16 - 18 Station Road, Swavesey16 – 18 Station Road, Church End, High Street, The Chequers, Swavesey
History of the Chequers
17th cent: John Cooper
……………..
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
……………….
1871: Chequers Inn High Street
John Mitham, 47, builder and farmer
Lucy
Robinson
Charlotte, 13, b Swavesey
John
………………..
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
………………..
1891:
John Mitham, 67, builder farmer and inn keeper, b Swavesey
Lucy Mitham, 67, b Suffolk
18 Station Road, Swavesey
………………….
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
………………..
1911:
John Smith, 40, innkeeper, b Boxworth
Minnie, 32, b Oxford
Violet, 7
George, 1 m
………………….
1930s: Robinson Mitham
…………………
The Chequers Public House, Swavesey.. Description
Church End, Swavesey.. Description
Fenland floods at Swan Pond in Swavesey.. Description
Alice Jane Mitham of Swavesey in the Chequers Public House yard.. Description