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Crowfield Bell
North West, 52.16844,1.14105
Closed: 1960s
Stone St, IP6 9TE
grid reference TM 148 568
The Bell is shown on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
To be sold by auction by direction of the Trustees under the Will of Mrs Maria Cuthbert, deceased, the well accustomed Inn known as the Bell at Crowfield, together with the capital malting attached, farm buildings, and in all 12a[cres] 2r[ods] 27p[erches] of rich productive arable land, wow in the occupation of Mr James Cocksedge, whose tenancy will expire at Michaelmas next.Ipswich Journal, June 1870**
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At the Needham Market Petty Sessions held in Sep 1865, the Magistrates refused to renew the license for the Bell at Crowfield as the certificate for good conduct had not been signed by the churchwardens or the minister. It was suggested that the lack of signatures was due to the existing tenant, Richardson, was shortly going to leave and the clergy objected to the proposed incoming tenant. Ipswich Journal, Sep 1865**
Landlords
1851: Robert Richardson ((Maltster & Beerhouse Keeper, Head/Married/57y/born Blaxhall))
1861: Robert Richardson ((Innkeeper, pub not named, Head/Married/67y/born Blaxhall))
1865: Mr Richardson (departing) ((the Bell at Crowfield - Sep**))
1869: William Lucock ((Bell) (& farmer))
1870: Mr James Cocksedge ((tenancy will expire at Michaelmas next - Jun**))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
