android appWitnesham Barley Mow
opening hours
- Mon: 1630-2100
- Tue-Fri: 1200-1430, 1600-2300
- Sat: 1200-2300
- Sun: 1630-2100
guest beers
This pub serves 2 guest ales.
Local licensing authority for Witnesham is East Suffolk
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Mar 28th, 2023.
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Witnesham Barley Mow
West, 52.10801,1.18977
Real 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
Westerfield: 2.2 miles (3.5km)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Fountain 1.21 miles
Moon & Mushroom 1.25 miles
Swan 1.68 miles
Railway 2.2 miles
Cross Keys 2.3 miles
Dog 2.5 milesHistorical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1901 (interactive map)
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.
Died on the 26th at the Barley Mow, Witnesham, aged 68, Mr Robert Barber.Ipswich Journal, March 1880***
George Henry Simpson, a labourer, was charged by Mr Frederick Barker, landlord of the Barley Mow, Witnesham, with having been disorderly and refusing to quit his licensed house, found guilty he was fined 6s and £1 costs.Ipswich Journal, January 1895**
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)
