Chequers
Swaffham Road
Closed 1967
Number 13 on 1757 map
Cutting from the Dereham and Fakenham Times
Another Bullards pub
1887, The Chequers is in the centre, you can see why they had to knock
it down to straighten the A47
Kelly's 1883 (8) entry - Chapling, Mark, Chequers, Swaffham Road
| William O'Callaghan Place is on the corner of Swaffham Hill and Old Becclesgate close to where the Chequers once stood. It is named after William O'Callghan, a Dereham man, who was one of only two survivors of a massacre of British prisoners by German troops on 27 May 1940. Read the full story. |
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