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Enid Porter writes in Cambridgeshire Customs and Folklore p.142 about the annual fair held near the Chequers. By 1888 it had become the Amusement Fair in Mill End Road. Before World War II the fair was being held in the first week of October.
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1871:
Henry K Patten, 35, butcher and publican, b Cherry Hinton
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1881:
Dyson Webb, 60, ag.lab., b Cherry Hinton
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1891: Chequers
James A Kane, 32, innkeeper, b Ireland
Chequers Yard
John Scarr, 25, engine driver, b Cherry Hinton
Robert Ellis, 35, coal porter, b Great Wilbraham
Susan Lane, 65, laundress, b Chery Hinton
Jane Flack, 31, laundress, b Cherry Hinton
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1901: Chequers
Stephen H Judges, 25, publican, b London
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1911:
Chequers Yard
(1) Mr Charles John Patten, 52, carpenter, b Cherry Hinton
(2) Mr Daniel Kefford, 27, labourer, b Cambridge
(3) Miss Jane Flack, 50, laundress, b Cherry Hinton
(4) Arthur Cooper, 53, thatcher, b Cherry Hinton
Chequers Inn
Harry Webb Linsey, 35, contractors labourer and publican, b Great Shelford
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1935:
Linsey
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1939:
Jesse E Tabor, b 1908, licensed victualler & pig breeder
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