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Ipswich Lord Palmerston
Ipswich Lord Palmerston
52.05968,1.14858
closed 31st January 1962
opened 1860s
last owner/operator: ind coope
14 St Matthew's St
grid reference TM 159 448 (approximate location)
According to the Borough Police licensed premises register 1903-1923, beat bobby number 16 would walk past the pub between the Rainbow and Golden Fleece, placing it somewhere near where we show it on the map. The pub has since been demolished as part of a road widening scheme.
Thomas William Mannall appears in the 1881 census as landlord of the Lord Palmeston in St Matthews Street (also one time landlord of the George Inn, Woodhouse St) (info from JOHN MARTIN)
Historical interest
Edward Rollson pleaded guilty and received a suspended sentence for being riotous and quarrelsome and refusing to quit the Lord Palmerston beer house when requested to do so by the landlord, John Gardner. cite>Ipswich Journal, May 1870**
In 1937 the pub was listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that were retailing beer that they were brewing.
Miss Gardener, daughter of the landlord of the Palmerston Arms, St Mathew’s Street, whilst standing in front of the fire the eiderdown petticoat she was wearing ignited, and she suffered severe burns. Her father in attempting to extinguish the flames burnt his hands. Ipswich Journal, Feb 1875**
At the Ipswich Petty Sessions held in May 1875, the license for the Lord Palmerston, St…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
Closure date from Ipswich licensing records.
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)