android appIpswich Nag's Head
Ipswich Nag's Head
52.05599,1.15851
closed 15th June 1910
2-4 Permit Office St
grid reference TM 166 444
The Permit Office Street address is from the 1910 Ipswich Rate book. This street ran east from Cox Lane, roughly where the exit lane from the car park can be seen on today's maps. The pub has also been listed at Cox Lane.
The closure date is recorded in the Borough Police licensed premises register 1903-1923. The building is not shown as a pub in the 1911 census.
Spread Eagle 0.06 mile
Shamrock 0.10 mile
Salutation 0.10 mile
Cock & Pye 0.12 mile
Plough 0.14 mile
County 0.15 mileHistorical interest
To be sold, a commodious Freehold House in St Mary At the Elms Parish, in Ipswich, known by the name of the Nag's Head, containing Four Rooms on a Floor, with good Cellars, a Stable and large Gardens, now in good Repair. Enquire of John or Charles Norris, both in Ipswich.Ipswich Journal March 22nd 1740*** - are these the same premises?(The same two men were also looking to let the Half-Moon and Star).
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal, December 22nd 1744***, to the Nag's Head in St Mary at Elms Parish, Ipswich.
Landlords
1861: Hannah Rocher ((Beerhouse Keeper, 2 Permit Office St., pub not named, Head/Widow/45/born Crowfield))
1874: William Balaam ((Beerhouse, 2 Permit Office St., pub not named))
1888: James Kavanagh ((Beer Retailer, 2 Permit Office St., pub not named))
1891: John Bullard ((Engine Fitter & Innkeeper, Nags Head, Head/Married/50/born Wenhaston))
1891: John Bullard ((Beerhouse, 2 Cox Lane [sic?], pub not named))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
