android appCreeting St Mary King's Head
listed building grade II
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Oct 1st, 2021.
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Creeting St Mary King's Head
also traded as Admiral Vernon
North, 52.16957,1.06494
closed 24th July 1959
opened 1746
last owner/operator: Cobbold's
6-8 All Saints Rd
grid reference TM 096 567
It's shown on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
The pub's license was surrendered in 1959.
The King's Head front door opened into a narrow, tiled passage leading straight through to the back door.Leading off to the right was the main bar, or tap room. The furniture here was very sparse consisting of one long table down one side, bench seats all round, a couple of chairs, and a rather dilapidated grandfather clock in one corner. The far side was dominated by a large red brick fireplace complete with elaborate iron spit. From this room was a door leading to a small, more nicely furnished public room (for ladies), a larger room which could be used for parties and one of the two staircases. …
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Died on 10 July 1835, Anna, wife of Mr William Moore, of the King's Head Inn, Creeting.Ipswich Journal, July 1835**
At the Needham Market Petty Sessions held in July 1875, the license for the King’s Head Inn was transferred from John Sturgeon to Henry Goldsmith. Ipswich Journal, July 1875**
Coddenham took on Creeting. All Saints in a friendly Quoits match played in the grounds of Creeting Rectory, the experienced Coddenham team ran out winners by 13 points. After the game the competitors were invited by the Rector to enjoy a tea provided by host and hostess Campbell, of the King’s Head…
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(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1891 census information from Dudley Diaper)
(** 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.
