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Broadway (The Street 1881 )
Lamberhurst
01892 890260
https://whatpub.com/chequers
Above postcard, date 1905, kindly sent by Mark Jennings. |
Above postcard, 1920, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, 1921. |
Above postcard, circa 1931, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, 1943. Kindly sent by Rory Kehoe.
Chevrolet SWB 15cwt lorries (fitted with the longer No.12 cabs) parked
up outside the Chequers, with a well-loaded Bren Gun Carrier passing
them by. These vehicles almost certainly belonged to a Canadian unit,
probably an infantry brigade on manoeuvres locally. |
Above photo 1948. |
Above photo, circa 1956, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above postcard, circa 1956, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo, circa 1949, kindly sent by Rory Kehoe. |
Above photo 2010 by Oast House Archives
Creative Commons Licence. |
 
Above sign left 1973, sign right 1996.
With thanks from Roger Pester
www.innsignsociety.com. |
 
Above sign left 2010. Sign right 2021. |
Above photos, 19 April 2014, taken by Eric Hartland. |
Above Google image, September 2021. |
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Kentish Chronicles, 30 May, 1794.
On Tuesday the 8th, a mad dog was found in the "Chequers Inn"
stable, Lamberhurst, where there were six horses, two of which were
bit; when first discovered it immediately set off, but on being
pursued, and after having bit two other dogs, it was killed.
One of the horses died on the 15th of this month. The circumstances
should caution all owners of dogs to secure or destroy them the
instant they are known to be bit, which will prevent the very fatal
consequences that frequently happen by there being suffered to range
about the country afterwards.
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South Eastern Gazette 30 November 1841.
DIED.
Nov. 21, at Lamberhurst, Mrs. Mary Eastland, of the "Chequers Inn," in the
82nd year of her age.
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From the Kentish Gazette, 29 February 1848.
Eastland.
Feb. 12, Mr. Edward Eastland, many years landlord of the "Chequers Inn,"
Lamberhurst, in his 55th year.
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Kent Times, 12 April 1862.
Starvation Of A Blind Idiot.
A shocking case of starvation, under circumstances of peculiar
aggravation, if reports are to be relied upon, has just occurred at
this place. Ann Padgham, who formerly cohabited with a man at
Tunbridge Well, has for some months past lived with her parents
here, who are in easy circumstances, her father being a master
carpenter. Their daughter brought home with her an illegitimate
child — a poor, blind, idiotic creature. It appears that the little
innocent has been neglected by its mother and her parents, and has
been cared for more by the neighbours than by those who ought to have
felt more interest in it. From information he received,
Superintendent Dance, of the Tonbridge division, with two of his
men, went to the house of the Padghams recently, to make inquiries
about the matter. He found the child lying almost dead in a packing
ease, on a tick in a back room, where there was no fire. It
presented a tearful spectacle. It was a perfect skeleton — its legs
were drawn up to the chin, its arms were emaciated and rigid, and
the bones nearly protruded through the skin. Mr. Dance immediately
placed the child in the care of Mr. Martin, the relieving officer,
and Mr. Hutchinson and Mr. Graham, surgeons, promptly attended to
it. Both medical men at once expressed their strong opinion that the
state of the child had been caused by a want of proper nourishment.
The child was removed to the house of a neighbour named Baily, where
it died, on Sunday last. On Thursday an inquest was held at the
"Chequers Inn," Lamberhurst, on the body of the child and it
appeared from the evidence adduced that the child was born blind and
idiotic, and had been treated for some time after its birth by the
medical gentlemen connected with the infirmary at Tunbridge Wells,
in which town its mother was living as a married woman. The man with
whom she cohabited deserted her in September last, and being left in
a state of destitution she returned to her parents. A post mortem
examination revealed a thoroughly diseased system which accounted
for the wasting of the child; and it was proved that nourishing food
had been administered by the mother as it was supplied to her by
charitable neighbours. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from
natural causes."
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From the Kent and Sussex Courier. 2 April 1886.
LICENSING.
As occasional license was granted to Mr. W. Beech, of the "Chequers
Inn," Lamberhurst, on the occasion of a cattle fair.
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From the Kent and Sussex Courier, 6 February 1914.
LICENSING RECORD AT LAMBERHURST.
The remarkable fact was mentioned on the occasion of the transfer of the
license of the "Chequers Inn," Lamberhurst this week from Mr. Beech, sen.,
to his son Mr. Beech jun., that the license of this old Sussex hostelry
has been uninterruptedly held by the Beech family for four centuries.
The portrait is that of Mr. Beech, sen,. who has just handed over to his
son the destinies of this ancient inn with its record of four hundred
years in the Beech family. |
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Pall Mall Gazette, Saturday 6 September 1913.
The Chequers Inn, Lamberhurst, Kent, which contains a bedroom in which
Queen Elizabeth once slept, and which was considerably damaged the other
day in a motor bus accident.
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From the Kent and Sussex Courier, 6 February, 1914.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS COUNTY BENCH.
FRIDAY.— Before Mr. F. Wadham Elers (in the chair), Mr. C. F. Gooch, Sir
Robert Thompson, and Mr. H. Edmonds.
LICENSING RECORD.
The license of the "Chequers Hotel," Lamberhurst, one of the most famous
hostelries in Kent, was transferred from Mr. E. Beech to Mr. Beech, junr.,
his son. The license of the "Cheques" has been held by the Beech family
for 400 years.
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From the Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser, Friday 14 October 1921.
There was much conviviality at the "Chequers Inn," Lamberhurst, on
Tuesday last, when Mr. Alfred Chester Beech, the genial host, received congratulations of numerous friends and customers
on the occasion of the diamond jubilee of his
family's association with this historic old hostelry. It is just sixty
years ago that Mr. Beech's grandfather came from
Cranbrook to take over the "Chequers," which flourished in the old
coaching days before railways were invented, and is
now enjoying the new prosperity which has come to the King's highway
with the advent of motors. The "Chequers in a
picturesque specimen of the old English Inn with its massive oak
timbers, and there has been quite an old-time air of
jollity prevailing the place during the present week. That Mr. Beech may
long be spared to carry on the hospitable
traditions of his grandfather and father has been the wish of his many
friends. |
LICENSEE LIST
EASTLAND Mary 1828-Nov/41 dec'd (age 82 in 1841)
 
EASTLAND Edward 1841-Feb/48 dec'd (age 45 in 1841)
EASTLAND Mary Feb/1848-51+ (widow also farmer age 48 in 1851)
ELLIOTT Henry 1881+ (age 44 in 1881)
BEECH W Mr 1886+
BEECH Mr Edwin sen 1901-Feb/1914 (also farmer age 51 in 1901)
BEECH Mr jun Feb/1914+
From the Pigot's Directory 1828-29
From the Pigot's Directory 1832-33-34
Kent
and Sussex Courier
Census
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