M
M
F
M
F
M
M
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Son
Son
Son
Daur
Son
Daur
Son
Son
Daur
Carpenter Journeyman
Grocer Apprentice
No Occupation
Draper Apprentice
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
24
(not yet built)
1871
Hindes, Edward
Hindes, Edw Wm
M
House & worksh
House & workshop
Halvergate
Builder employs 11 men
24
24
24
1891
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
24
Hindes, Edward
Hindes, Edw Wm
Hindes, Edw W
22
30
m
w, 3s, 2d
1881
1885
Census
Builder, general Contractor
Hindes, E Johnson
Hindes, Edward
Hindes, EJ & Co
Hindes & Co
Hindes & Co
Hindes, Edward J
Hindes & Co
Hindes, Edward J
Hopewell, AS & Co
Payne, Bertie
Payne, Bertie
Hipperson, Dennis
Rye, Harry
1965
Rye, DA
Hindes, Edw J
Hindes, Edward
Hindes, EJ & Co
32.02
£50
House, Shop & premises
business & dwelling
6
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1914
1922
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
8
builders
builders
JP & Mayor
builders
JP
buildres
builder
builder
3
1861
LOTS 7, 8 & 9; Each with Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road Nos 24, 26, 28, 30, 32]
Lot 7 Purchased John Crisp £40, Lot 8: John Crisp £36, Lot 9: Robert King £34]
1882
1914
1881 Census:
Room, Kitchen, Scullery, 4 Bedrooms. Rent 18 gns pa. Apply Robert S Block.
LOT 1: 26 Station Road, Salisbury Terrace, pleasantly situated, white brick & slated residence, now
in the occupation of Mr EE Darby at the annual rent of £20
26
(not yet built)
1871
Block, Robt S
Block, Harriet
19
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
(not yet built)
Corbyn, Jos
Booker, Wm
Darby, EE
1904
Darby, EE
1906
Darby, Ernest E
Darby, Ernest E
Darby, Ernest E
Damant, Miss
Horne, Ernest
Horne, Mrs
Horne, Mrs
Horne, Mrs
Forder, Claude
17
House
house
1881
1885
1896
1899
Block, Mrs
dentist
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOTS 7, 8 & 9; Each with Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road Nos 24, 26, 28, 30, 32]
Lot 7 Purchased John Crisp £40, Lot 8: John Crisp £36, Lot 9: Robert King £34]
1882
1914
1917
1881 Census:
Room, Kitchen, Scullery, 4 Bedrooms. Rent 18 gns pa. Apply Robert S Block.
LOT 1: 26 Station Road, Salisbury Terrace, pleasantly situated, white brick & slated residence, now
in the occupation of Mr EE Darby at the annual rent of £20
LOT 2: 28 Station Road adjoining in the occupation of Mrs RN Turner at £20 pa.
to be 2nd Lieut in the Bedfordshire Regt
Maria TAYLOR
W
F
Haughley, Suffolk, England
Head
90
Agriculture Farmers Widow
TURNER, TD
28
Sta
Royal Army Medical Corps
28
(not yet built)
1871
Taylor, Maria
Taylor, Maria
Block, Robt
House; 20 perches
House
Income from houses
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
28
Taylor. Maria
Hammond, SWS
Block, Alf
1896
Winson, Emily
Winson
Winson, T Mrs
Winson, Charles T
Turner, Mrs
Smith, Mrs M
Smith, Misses
Smith, Misses
Smith, Misses
Barnard, Mrs MG
Barnard, Mrs MG
Gillett, Herbert
18.1
60
w
1881
1885
Block, Harriet
Block, Harriet
Winson, Mrs
19
dwelling
4
corsetiere
corsetiere
4
3
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOTS 7, 8 & 9; Each with Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road Nos 24, 26, 28, 30, 32]
Lot 7 Purchased John Crisp £40, Lot 8: John Crisp £36, Lot 9: Robert King £34]
1882
1914
1881 Census:
Room, Kitchen, Scullery, 4 Bedrooms. Rent 18 gns pa. Apply Robert S Block.
Glover, BA [became Captain in Royal welsh Fuseliers, wounded. 30 Station Road];
William H. SMITH
M
M
Prittlewell, Essex, England
Head
Church "Baptist Minister Of The Martyrs Memorial
Mary A. LACKE
30
(not yet built)
1871
Sharp, Thomas
Smith, Rev W
Garrould, John
Block, Mrs
1896
Block, Harriet
Block, Mrs H
Block, Harriet
Block, Mrs
1907
Winson, Charles T
Smith, Samuel R
Andrews, Bertram LM
Andrews, Bertram LM
Rayner, Archibald
Ingate, Archibald
Porter, Mrs EV
Porter, Mrs EV
Taylor Maria
Taylor, Maria
Block, Robt S
House; 19 perches
House
Baptist Minister
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
18.1
5
m
1881
1885
Block, Harriet
Block, Harriet
Block, Harriet
19
dwelling
4
4
3
1904
1906
estate agent
dentist
dentist
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
1866
Alexander King was living in Northgate in 1879.
