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Woodbridge White Hart
Woodbridge White Hart
also traded as Gin Shop, Black Boy, Maidenhead, Cyder Press
closed 1969
1 Brook St
grid reference TM 274 490
The White Hart has been demolished and replaced by a modern development.
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the pub's license was issued in 1823.
Note: Henry Edwards (not necessarily one person) is recorded in various censuses at Cumberland Street, Church Street and Warren Hill in the same business.
None of the censuses identifies a pub.
Old Mariner 0.11 mile
Red Lion 0.14 mile
Anchor 0.15 mile
Olde Bell & Steelyard 0.15 mile
King's Head 0.26 mile
Angel 0.28 mileHistorical interest
Mrs Abel died, a few days since at the White Hart Inn, Woodbridge.Ipswich Journal, March 1810**
To be sold by auction the household furniture of Mrs Smith, at the White Hart Inn, Woodbridge, who is retiring from business; consisting of three 4-post bedsteads, cotton furniture, featherbeds, wool mattresses, blankets and quilts, about 6 dozen wooden bottom chairs, mahogany wainscot, dining and pillar tables, bureau and bookcase, 4 cotton festoon window curtains, 7 dozen knives and forks, a large quantity Queen's and earthen ware, china, glass, punch bowls, drinking mugs, and general useful furniture.Ipswich Journal, December 1815**
Landlords
1769: Michael Taylor ((the Black Boy in Woodbridge - 04 Jun***))
1810: Mrs Abel (died) ((at the White Hart Inn - Mar**))
1815: Mrs Smith ((at the White Hart Inn - Dec**))
1823: John Kemp ((white hart))
1830: Henry Edwards ((White Hart, Throughfare))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
