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IPSWICH & EAST SUFFOLK CAMRA

Ipswich pubs - past & present - update - November 2006

Since the original list of "Lost Ipswich Pubs" was published just over a year ago it has been very pleasing to get quite a bit of correspondance from people whose ancestors and relatives lived in and ran the various pubs around the town. Some people also contacted me because they remembered drinking in the various bars and just wanted to help or offer support - many thanks.

NOW rather than just posting a list of closed town pubs, I am publishing a more extended list of pubs including all of the current outlets - the good and the indifferent - this publication also now contains a few notes taken from one or two popular books. Credits have been given for the sources of information where appropriate. The list has also been sorted by street name to help locate pubs geographically.

This is very much still work in progress and the list will still contain some errors and ommissions - one problem is the reuse of names which means that some old pubs were closed so that the licence (and the name) could be transfered to a new venture; street names have also changed in some instances. With over 380 pubs on the revised list it can be quite confusing. I will welcome any feed back on any of the listed pubs (either closed or still open). I hope to update the list again in a few months time.

please e-mail postmaster@ipswichcamra.com with any comments

regards, Nigel Smith - Ipswich CAMRA (Nov 2006)

pub name	House no	street	opened	closed	last landlord	last owners	notes	Credits
admirals hat		cardinal st		closed			open between 1890-1912
admirals head inn		st margarets st		1898/99	francis long		open between 1890-1912
albion inn	36-40	albion st		closed		S & P	open between 1890-1912
albion mills	293	woodbridge rd	Victorian	1995		pubmaster	W.T. FOWKES (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
alma inn		chinery st		1966 (july)	r.g. rooke
anchor hotel	121-3	princes st		1955-60	j hink	S & P	JOHN WEBB (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
anchor inn		duke st / metz st		1900-25	james butcher?	cobbold	open between 1890-1912
angel inn		angel lane		1900	w h bartlet		Reputedly this was once a popular venue for Cistercian monks and one of the refreshment stops for perambulation processions – notably by St Clements parishioners at Rogation-tide.	Old inns of Suffolk Leonard P Thompson
Arboretum	43	High St	Victorian	OPEN		FREE	L.B. LEVERETT (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
artillery arms (also called suffolk artillery arms)	13	anglesea rd		closed
bakers head		boars head lane		closed
Bandbox		Butter Market	1975 ish	1978		FREE	Short lived music bar
bar 10		Cornhill		OPEN		FREE	former restaurant of Golden Lion
bar Fontaine (also prince of orange)	39061	St Margarets Plain		1996		FREE
Bar IV	9	st peters st	early 1980s	OPEN		Ridleys	formely called Black Adder and Rapps
bar Manhattan	24-26	falcon st	1980s	OPEN		Unicorn Inns	originally shops; was called Newt & Cucumber
barley mow (replaced earlier pub of same name)	36	westgate st / high st	1860	1965 (june)	victor kemp	tollemache	FREDERICK CATTERMOLE (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
bath hotel		bath street		1888 (before)
bear & crown		westgate st		closed
beehive (later called grand & then limmers)	70	Carr st	1899	1960 (23 Mar) - finally 1985	e.g. hughes	tollemache	TOM R. BECKERLEG (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
bell inn		cornhill		1873			Once stood on the corner leading to Westgate street (where Grimwade's shop later stood – now Clinton cards). In 1793 this corner (also once known as “bell corner” was the spot where new paving was ceremonially laid under an act for “paving, lighting, cleansing, and otherwise improving the town of Ipswich.”	Old inns of Suffolk Leonard P Thompson
Belstead Arms		Radcliffe Drive	modern	OPEN		Inntrepreneur
Belstead Brook		Belstead Rd	modern	OPEN		FREE	hotel
belvedere (rebuilt as General Gordon)		cox lane		1907	w hunting	tollemache	open between 1890-1912
berners arms coffee tavern		berners st / st mathews st		closed			open between 1890-1912
black bell (possibly also called bell)		elm st / museum st		1936	reuben collins	cobbold
black bull inn		elm st		closed			open between 1890-1912
