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Ipswich White Elm Inn
South West, 52.05049,1.17003
closed 18th March 1965
last owner/operator: tollemache
23 Bishop's Hill
grid reference TM 174 438
The pub is shown on this OS town plan from about 1880 (larger map).
The White Elm is also reported at 141-143 Fore Hamlet (the Bishop's Hill address is from the Ipswich licensing records).
It's also listed at Cavendish Street and at 23 Bishop's Hill.
One of several pubs in the town that used to host cock-fighting in eighteenth and early nineteenth century. This bloody spectacle could last several hours and was eventually banned in 1835. A one time it was particularly popular as a form of gambling and bouts were often held during festival days and during the Ipswich horse racing week.
Gallery
Gardener's Arms 0.11 mile
Margaret Catchpole 0.39 mile
Bin 93 0.41 mile
Isaacs 0.42 mile
Briarbank 0.44 mile
Lord Nelson 0.44 mileHistorical interest
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal, April 11th 1752*** to Robert Baker at the White Elm in Ipswich
To be sold by auction at The Bowling Green, Ipswich on Tuesday 23rd March, 1802 at 7pm, All that good accustomed Inn, called The White Elm, with the yard, garden & orchard thereto belonging, situate in the parish of St Clement, Ipswich and now in the occupation of John EASTY, or his undertenants.Ipswich Journal, March 13th 1802***
Cocking: A Welch Main of Cocks will be fought on 7th July 1830, at the White Elm Inn, Ipswich, for a purse of £10. No Cocks to exceed 5lbs…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(census information from Dudley Diaper)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
