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Beccles Ship Inn
Beccles Ship Inn
South West, 52.46392,1.56275
Closed: between 1969 and 1980?
10 Bridge St
grid reference TM 421 910
It's shown (though not named) on this OS town plan of 1884 (larger map).
The Ship Inn is shown as a pub on the 1969 OS map but seems to be gone by the 1980 sheet, so presumably closed some time between those dates. Just to confuse the casual visitor, the building still displays pub signage (which is actually quite new).
Gallery
Historical interest
A Main of Cocks at Mr Robert Palmer's, at the Sign of the Ship in Beccles.Ipswich Journal, July 12th 1746***
At the sign of the Ship, near Beccles Bridge, there will be a Main of Cocks. From your humble servant, Henry BLUNDERFIELD.Ipswich Journal, September 13th 1800**
The Beccles Brewery was sold with a house, gardens, building plots, a hotel [Kings Head] and 32 public houses previously owned by Frederick William Farr, at the Kings Head in Beccles on 28 Apr 1852. See Suffolk Archives Ref: 559/1 - This sale included the Ship, Quay, Beccles [landlord William Crowfoot]
On May 8th 1906 planning permission was approved for alterations to the Ship Inn.
(information from Allan)…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.