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Ipswich Red Lion
Ipswich Red Lion
also traded as Lion, White Lion
South, 52.05762,1.15996
closed 1926
4 St Margarets St
grid reference TM 167 446 (approximate location)
The Red Lion has also been listed at 6 St Margaret's Street, next to the Admiral's Head at 2 & 4. After the Admiral's Head closed in 1898, this pub was listed at number 4.
Sold by Tollemache brewery in 1926 and since demolished.
Landlords
1841: George Ponder ((Brewer & Beer Seller, Lion Beer Shop, Head/60y/born Suffolk))
1844: George Ponder ((White Lion, St Margaret's St.))
1851: William Garnham ((Accountant & Beerhouse Keeper, Lion Inn, Head/Married/35y/born Capel))
1861: Edward Wright ((Publican, Public House, 6 St Margarets St., pub not named, Head/Widower/48y/born Birmingham))
1869: Charles Sapsed ((Beer retailer, pub not named) (6 St Margarets st))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)