Robert Alexander King born 25 Novenber 1826 son of William (a bricklayer) & Hannah King of Beccles. Baptised in the
Congregational Church 12 August 1827.
RA King was a bricklayer & builder who was responsible for the bricklaying of the Hospital in Fair Close in 1873. He was also
one of the two Contractors for the Baptist Chapel in 1860-61.
LOTS 7, 8 & 9; Each with Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road Nos 24, 26, 28, 30, 32]
Lot 7 Purchased John Crisp £40, Lot 8: John Crisp £36, Lot 9: Robert King £34]
belonging to R Dashwood, Esq.
6715
6717
6718
Domestic
Nor
Nor
Anna KING
Martha REDGRAVE
M
40
U
F
43
Soham, Cambridge, England
F
Gillingham, Norfolk, England
32
(not yet built)
1871
(not yet built)
(not yet built)
King, Robert A
King, Robert A
King, Robert A
King, Anna Mrs
King, Anna
King, Anna (Alexandra House)
1906
King, Mrs
King, Mrs
King, Mrs
Cartwright, Philip S
King, Robert A
King, Robert A
King, Anna Mrs
King, Mrs A
House & premise
House & garden: 1 rod, 17 perches
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
32
45
£45
£50
King, Mrs
4
4
1881
1882
1885
1896
1899
1904
dwelling
6
1914
1922
1927
32
32
32
32
32
St John, Francis
St. John, Francis.
/
Youngs, Albert
Youngs, Albert
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOT 10; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 34,36]
[Bought in £30]
1881 Census:
No
(not yet built)
1871
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
34
Oldrin, John
Oldrin, John
Oldrin, John
Oldrin, John
House; 20 perches
dwelling
3
(not yet built)
Oldrin, John
Oldrin, John
Oldrin, John
Oldrin, John
Oldrin, John
Oldrin, Mrs
Oldrin, Mrs
Oldrin, Mrs
Oldrin, Mrs
Lee, William R
Lee, Miss CM
Lee, Mrs EEH
Watkins, EM
Dearden, ME
25
£28
5
5
1881
1896
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1974
1861
LOT 10; Frontage of 60ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 34,36]
[Bought in £30]
1881 Census:
No
(not yet built)
1871
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
Shade, Eliz
Shade, E Mrs
House; 20 perches
dwelling
4
(not yet built)
/
Shade, Eliz
/
Martin, Chas
Martin, Charles A
Cutler, James
Cutler, James
Cutler, James
Cutler, James
Cutler, Mrs
Cutler, Mrs
Fuller, Mrs ZM
Fuller, Mrs ZM
22
4
6
1881
1896
1899
1904
1906
1907
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOT 11 & 12; Frontage of 60ft each on Station Road [Station Road numbers 38, 40]
[Lot 11 Bought in £38; Lot 12 Bought in £38]
1871
1934
1881 Census:
Drawing Rooms, 5 Bedrooms, Kitchen, Pantry, Cellar & well fitted up water closet, pumps of soft &
hard water, Garden in front enclosed by an ornamental iron fence & wall. Occupied by Robert
Wooltorton [No 38] & Mr T Sharpe [No 40]
points of which are faced with white brick & stone, each containing: Entrance Hall, Dining &
offices & main services. Well planned and secluded walled-in Garden.
