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Ipswich Mountain Ash
Ipswich Mountain Ash
also traded as Free Trade Beer House
52.05803,1.14695
closed 15th March 1959
last owner/operator: tollemache
24 Handford Rd
grid reference TM 158 446
The old Mountain Ash has been demolished.
It has also been listed at The Mount.
Historical interest
In 1937 the pub was listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that were retailing beer that they were brewing.
Landlords
1851: James Senton ((Turner & Beerhouse Keeper, Handford Rd., pub not named, Head/Married/31y/born Ipswich))
1861: James Senton ((Farmer of Wood & Beerhouse, Free Trade Beer House, Head/Married/42y/born Ipswich))
1865: James Senton ((beer retailer - pub not named) (24 Handford rd))
1869: James Senton ((Beer retailer, pub not named) (24 Handford rd))
1871: James Senton ((Innkeeper & Innkeeper, Free Trade Beer House, Head/Married/51y/born Ipswich))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)