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Ipswich California Arms
North West, 52.0591,1.18673
Closed: about 1939
428-430 Spring Rd
grid reference TM 185 448
There was a coaching house and a brew house with cellars to rear. The coaching house was demolished in early 1990s.
(information from Mick)
Gallery
Brickmakers' Arms 0.05 mile
Old Times 0.18 mile
Fat Cat 0.24 mile
Lattice Barn 0.26 mile
Harp 0.28 mile
Case is Altered 0.53 mileHistorical interest
In 1937 the pub is listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that was retailing beer that they were brewing.
Landlords
Footnote
The California Gold Rush (1848-1855) began on in January 1848, when gold was discovered by James Wilson Marshall at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma. Over 300,000 men, women, and children headed to California soon after - early gold-seekers were called "forty-niners," (as a reference to 1849).
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
