android appAshfield cum Thorpe Swan
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Sep 26th, 2021.
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Ashfield cum Thorpe Swan
South East, 52.20863,1.22392
Closed: between 1970 and 1977
opened pre-1844
A1120
grid reference TM 203 616
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
The Swan is shown as a pub up to the 1970 OS map; on the 1977 sheet it's shown as "The Swan House", so seems likely to have closed between those dates.
In 1861 it was listed at Cretingham Rd / Debenham Rd.
Gallery
Nearby Suffolk pubs
Bell 1.73 miles
Victoria 1.85 miles
Woolpack 2.0 miles
Queen 2.9 miles
Crown 3.3 miles
Rose 3.3 milesHistorical interest
John Read was found guilty of being disorderly at the Ashfield Swan, and refusing to quit when asked to do so by the landlord, Walter Harvey. Fined £1 1s and costs of 11s. Ipswich Journal, Sep 1875**
Lord Henniker’s annual Tithe Dinner was held at the Ashfield cum Thorpe Swan Inn. It was fully attended, and seemed to up to the usual good style of host and hostess Mr and Mrs Walter Harvey, the viands were excellent, needing no further commendation. Ipswich Journal, Nov 1875**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(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.
