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Ipswich Crown
also traded as Crown Tavern
52.05952,1.15143
Closed: late 1930s
2 Fitzroy St
grid reference TM 161 448
The Crown was also called the Crown Tavern; its location also fits the entry in the Borough Police licensed premises register 1903-1923. It was listed at 33/35 Crown Street in 1932; by 1939 it was no longer listed. It was subsequently demolished.
The original Fitzroy Street was to the west of what's now called Fitzroy Street.
Three Wise Monkeys 0.10 mile
Arbor House 0.11 mile
Manning's 0.12 mile
Cricketers 0.14 mile
Arcade Street Tavern 0.15 mile
Swan & Hedgehog 0.16 mileHistorical interest
Also listed at 33/35 Crown Street in 1932 & 1937.
A reference is made in the Ipswich Journal, September 11th & 14th 1725*** to the Crown in St Matthews, Ipswich.
At a Petty Sessions hearing on 29 September 1860 The Crown was refused a new spirit licence. out of the twenty four applications only three establishments were granted licences.
At the Ipswich Petty Sessions held in September 1865, Mr Bedingfield made an application for a spirit license for the Crown , Fitzroy Street. The house belongs to Mr Sidgwick of Stonham. Application rejected. Ipswich Journal, Sep 1865**
PC Garrod was passing along Clay Lane on Sunday morning at 9.05am when he saw the back door to the Crown open, he entered and found a young man in the tap-room drinking beer…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
Petty sessions info from Ipswich Journal (Kim Jennings).
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
