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Beccles Horse & Groom
Beccles Horse & Groom
South West, 52.45987,1.56835
Closed: between 1937 and 1969?
55 Caxton Rd
grid reference TM 425 906
The pub is shown (but not named) on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
A pub appears at this location as late as the 1927 OS map, but seems to have gone by the 1969 sheet (those available in between are not sufficiently detailed) so it seems likely the pub closed between those dates. It seems to have been relatively short-lived as a pub, as there isn't even a building at this location on the 1884 OS town plan or any map up to 1890. It only appears (as a pub) on the 1905 sheet.
A Smith, in his paper "Inns of Beccles in 1929" (kindly supplied by Daryl Ling) gives us 1965 as the pub's closure date.
A pub of the same name (on New Market) was closed in 1880 as a report in the Ipswich Journal** in Sep 1880 states that :
The license for this house was not renewed at the last licensing day as it was being used as a private house. The magistrate's certificate had been issued in the past to Messrs. Morse and Woods but in the future certificates would only be granted to occupiers of the house.
The license was transferred between the two houses.
Gallery
Historical interest
Died on the 27th December 1885, at Beccles, James Samson; cattle dealer and landlord of the Horse and Groom Inn, aged 50. Ipswich Journal, Dec 1885**
Landlords
(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.