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Ipswich Prince of Wales
Ipswich Prince of Wales
also traded as Warriors, Beaton Track, Top Banana
North East, 52.05468,1.1591
Closed: about 1900
opened 17th cent early
14-20 Fore St
grid reference TM 166 442
The pub is shown on this OS town plan from about 1880 (larger map).
The building is much altered from former times, having been cut back to allow road-widening. Through more recent years it's traded as a pub under several names, Top Banana being the most recent. The building has gone through a number of uses since Top Banana closed, few of them for long.
Owner/operator: free
[Warriors]
Formerly the Beaton Track Brasserie. Wine bar cum bistro with adjoining restaurant. Live music Fri. eve.
Beers: Adnams Bitter.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Gallery
Historical interest
To be let a full licensed public house, known as the Prince of Wales, in the parish of St Clements, with a capital corner shop, where a profitable pork trade has been carried on for upwards of 12 years. For particulars apply to the counting house of Messrs. Cobbold and Son, Brook Street, Ipswich.Ipswich Journal, November 1855**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.