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Ipswich Leopard Inn
52.05938,1.15387
Closed: between 1920 and 1970
opened about 1820
104 Crown St
grid reference TM 163 448 (approximate location)
The Leopard had a second entrance on Clay Lane and this may also cause some confusion about the pub's location. The 1909 Ipswich Rates book lists it at 104 Tower Ramparts.
It's listed in the Borough Police licensed premises register 1903-1923, so evidently closed after 1923.
The pub is also listed at Tower Ditches in 1844, at 95 Tower Terrace from 1855-1874, at 95 Clay Lane in 1879 and at 104 Crown Street by 1888.
Gallery
Cricketers 0.04 mile
Three Wise Monkeys 0.06 mile
Rep 0.10 mile
Halberd 0.11 mile
Manning's 0.12 mile
Bar A to Z 0.14 mileHistorical interest
Herbert Cooper Goodwin is listed at the Leopard in the Cobbolds & co Tenant rent book at £15pa from Jan 1904 to Sep 1906 (Suffolk Archives doc ref HA231/5/3)
Henry Overton is listed at the Leopard in the Cobbolds & co Tenant rent book at £10pa from Oct 1906 to Aug 1910 (Suffolk Archives doc ref HA231/5/3)
Albert Arnold Maskell is listed at the Leopard in the Cobbolds & co Tenant rent book at £5a from Aug 1910 to Dec 1910 (Suffolk Archives doc ref HA231/5/3)
Albert William Francis is listed at the Leopard in the Cobbolds & co Tenant rent book at £5a from Dec 1910 to Sep 1917 (Suffolk Archives doc ref HA231/5/3)
Landlords
Footnote
Name may be a reference to The Worshipful Company of Weavers whose coat of arms includes three leopards heads? They were granted their first Charter by Henry II in 1155.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(census information from Dudley Diaper)
(* various detailed information by Ian Wakeling)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