Black Horse	23	Black Horse Lane	16th cent	OPEN		Sco	Originally a 16th cent. merchants house. Must have converted to a pub after 1689 when only two licensed premises are recorded in St Mathews parish – White Lion (now Golden Lion) and Crown. Tudor doorway remains within remaining building with Jacobean workmanship. Pub also enjoyed a good reputation for the quality of its beers due in part to the perfectly balanced temperature of the cellar. The Old Ale was said to be particularly excellent. Throughout 19th cent. It was a popular mid-morning venue for doctors, lawyers and tradesmen. WILLIAM HY. TAYLOR (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)	Old inns of Suffolk Leonard P Thompson
Blooming Fushia	167	Foxhall Rd	Victorian	OPEN		Patrician Inns	O.H. GOODWIN (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
blue anchor inn	26-28	lower orwell st		1881		catchpoles	open between 1890-1912
Blue Coat Boy	38	Old Cattle Market		1988		Tolly Cobbold	G.O. OSBORN (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) now shops and restaurant
blue ribband		neptune quay		closed
boars head inn		boars head lane		1949	asltun v gooch	cobbold	open between 1890-1912
Bodega				1980s mid		FREE	now a shop
bodega bistro		tacket street
boiler makers arms hotel	35	duke st		1957 (5 april)	johnathan beeston	catchpoles	JONATHAN H BEESTON (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
bold crispin inn		rope walk		1900 (about)	b baxter		open between 1890-1912
borough tavern (also old borough tavern)	45	borough road / waterworks st		1924	d.b.w.white	cobbold	open between 1890-1912
boy & partridge		st margarets		closed
brewers arms		waterworks st		closed			open between 1890-1912
Brewers Arms	18-20	Orford St		OPEN		GK	ARTHUR BEDFORD (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937); brew-pub in 1860s
Brewery Tap		Cliff Quay	1994	OPEN		Tolly Cobbold	Former brewery offices
brickmakers arms		st helens st		1926	jas fisher	cobbold	open between 1890-1912
Brickmakers Arms	315	Spring Rd		OPEN		Pubmaster	JOHN ROBERT SAYER (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
bridge tavern		bridge st		1917
britania inn	5	great whip st		1966 (5th May)	archibald brock	tollemache	ROBERT TAYLOR (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
Britannia inn		woodbridge rd		closed
british lion hotel	55	princes st / edgar st		1961		ind coope	Longland Maxwell and his wife Ann letitia were the innkeepers of the above premises during the census records for 1881. A 16 year old boy called Albert Edward Minks, was then employed as a "Billiard Marker." STEPHEN B.P. MAYHEW (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)	John Newell
Brookwood				1980s mid		FREE
bucks horns		woodhouse st / gibson st		1936 (about)	e.n.bennett	tollemache	open between 1890-1912
bull and dog inn	55	fore st		1920	Fred Smith	cobbold	open between 1890-1912
bull inn	35	john st / quay st	16th cent	1961 (29 sept)	ivan f. read	cobbold	A Zeppelin airship destroyed part of the roof on 31st March 1916 and demolished an adjoining cottage killing one man. ERNEST E. WOLTON (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)	Old inns of Suffolk Leonard P Thompson
bulls head		orwell place / fore st		1958 (sept)	douglas golding	tollemache	ROBERT CARPENTER UNGLESS was the licencee of THE BULLS HEAD until his death (aged 38) on the 18th july 1840. The Ipswich Journal in their issue dated 25th July 1840 stated that he was for "many years landlord of the Bulls Head Inn, Ipswich" the 1851 census shows that Henry [harry] Ungless and his family were then in occupation. (Henry was the son of Robert Carpenter Ungless); ALBERT E. ABLETT (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)	bob hall
bury house		fore st		1900 (about)			open between 1890-1912
Butts	33	St Nicholas St	1980s	1997		FREE	wine bar
california arms	428-430	spring road		1900-25	j.r. peck		THOMAS WILLIAM SHRUBB (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
canteen		barrack st		closed			This pub stood just outside the town's former Cavalry barracks (built 1795) which were a particularly important aspect of the town during the Napoleonic wars but they were subsequently closed sometime during the late Victorian period and today the whole site is covered by both Geneva Road and Cecil Road. The Canteen was appartently popular with the troopers such as the Queens Bays, Hussars and Dragoons who were often seen on parade in the town esp.on Sunday mornings. John Thomas Olive (1779-1856) of Ipswich is listed as landlord in the 1823 Pigot's Directory of Ipswich. By the 1841 census he was at The Hare & Hounds. Olive had left the army c1812 after being a bandmaster in the Queens Bays.	Old inns of Suffolk Leonard P Thompson + June Georgiou (Sydney)
cardinals hat		cecillia st / cardinal st		closed			open between 1890-1912
carlton		tacket st		closed			open between 1890-1912
