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A dirt road leads past a thatched-roof cottage and a row of tiled-roof houses with brick chimneys in a quiet village street.

Sparrow’s Bakehouse & The Chequers, Fenstanton (undated)

The Chequers, Chequers Street, Fenstanton

History of The Chequers

A 1900 Ordnance Survey map section of Fenstanton showing Chequers Street, buildings, land parcels, and labels for P.H.

Fenstanton OS 1900

A crowd of people in period clothing stands before the shell of a building with a missing roof, a tall chimney, and smoke.

Chequers pub following lightning strike and fire (undated)

A dirt street in Fenstanton lined with cottages and shops, with several figures including children standing on the path.

The Chequers, Fenstanton, with thatch roof

Tudor-style house with red brick ground floor, white upper storey, dark timber framing, and an empty iron pub sign post.

The Chequers, Chequer Street, Fenstanton (RGL2025)

1901

Joseph Witherow, 72, innkeeper, b Fenstanton

Harriett, 70, b Fen Drayton

Amelia A Philips, daughter, 33, b Fenstanton

Charles G R Phillips, grandson, 2, b Straits Settlement Malaysia

Annie K Phillips, granddaughter, 1, b Fenstanton

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