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Ipswich Crown & Anchor & Lock
Ipswich Crown & Anchor & Lock
also traded as Crown & Anchor
52.0492,1.16031
Closed: unknown era
New Cut
grid reference TM 167 436 (approximate location)
The Crown & Anchor was listed at Lock Road (Described as Lock Road, College Street) in 1844, at The Dock in 1851, Dock Side East in 1861 and at Marine Parade (Described as Marine Parade, Stoke Bridge) in 1855.
1841 & 1851 censuses for The Docks [New Cut East] (St Peter's) both include 2 innkeepers, Thomas Cornish & John Partridge [possibly the Crown & Anchor based on the sequence of entries] in 1841, and Davis Pettett and John Shulver [the Crown & Anchor, based on the landlord's name] in 1851.
Gallery
Historical interest
At the Ipswich Petty Sessions held at Ipswich in April 1870, the license for the Crown and Anchor Lock Tavern, Dock Street, was transferred from George Ruggles to Alfred Ashford. Ipswich Journal, April 1870**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)