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CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Jan 10th, 2022.
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Ipswich Safe Harbour
South West, 52.0544,1.16289
closed 1938
opened about 1840
45 Borough Rd
grid reference TM 169 442
The pub can be seen on this OS town plan from about 1880 (larger map).
The Safe harbour was also listed at Dorkin Street.
Borough Road was the part of what's now Grimwade Street which ran from Rope Walk to Waterworks Street (now Star Lane.)
Gallery
Bin 93 0.10 mile
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Isaacs 0.14 mile
Hank's Dirty 0.15 mile
Dove Street Inn 0.15 mileHistorical interest
A capital brewery in Ipswich with residence & inn attached and several well accustomed public houses to be sold at auction by Robert Garrod including the newly errected inn (or public house) called the Safe Harbour, situated in St Clements, Ipswich with dwelling house adjoining.Ipswich Journal, July 9th 1842**
The 1871 census for Ipswich shows Walter Hadgraft as Publican at the Safe Harbour Inn in Borough Road, St. Clement. His wife Elizabeth was formerly Ann Abbinett born in London.
At the Ipswich Petty Sessions held in June 1875, the license for the Safe Harbour, Borough Road, was transferred from Henry Welham to Josiah Taylor…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(detailed information by Karen Mullan)
(old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from John Martin)
(*** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
