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Ipswich Lord Palmerston
closed 31st January 1962
opened 1880s
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)
St Jude's Brewery Tavern 0.08 mile
Arbor House 0.15 mile
Black Horse 0.17 mile
Brewers Arms 0.18 mile
Manning's 0.19 mile
Arcade Street Tavern 0.21 mileHistorical 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**
An application was made on behalf of George Smith, landlord of the Lord Palmerston, St Mathews Street, for an extension enabling him to open his house at 5am instead of 6am, as he wished to oblige persons working at factories nearby. A memorial in favour of this change had been signed by Messrs. Talbot and Co., and Mr H C Churchman, on behalf of their men, Mr Caleb Gooding and Mr Stephen Cox, and 50 or 60 artisans. The men were unable to obtain refreshments elsewhere, no other house in the neighbourhood being open at that hour…
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)
