android appIpswich Borough Tavern
Ipswich Borough Tavern
also traded as Old Borough Tavern, Borough Arms
52.0543,1.16252
closed 1924
last owner/operator: cobbold
48 Borough Rd
grid reference TM 169 442
The 1909 Rates book has an entry added (date unknown, but presumably after the pub closed in 1924), "Now forms part of Transport House". This suggests it stood on the north-west corner of the junction, where the trades union building now stands. Old maps show a substantial building running round from Waterworks Street into Borough Road - this may have been the pub. (The present building is too new).
Borough Road was the part of what's now Grimwade Street that ran from Rope Walk to Waterworks Street (now Star Lane.)
Before 1850 the pub may be listed at 50 Borough Road. It's also been seen listed in Waterworks Street.
Bin 93 0.08 mile
Lord Nelson 0.09 mile
Briarbank 0.10 mile
Isaacs 0.12 mile
Spread Eagle 0.14 mile
Hank's Dirty 0.16 mileHistorical interest
At the Ipswich and Suffolk Licensed Victuallers' Trade Protection Society meeting of January 1875, held at the Victoria Inn, Berners Street, Mr R J Dalby, of the Borough Tavern, Borough Road, Ipswich, was accepted as a new member.Ipswich Journal, January 1875**
Just to cause confusion, the 1916 Kelly's has two entries for this pub, both with the same landlord, at 48 Borough Rd. (west side) and 67 & 69 Water Works St. (east side).
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
