android appMendham Lion
CAMRA Mid-Anglia branch.
last updated Nov 21st, 2021.
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Mendham Lion
also traded as Red Lion
South West, 52.39803,1.33558
Closed: uncertain: some time between 1968 and 1997.
The St
grid reference TM 270 830
The pub is shown on this old OS map of about 1903 (interactive map)
Although there are references to the Lion having closed in 1915, the Hoxne licensing records show it still open at least as late as 1968. It may have remained open after that year, but we have no concrete information.
Gallery
Sir Alfred Munnings 0.03 mile
Black Swan 1.84 miles
Swan 3.4 miles
Fox & Goose 3.5 miles
Buck Inn 3.7 miles
De La Pole Arms 4.6 milesHistorical interest
Died on the 18th in London, aged 55, George the youngest son of the late Philip Goodwin of the Lion Inn at Mendham.Ipswich Journal, June 1870**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