Case is Altered	341-343	Woodbridge Rd		OPEN		Pubmaster	FREDERICK E. ROBINSON (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
chequers	24-26	new st		1920-1	harry james chinery	cobbold	open between 1890-1912
cherry tree inn		cox lane		closed			open between 1890-1912
Church's Café Bar		Hatton Court	1996	OPEN		FREE	former hairdressers
coach & horses hotel	41	upper brook st	18th cent	1975 (after)		tolly cobbold	Old Inn with many changes at various periods. By the mid-20th cent the building was part Tudor, with a Georgian frontage incorporating various Victorian features. Nearby the Coach House once stood on a site later occupied by the Tollemache brewery. The Coach House included the booking office for stages to London and also extensive stables. P.A. MORTLOCK (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937); now shops	Old inns of Suffolk Leonard P Thompson
Isaacs		Wherry Quay	1985	OPEN		Tolly Cobbold	former Malting buildings - was originally called Malt Kiln + more recently Cobbold's on Quay (Vodka bar)
Cock & Pie	13	upper brook st	16th cent	OPEN		GK	Name originates from an ancient oath “by cock and pie” - an allusion to a gastronomical dish once created for banquets of chivalry – peacock pie included a guilded head at one end and a fanned tail at the other – and marked solemn occasion hen knights-errant would pledge themselves to hazardous undertakings or enterprises. HARRY THOMAS COOPER (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) now heavily altered	Old inns of Suffolk Leonard P Thompson
county hotel		st georges st		closed			open between 1890-1912
County of Suffolk	29	st helens st	17th cent	OPEN		Adnams	A.G. BYE (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) also called County
Courtyard Hotel		The Havens, Ransomes Europark	1990s	OPEN		Marriott	former Suffolk Grange
Cow & gate		Key st		closed			joseph howes (married to ann ungless) was innkeeper here in 1822-23. She was aunt to robert carpenter ungless, and younger sister of henry ungless.	bob hall
cow & pail inn	39028	rope walk		closed			open between 1890-1912
cowells (wine merchant & off sales)		market lane	1826	closed
Creams	58-60	Woodbridge Rd		OPEN		Pubmaster	formerly Masons Arms and Orchard; J. WILLIAM ANDREWS ( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
Cricketers		Crown St	1930s	OPEN		JD Wetherspoon	ERNEST W. BETTS (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) Also called Townhouse
cricketers inn	14	william st / navarre st		1936	ern william betts	tollemache	open between 1890-1912
criterion inn		elm st / museum st					open between 1890-1912
cross keys	22	carr st	mid-17th cent	1939	harrold king	cobbold	HAROLD KING (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
crown	33-35	crown st		1937	william robinson	tollemache	WILLIAM DANIEL ROBINSON (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
crown (also whitton crown)		norwich rd		1994		Allied Domecq	PERCY H. SHERMAN (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) demolished for car showroom
Crown & Anchor hotel (and tap)	10	westgate st	16th cent	1986			Formerly Bear & Crown, this was a popular meeting place for Whig party members during 19th cent. General Elections and was decorated in green and yellow bunting during elections. HAROLD KING (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) ; now shops	Old inns of Suffolk Leonard P Thompson
crown & sceptre	20	crown st / high st		1959	elvira harvey	cobbold	THOMAS C. HARVEY( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
crown inn	2	bridge st		1968 (april)	r j beeston	cobbold	C. KING (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
crown tavern		fitzroy st		closed			open between 1890-1912
curriers arms		curriers lane		1928	john stagg	cobbold	open between 1890-1912
Dales	214	Dales Rd	modern	OPEN		FREE
defiance inn	22	stoke st / burrell Rd		1996		pubmaster	ARTHUR G. MAPLESTONE(KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912; now residential
dog & partridge		old foundary rd / st margarets st		1914	mrs innes	tollemache	open between 1890-1912
dogs head in the pot		dogs head st		closed			An ancient town map (1674) has dogs head in the pot lane marked. Pub is described as “its appearance was as uncouth as its name with a curiously shaped turret at the corner and an outsize in lantern windows”. Later the site was used by offices of the Ipswich Freehold Land Society. open between 1890-1912	Old inns of Suffolk Leonard P Thompson
dolphin inn		st peters dock		closed			open between 1890-1912
Dove Street Inn	76	st helens st		OPEN		FREE	G.W. YOUNG(KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) was called Tap & Spile from 1992-8 when John Wiseman was landlord.