Sar WOOLTORTON
84
F
Head
57
16
Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Fanny THAYER
U
F
Servant
Domestic Servant General
38
Wooltorton, Robt
22.10
House
1871
Wooltorton, Robt
Wooltorton, Sarah
1881
Foyster, J
1885
Mayhew, Mary
Mayhew, Mary
Mayhew, Mary
Mayhew, Mary (Carlton Villa)
1906
Mayhew, Mrs
Stringfield, George
Davis, Harry E
Davis, Harry E
Keable, Edward J
Bond, Nolan
Bond, Nolan
Bond, Nolan
Catling, Brian
House
House & garden
Income from interest
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
38
Wigg, Mary
22.10
84
w
Wigg, Mary
Wigg, Mary
23
£26
Wigg, Miss Yarmouth
House
dwelling
4
3
1899
1904
3
manager, Midland Bank
dentist
1914
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOT 11 & 12; Frontage of 60ft each on Station Road [Station Road numbers 38, 40]
[Lot 11 Bought in £38; Lot 12 Bought in £38]
1871
1881 Census:
Drawing Rooms, 5 Bedrooms, Kitchen, Pantry, Cellar & well fitted up water closet, pumps of soft &
hard water, Garden in front enclosed by an ornamental iron fence & wall. Occupied by Robert
Wooltorton [No 38] & Mr T Sharpe [No 40]
points of which are faced with white brick & stone, each containing: Entrance Hall, Dining &
Albert CHASTON
Head
Coal & Commission Agent
Mary CHASTON
James G. CHASTON
Kath CHASTON
Charles CHASTON
Alice J. CHASTON
Benj CHASTON
Harriet B. CHASTON
Marion R. CHASTON
Alice P. STEARN
Margaret E. FISHER
46
U
12
11
10
8
33
F
17
F
M
F
M
6
5
F
7
Laxfield, Suffolk, England
M
Ringsfield, Suffolk, England
Ringsfield, Suffolk, England
Ringsfield, Suffolk, England
Ringsfield, Suffolk, England
F
F
Wilby, Suffolk, England
F
Ringsfield, Suffolk, England
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Scholar
Daur
Daur
U
Son
Daur
Ringsfield, Suffolk, England
Ringsfield, Suffolk, England
Scholar
Governess
Laxfield, Suffolk, England
40
Sharp, Thomas
Thornton, Richard
22
House
1871
House
House
House & garden
House
dwelling
Commission Agent
3
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
Chaston, Albert
Chaston (late)
Clarke, William
Clarke, WR
Clarke, Elizabeth
Clarke, Eliz, Mrs
Clarke, Mrs
Cook, Mrs
1914
Hughes, Henry
Moran, Williams KJ
Moran, Williams KJ
/
Swaine, V
1954
Swain, V
1965
Swain, Bernard V
Wigg, Mary
Wigg, Mary
Wigg, Mary
Wigg, Mary
Wigg, Mary
Wigg, Miss
22
23
23
26
2
41
m
1881
1885
1896
1899
1904
1906
1907
3
vet
vet
upholsterer
1927
1936
1948
1861
LOTS 13 & 14; Frontage of 60ft & 36ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 42, 44]
[Lot 13 Bought in £40; Lot 14 Purchased Charles Dashwood £34]
1871
1881 Census:
stone Wine Bin, water closet, Garden, iron fence & wall. Occupied by Rev AH Smith
Entrance Hall, Dining & Drawing Rooms, 4 Bedrooms, front & back Kitchen, large store room,
42
Wigg, Mary late
Thomton, Richard
House
Peirson, Chas
Peirson, Charles
Peirson, C exors
Perison, C exors
Perison, C exors
Robins, Henry
Youngs, Crawshay etc
House
House
House & garden
House & garden
3
1875
1881
1885
1896
1899
1904
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
42
/ (empty)
Robins, Henry L
Robins, Henry
Robins, Henry L
Robins, Henry
Robins, HL
1906
Robins, Henry L
Robins, Henry L
Denney & Son
Grey, DR
Ward, Reginald P
Ward, Reginald P
Ward, Regnid P
Ward, Regnald P
Smith, William S
/
20
18
18
3
4
dwelling
tailors (Southwold Co)
occulist
1914
1922
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
1861
LOTS 13 & 14; Frontage of 60ft & 36ft on Station Road [Station Road numbers 42, 44]
[Lot 13 Bought in £40; Lot 14 Purchased Charles Dashwood £34]
BEER & WINE: William Thornton of Station Road to sell beer, foreign wine etc
1870
1871
1874
1875
1875
1878
Kitchen, store room, pantry, spacious cellar capable of holding 40 barrels of beer, 6 Bedrooms, back
offices. Stables & loft, Gig House, large coal shed & Yard; in occupation of Richard Thornton, the
vendor
standing in a commanding position fronting the Station Road & the new Road, & within 100 yards of
the Railway Station. Containing Large front Bar & Shop, Parlour, Bar Parlour, Porter Room,
Apply Mr Spencer, Star Inn.
Charles Peirson Skreen’s Park, Roxwell, Essex
were 2 fully licensed houses & two beer houses.). Flower: only granted wine licence.
