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Ipswich Grosvenor
Ipswich Grosvenor
North, 52.05823,1.15183
Closed: about 1929
25 Westgate St
grid reference TM 161 446 (approximate location)
Located virtually opposite the Crown & Anchor.
Demolished.
Street numbering in this area seems to be confused, but the pub was listed at number 25 in the 1911 census. It's consistently listed after the Grosvenor, working from the Cornhill.
Historical interest
On Sunday 17th October 1885 a man named Charles Nunn, a billiard marker, lodging in Berner’s Street, was admitted to East Suffolk Hospital suffering from severe injuries he had received on Saturday through his being kicked down the stairs leading from the billiard room of the Grosvenor Hotel, Westgate Street. It appears that a man kicked him in the kneecap, knocking down the stairs, and in the fall Nunn seriously injured his back, broke his ankle, and severely injured his kneecap. Ipswich Journal, Oct 1875**
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Landlords
1875: William Richard Davis ((Grosvenor, Westgate St - previously run by Margaret Arnold - Nov 1875**))
1879: Frederic Loveridge
1881: Charles F. Barker ((Hotel Keeper, Head/Married/39y/born Ramsey, Essex))
1885: Francis Johnson ((of the Grosvenor hotel, Westgate Street, Ipswich - Sep**))
1888: Harry Hammond
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)