Drum & Monkey	94	Princes St	1960s	OPEN		Allied Domecq	music bar
duke of cambridge inn		black horse lane		closed			open between 1890-1912
duke of edinburgh		waterworks st		1937 (nov)	chas j laffling	cobbold	CHARLES J. LAFFLING( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
duke of gloucester		clapgate lane	1930s	2000		Inntrepreneur	ARTHUR J. BECKERLEG(KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) Now a social services facility
duke of kent	10	upper orwell st		1965 (nov)	edward a.h. baker	cobbold	WILLIAM THOMAS HARE(KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
duke of sussex	55	Ann st / cumberland st		1975 (after)		tolly cobbold	FREDERICK J. FINCH(KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) now residential
Duke of Wellington				1970s late
eagle tavern		upper orwell st / wherstead rd		1977	william maculowicz	tolly cobbold	ARTHUR R. NUNN (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) now a cafe
earl grey		fore hamlet		1955	gordon k grimwood	tollemache	FREDERICK ALFRED LENNARD(KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
Earl Kitchener		Hadleigh Rd		OPEN		Allied Domecq
earl roberts		cox lane		1999			open between 1890-1912; Demolished – also called General Gordon
eclipse inn		orwell place / upper orwell st		closed		catchpoles	open between 1890-1912
Edwards Bar		Gt Colman St	1998	OPEN		Bass	was Flour & Firkin
elephant & castle		handford rd / the mount		closed			MRS E. FENN (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
Elm	265	Spring Rd		1999		Inntrepreneur	converted into shop
elm bakery				1957
elm tavern		spring road / milton st		closed			FREDERICK J. BUNN (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
Emperor	293	norwich rd		OPEN		Pubmaster	BERNARD HUGH FIRMAN(KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
engineers arms (also new engineers arms)	29	bath street / hawes st		1961	henry charles king	cobbold	GEORGE WALTER ALLEN(KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
EUR	36-38	Croft St	Victorian	2005			THOMAS H. STYLES (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
falcon inn	1	falcon st		closed			WILLIAM HENRY FOOKS (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937); open between 1890-1912
Fat Cat	288	Spring Rd	Victorian	OPEN		FREE	previously called Spring Tavern; WALTER SPURLING (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
feathers	63-65	westgate st		1966 (2 oct)	mrs winifred beckerleg	cobbold	WILLIAM JOHN BECKERLEG (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
ferry		bath st		closed
Fire & Ice		Tacket St	1995	2002		FREE	Bar and nightclub; previously Global Net Café + first floor club; no real ale
Flying Horse		Waterford Rd		OPEN			no real ale
forresters inn (later shoulder of mutton)		upper orwell st		closed			open between 1890-1912
fountain	75	myrtle rd / holywells road		1955	e.a. calversbert	cobbold	MRS MARY A. JEWELL (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
fox & grapes		foundation st		closed
fox & hounds		tanners lane		closed
fox inn	45-49	upper brook st		1970 (may)	fred william parrick	cobbold	STANLEY C. MILLER (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
Freemasons Tavern	79	Victoria St		OPEN		GK	MRS SUSAN K. THOMPSON (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
friars head inn	33	friars rd		1972 (2 jan)	jack baldwin	tolly cobbold	ALBERT EDWARD WELLS ( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912; demolished
friars inn	75	princes st		1961 (18 march)	william stinton	tollemache	WILLIAMS DAVID STINTON (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
fruiterers arms (or fruiterers home)	58	rope walk		1937 (dec)	ernest w.mee	cobbold	ERNEST WILLIAM MEE (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
garderners arms (also new gardeners arms)	118	fore hamlet		1994		pubmaster	MRS ALICE PENNELL(KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912; now a restaurant
Garland	115	Humber Doucy Lane		OPEN		Inntrepreneur
Gatehouse	799	Old Norwich Rd		OPEN		FREE
general gordon	18-20	upper barclay st		1937 (about)	earnest r webb	tollemache	E.R. WEBB ( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
george & dragon		st margarets		closed
george inn		woodhouse st / tower ramparts		closed			open between 1890-1912
Giles Tavern		Princes St	mid 1990s	OPEN		Bass	former O'Neills, no real ale
Glasshouse		Buttermarket	1980s	OPEN		FREE	formerly Wig & Pen and Bar Beristo
globe inn	24-26	st georges st	16th cent	1958 (21 sept)	arthur quinton	cobbold	ARTHUR QUINTON ( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
golden fleece hotel	46	st mathews st	18th cent	1962 (29 sept)	thomas barden	cobbold	Bull baiting once a popular pastime in the yard here until 1805; THOMAS BARDEN ( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
Golden Hind	470	Nacton Rd	1930s?	OPEN		Pubmaster
Golden Key	438	Woodbridge Rd		OPEN		GK	WALTER E. MEARS( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
Golden Lion		Cornhill		OPEN	bar / diner	JD Wetherspoon	TOLLYMACHE BREWERIES( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
Graham Court	56	Anglesea Rd	modern	OPEN		FREE	demolished?
