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Witnesham Barley Mow
Witnesham Barley Mow
West, 52.10801,1.18977
Cask Ale is sold here.
Mow Hill (B1077), IP6 9EH
grid reference TM 185 503
opened approx. 1760
owner/operator: NewRiver Retail
A comfortable pub with beams and posts preserving discrete seating areas within a large open bar. It's family friendly with a strong local community focus. Sunday roasts.
Regular quiz nights and karaoke.
According to A Survey of Suffolk Parish History, the pub dates from about 1760.
Facilities
- Beer garden or other outside drinking area
- Dogs welcome
- Evening meals
- Family friendly
- Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
- Parking
- Real fire
- Separate bar
- Traditional pub games available
Railway station about 2.2 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Historical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1901 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
Comfortable pub, with beams and posts preserving discreet[sic] seating areas, although the bar is now essentially one unit.
Beers: Tolly Original; Whitbread Flowers IPACAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the Barley Mow's license was issued in 1853. This will have been when it got a full (not just beer) license.
The Suffolk Chronicle** on April 10th in 1813 reports that a Turnpike Meeting was advertised to be held at The Barley Mow - Witnesham.…
Landlords
Footnote
A Mow is an old term for a stack - hence "Barley stack" - as shown in the sign. Barley being the pricipal ingedient of beer.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)