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Ipswich Duke of Kent

Ipswich Duke of Kent

East, 52.057,1.15968

closed 7th November 1965

last owner/operator: Tolly Cobbold

10 Upper Orwell St

grid reference TM 167 445

The pub is shown on this OS town plan from about 1880 (larger map).

old OS map

The building pictured was constructed in about 1903 to replace an earlier pub of same name. The earlier building was called the Joiners Arms before 1845.

After closure, this distinctive pub building was used for many years as a Co-Op Funeral parlour, but it has been empty now for many years.

To be let, a small public house, the Duke of Kent, situated in Upper Orwell Street, with a stable and convenient enclosed yard, adapted for a person keeping horses, Cabs, and Gigs to let.Ipswich Journal, October 1850**

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Historical interest

Historical interest

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Landlords

Landlords

(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)

Closure date from Ipswich licensing records.

(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)

Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

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