Grand Old Duke of York (also Duke of York)	212	Woodbridge Rd		OPEN		Adnams	Laura Crapnell married George Hawkins and were here in 1901; E. CLEMENCE (KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)	David Clow
grapes		norwich rd		closed			open between 1890-1912
grapes	131	woodhouse st		1938 (7 aug)	frederick a c crisp	cobbold	FREDERICK CRISP( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
grapes		tacket st		closed			open between 1890-1912
grapes inn	1–3	orford st / regent st		closed	j.g.broom		open between 1890-1912
great eastern railway hotel		commercial road		closed			open between 1890-1912
Great Eastern Railway hotel (or GER)	42-44	croft st / wolsey st?		1996		Inntrepreneur	W.C. DYER( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912; now residential
great man inn		john st		closed			open between 1890-1912
Great White Horse	43	Tavern st	19th cent (replacing an earlier inn)	Closing to become retail shops		Forte	Famous coaching inn which was written about by Charles Dickens in Pickwick Papers. Dickens stayed at hotel in 1835 and was later threatened with libel action by the proprietor William Brooks. In early 19th cent. The inn was effectively a “terminus” for many coaches to London, Great Yarmouth or Norwich. Lord Nelson stayed here in Nov 1800 with Lord + Lady Hamilton. His reception was tremendous (after battle of Nile) and “enthusiastic citizens unharnessed the horses from the carriage and drew it through cheering crowds to the end of St Mathews St.” Earlier he had taken the opportunity to visit “Roundwood” the house his wife had purchased for him in Ipswich – but he never lived there. Rebuilt in 1890s to replace earlier hotel; Coaches once left from here to London, Norwich or Yarmouth. TRUST HOUSES LIMITED ( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)	Old inns of Suffolk Leonard P Thompson
green man	55	key st / salt house st		closed
Greyhound	9-11	Henley Rd		OPEN		Pubmaster	WILLIAM CASTLETON ( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
greyhound		upper brook st	early 17th cent	1880			opposite buttermarket
Griffin Inn		Westgate Street	16th cent	1842			stood somewhere on site which is now partly now covered by Crown & Anchor and was pulled down in about 1842. One18th cent. landlord of the ancient inn was a man called Selby who inherited £14500 from Lord Chedworthon the grounds that he “was in no wise related”. Apparently the nobelman was a known eccentric and had a “strong predeliction for the drama” and also left money to performers of the nearby Playhouse, which was built in the Griffin's former yard in 1728.	Old inns of Suffolk Leonard P Thompson
griffin inn (or griffen)	160	new cut (was black wall)		1951 (5 april)	arthur douglas crisp	cobbold	FRANK SMITH ( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937) open between 1890-1912
griffon		handford rd / mount		closed
Grinning Rat	66-68	st helens st		OPEN		FREE	formerly called Olive Leaf; ALBERT ERNEST ROBBINS ( KELLYS DIRECTORY 1937)
grocers arms		new st / pottery st		closed		s & p	open between 1890-1912
grosvenor		westgate st		closed			open between 1890-1912
grove tavern	140	st helens st / curve st