16 – 18 Station Road, Swavesey

16 – 18 Station Road, Church End, High Street, The Chequers, Swavesey

History of the Chequers

17th cent: John Cooper

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1861 Chequers Inn High Street

Sarah Mitham, widow, 62, inn keeper, b Swavesey

Edward, 32, journeyman carpenter, b Swavesey

James, 24, journeyman carpenter, b Swavesey

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1871 Chequers Inn High Street

John Mitham, 47, builder and farmer

Lucy

Robinson

Charlotte, 13, b Swavesey

John

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1881

John Mitham, 57, licensed victualler builder employing 6 men farmer 205 acres employing 5 men and 4 boys carpenter and tax collector, b Swavesey

Lucy, 57, b Suffolk

Robinson, 25, b Swavesey

John, 17, b Swavesey

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1891

John Mitham, 67, builder farmer and inn keeper, b Swavesey

Lucy Mitham, 67,  b Suffolk

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1901 The Chequers Church End

Lucy Mitham, 77, innkeeper, b Suffolk

Lydia Thorp, 59, b Conington

Benjamin Thorp, 29, cycle maker, b Swavesey

Alfred Thorp, 22, cycle maker, b Swavesey

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1911

John Smith, 40, innkeeper, b Boxworth

Minnie, 32, b Oxford

Violet, 7

George, 1 m

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1930s Robinson Mitham

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https://swavesey.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/the-chequers-public-house-swavesey

https://swavesey.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/church-end-swavesey

https://swavesey.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/fenland-floods-at-swan-pond-in-swavesey-3

https://swavesey.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/alice-jane-mitham-of-swavesey-in-the-chequers-public-house-yard