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Ipswich Suffolk Artillery Arms
Ipswich Suffolk Artillery Arms
also traded as Artillery Arms, Soldiers Friend
52.06271,1.15033
closed 7th October 1914
13 Anglesea Rd
grid reference TM 160 451 (approximate location)
The pub's closure date was recorded in the Borough Police licensed premises register 1903-1923.
The police beat list shows that a bobby on beat 16 would walk past the Victoria Hotel, then the Artillery Arms and onwards to the Greyhound, suggesting that the pub was probably to the east of Berners Street (or on the corner). One list suggests that the pub was on the High Street, though the beat route seems to refute this (unless it moved?)
Historical interest
Thomas Chenery, son of John Chenery, landlord of the Suffolk Artillery Arms, suddenly disappeared from his lodgings at the Horse and Cart, Southwark. He had recently been refused leave to visit his sister, who was residing in London, and it was his sister who contacted the police when she received his suicide note. Two days later Thomas’s dead body was found in the Thames. Ipswich Journal, May 1870**
The application made by John Chenery for a full license at the Artillery Arms was refused.Ipswich Journal, Sept 1870**
At the Ipswich Petty Sessions held in June 1875, the license for the Suffolk Artillery Arms, Anglesea Road, was transferred from Robert Keeble to Alexander Halliday…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)