Mr Spencer. Chair taken by Mr Pulford, foreman of the Brickyard. Healths drunk of Mr Darby & Mr
DEATH at Beccles of John Spencer, born 1815, joined the service of George IV for three years,
went on to mercantile service, in 1857 obtained a master’s certificate. During the American War he
ran the blockade twice in the “Economist” and he was also connected with the “Galway Steam
Packet Company” of Lever Roebuck notoriety, as captain of the “Victoria”. He was wrecked three
times and on the occasion of the loss of the “Senator”, he endured exposure and suffering for five
during
LICENCES: Sun Inn, Mr RA Cock; Star Inn, Mrs Spencer; Queen Victoria, Mr J Girling.
PUB LICENCE: Application for transfer of licence of unused public house in Horse & Groom Lane [not
used for 5 or 6 years] to premises in course of erection opposite Mr Boutell’s sale meadow, near the
railway station Opposed by licensees of Star Inn (Mrs Spencer) & Railway Hotel. (Mr Church). 53
signatories, including the Rector, Deputy Mayor, Rev J Calvert, Churchwardens Houghton & Laws &
residents of Caxton Road etc opposed. Not granted.
DINNER to RAILWAYMEN: 38 had Dinner at the Star.
POLICE COURT: 2) Mrs Nash of the Star Hotel charged with serving drinks at 7am on Sunday
morning when only travellers were allowed to be served. Said she was very concerned about her son
who was ill and died the next day. She was cautioned.
1882
1893
Betsy SPENCER
W
Head
28
5
4
3
19
29
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Belton, Suffolk, England
Holy Moorside, Derby, England
Daur
Grand Daur
Servant
Housekeeper
Frances E. CROSS
Charles S. CROSS
Eva M. CROSS
Edith IVES
Thomas COLLINS
U
U
Grand Son
Grand Daur
Boarder
Inn Barmaid
44
Thornton, Richard
Thornton, Richard
28
Star Inn
1871
Public House & Yard [Star Hotel]
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
1875
Spencer, Betsy
1881
Spencer, Betsy
King, Herbert
King, Herbert A
Kings, Herbert
Jupp
1906
Star Hotel
1907
Cook, Ernest A
1914
Cook, Ernest A
1922
Cook, Ernest A
1927
Cook, Ernest A
1936
Barnard, FS
1948
Barnard, FS
Perison, Charles
Peirson, C exors
Youngs Crawshay
Youngs, Crawshay etc
45
Star Public House
5
7
4
1896
1899
1904
dwelling
44
44
Biles, BJ
1965
Biles, BJ
1974
44.1
Crisp, John & Son
maltsters
1907
Crisp, John & Son
Crisp, John & Son
Crisp, John & Son
Crisp John & Son Ltd.
1948
Crisp John & Son Ltd.
1954
Associated British Maltsters
maltsters
44.1
44.1
44.1
44.1
44.1
maltsters
maltsters
1922
1936
In 1858 the old Halesworth, Beccles and Haddiscoe Railway was purchased by the East Suffolk
Railway. It is interesting to note that the line was closed down for a time so that work could be
undertaken in order to allow heavier and long-distance trains to travel from and to London.
Reopening of the line under its new owners, the Great Eastern Railway Company, took place on June
4th, 1859. Without doubt, this was a day of great festivity at Beccles. A contemporary newspaper
account says that “the bells in the majestic old steeple poured forth a merry peal, whilst flags and
flowers lent their aid to enliven the locality of the station.”
RAILWAY: Public Meeting called by the Mayor sends letter to the Directors of the Great Eastern
Railway Co asking for improved accommodation at the Station.
1865
Station. (18 years Station Master at Haddiscoe & Beccles - given Testimonial 27 October)
Beccles Station, has been & is up to the present time, not only far from being adequate for the
accommodation of the numerous passengers during the Summer Season, but also very dangerous,
from the want of the long promised bridge over the crossing for foot passengers; but we are informed
that the Directors are about to make improvements & extensive alterations, which will atogether
involve an outlay of from £6,000 to £7,000.
RAILWAY: The Alterations at Beccles railway Station were commenced yesterday.
Jas WILKINSON
Railway Station Master
Amelia WILKINSON
John Q. WILKINSON
Rob WILKINSON
Kate A. WILKINSON
Sar WILKINSON
Margaret PLAYFORD
M
11
1
35
14
M
8
F
14
F
M
Beccles, Suffolk, England
F
Beccles, Suffolk, England
F
Hempnall, Norfolk, England
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Son
Scholar
Daur
Beccles, Suffolk, England
Servant
55.1
Wilkinson
Station Master
1891
Clarke, Francis
Clarke, Francis
Clarke, Francis
Bloom, Frederick
Turner, Victor E
Purslow, EC
Railway Station Eastern Region, East Suffolk line,
Railway Station Eastern Region, East Suffolk line
55.2
55.1
55.1
55.1
55.1
55.1
55.1
55.1
Railway Station
Station Master
Station Master
Station Master
Station Master
Station Master
Station Master
1922
1927
1936
1948
1954
1965
1974
55.2
Smith, WH & Son
bookstall, Railway Station
1965
55.3
Nibloe, James J
coal merchants
1907
55.3
Moy, Thomas Ltd
coal merchants
1914
1899
1901
Halesworth to Saxmundham, Woodbridge, and Ipswich. At Haddiscoe it joins the Norwich and
Lowestoft Railway. Beccles Station presents a very picturesque and unique appearance, and is in
immediate proximity with the Newmarket place, and a wide and handsome road, where an intended
new street is to be built.
