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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).

old OS 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.

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(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.

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