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Boxford White Horse
Boxford White Horse
North East, 52.02983,0.85699
Closed: about 1904
45 Swan St
grid reference TL 960 406
The pub is shown (though not named) on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
The façade of the White Horse is from the 18th century, but the structure of the building is much older.
Gallery
Historical interest
died at Groton: Thomas Rice a brewer aged 36 who descended into a beer vat at the White Horse Inn in Groton in search of a candlestick, it is supposed he was suffocated by the foul air.Bury & Norwich Post, November 11th 1839**
Auction of the White Horse Beer House, Boxford Street, now in full trade, containing parlour, tap-room, the usual offices & 3 bed-rooms, occupied by Miss OLLEY, at the low rent of £10 per annum.Ipswich Journal, March 13th 1857***
Landlords
1851: Mary Ann Olley ((Dressmaker & Beerhouse Keeper, Swan St., pub not named, Head/Unmarried/36/born Ipswich))
1855: Mary Ann Olley ((beer house))
1861: Mary Ann Olley ((Innkeeper, Head/Unmarried/47y/born Ipswich))
1865: Mary Ann Olley
1869: Mary Ann Olley ((White Horse inn))
(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.