android appIpswich Staff of Life
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Feb 8th, 2020.
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Ipswich Staff of Life
closed 11th March 1962
last owner/operator: Tolly Cobbold
48-50 Bramford Rd
grid reference TM 153 450 (approximate location)
It's also listed at 52 Bramford Road (1871).
The Staff of Life closed in 1962 and was demolished as a result of a Compulsory Purchase Order.
Gallery
Inkerman 0.20 mile
Brewers Arms 0.22 mile
St Jude's Brewery Tavern 0.31 mile
Mermaid 0.35 mile
Greyhound 0.45 mile
Arbor House 0.46 mileHistorical interest
At the Ipswich Petty Sessions of 31st December 1874 the license for the Staff of Life, Bramford Road, was transferred from William Gooderham to William Wright.Ipswich Journal, January 1875**
Landlords
1861: William Goodram ((Publican, Beerhouse, 48 Bramford Rd., pub not named, Head/Married/30y/born Debenham))
1865: William Goodram ((Beer retailer, pub not named) (& shopkeeper) (48 Bramford rd))
1869: William Goodram ((Beer retailer, pub not named) (& shopkeeper) (48 Bramford rd))
1871: William Goodram ((Beerhouse keeper/60y/Debenham))
1871: + Sarah Goodram ((Wife/59y/Rougham))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
