android appIpswich Tramway Tavern
Ipswich Tramway Tavern
also traded as Norwich Arms
52.06155,1.14361
closed 25th May 1925
last owner/operator: cobbold
76-78 Norwich Rd
grid reference TM 155 450
This pub has been demolished.
Brewers Arms 0.08 mile
St Jude's Brewery Tavern 0.17 mile
Arbor House 0.32 mile
Greyhound 0.33 mile
Black Horse 0.39 mile
Mermaid 0.41 mileHistorical interest
John Thompson applied for the transfer of the license for the Eight Bells, Bures Hamlet, from Abraham Cousins and was refused. Thompson, whose wife kept the Norwich Arms, Ipswich, had a recent conviction for assault on a soldier he had also been fined, in October, for allowing his house (Norwich Arms) to be the habitual resort of prostitutes, then in February another fine for selling during prohibited hours. Ipswich Journal, April 1875**
At the Ipswich Petty Sessions of January 1885 the license for the Tramway Tavern, Norwich Road, was transferred from William Lodge to William T Juby.Ipswich Journal, July 1885**
The Tramway Tavern was advertised as a Free House, located at 76-78 Norwich road, for sale by public Auction together with other adjacent properties in 1892…
Landlords
1874: John Thompson ((unnamed beer house))
1875: Mrs Thompson ((Norwich Arms, Ipswich - Apr**))
1875: John Bloss ((Norwich Arms, Norwich Rd, Ipswich - license transferred from John Thompson - Nov**))
1875: John Bloss ((Norwich Arms, Norwich Rd, Ipswich - license transferred from John Thompson - Nov**))
1875: Mrs Thompson ((Norwich Arms, Ipswich - Apr**))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
