The photograph shows the Cricketer's Inn. The name of George Say can be seen above
the door. He held a full licence. The photograph no doubt features George Say's wife
Agnes and their niece Daisy Dorling. Indeed, the postcard was sent by Daisy to her
sister Minnie who lived in the Suffolk village of Icklingham. The Cricketer's Inn
was one of three pubs in the village - the others being The White Swan and the Three
Tuns. When first licensed, the Cricketer's Inn was a beerhouse. The earliest recorded
licensee was Thomas Jessep who kept the pub with his wife Jane in the late 1840's.
Indeed, in the 1851 census the pub was recorded as Jessep's Beerhouse. Thomas Jessep
also farmed 32 acres - some of this land may have been part of the sale that included
the beerhouse in September 1847 when the estate of the late John Morse was carved
up. The lot was described as a newly-built house and included a large garden, orchard,
plantation, yard and stable. The Cricketer's Inn was later operated by the Swaffham
Brewery so must have formed part of the estate of 51 tied houses acquired in 1895
by the Norwich firm of Steward and Patteson.
