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Campsea Ashe Buck's Head
also traded as Ashe Buck
North West, 52.15497,1.40634
Closed: 1950s
opened pre-1794
off B1078
grid reference TM 331 562
It's shown on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
The pub is now residential, but still known as the Buck's Head.
According to A Survey of Suffolk Parish History, the Buck's Head was reported at least as far back as 1794. The same source tells us it closed in the 1950s.
Gallery
Duck 0.47 mile
Lion 1.44 miles
Green Man 1.86 miles
Tavern 2.1 miles
Greyhound 2.2 miles
Ship 2.3 milesHistorical interest
[The pub was] struck by electric fluid, which threw (flew?) down the chimney, shattered all the windows in the front of the house and entering one of the rooms in which was a young woman, it caused her temporary insensibility.Bury & Norwich Press, July 29th 1829**
James RICHES, landlord of the Buck's Head, Campsey Ash, pleaded guilty to keeping his house open and selling beer at unlawful hours, on Sunday 8th inst. The defendant had previous convictions for the same offence. He was fined £3 and costs.Ipswich Journal, July 21st 1860***
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.