which was opened in December 1854 and will be connected with a railway now forming fro
platform with waiting rooms further to the north, laying additional metals, etc. Further alterations
will probably be made during the present year, the GER having recently applied to Parliament for
powers to purchase land, etc., to make a double line to Lowestoft.
carried out has been decided by the Company, but when the operations will be commenced is not
definitely known.
1867
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
1882
PUB LICENCE: Application for transfer of licence of unused public house in Horse & Groom Lane [not
used for 5 or 6 years] to premises in course of erection opposite Mr Boutell’s sale meadow, near the
railway station Opposed by licensees of Star Inn (Mrs Spencer) & Railway Hotel. (Mr Church). 53
signatories, including the Rector, Deputy Mayor, Rev J Calvert, Churchwardens Houghton & Laws &
residents of Caxton Road etc opposed. Not granted.
POLICE COURT: LICENCES: The Railway Hotel, Station Road to Benjamin Revell
MARRIAGE: Fred Barrett, the well-known jockey to Miss May Revell, youngest of Mr B Revell of the
Railway Hotel, Beccles in St Michael’s Church
VOUNTEERS: The first Annual N.C.O.’s Dinner in connection with the G & H Companies (Beccles)
2nd V.B.N.R. held at the Railway Hotel
RAILWAY: The G.E R. employees in the Way and Works Department have their Annual Dinner at the
Railway Hotel, Mr. Youell presiding.
*** SALE: Temperance Hotel, King’s Head, Waveney Hotel, Suffolk Hotel (Station Road), Railway
Hotel, “Hermon” (Ashman’s Road), “Ferndale” (Station Road), 3 Houses in Alexandra Road.
VISITORS’ LIST: Extra Places: Railway Hotel, Station Road (4); The Pickerel, Puddingmoor (3); No 40,
Ravensmere (4)?
LICENCE: Railway Tavern from BG Revell to Herbert Buggs.
1894
The Railway Hotel from Albert Rushmer to Arthur Egan. 3. The Caxton Arms from Robert Rowe,
deceased, to his widow May Rowe. 4. The Black Boy from Frederick Taylor to his son Frederick Taylor.
1865
1866
1866
1866
Garrett, Aldeborough.
belonging to R Dashwood, Esq.
for Maltings, Corn & Coal warehouses. All Freehold.
106 rods in 6 Lots near the Railway Station fetched £393 or £593 per acre.
In 1861 the same Lots realised £200 & not many years ago £100 to £120 per acre.
1259/60
?
of
1471
1556 21 May
1740 5 April
1873
the Lord’s land was devalued. And it was directed to make him mend it before the next court under
penalty of 6s 8d.”
October)
Beccles Manor Records:
“...And that John Banyard made a water course unlawfully in the Camping Close by reason of which
Fair was held with 3,000 cattle
The Fair for cattle held on Whit Mondays was abolished. [The Sale of the Fair Fields in 1867 and the
subsequent building on the site, would have made it impossible to hold fairs on the Fair Close]
An open-air theatre where plays took place. If it survived the Reformation it would have been abolished at the time of
The Portreeve do attend the Justices of the Peace of this County at their several meetings and treat with them about the
building of a House of Correction and a Workhouse within the Town of Beccles...
1679
It was agreed that the House of Correction [ie Gaol[ should be placed on the Game Place.
Where an athletic game was played which was fought out by two sides, usually twelve of each. It resembled football,
The ball used was the size of a cricket ball, but sometmes a large football was substituted, in which case the game was
called “Kicking Camp”, and if played with shoes on, “Savage Camp”.
The game fell into disuse in Suffolk at the beginning of the nineteenth century, in consequence, it is said, of two men
being killed at Easton in their struggle at a grand match.
In Beccles the Camping Place was on the north side of Station Road, to the east of the small road leading into Jail Lane.
It probably also occupied at least some of the roadway of Station Road itself.