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Ipswich White Horse
South East, 52.05085,1.16822
closed 8th January 1921
last owner/operator: cobbold
107 Albion St
grid reference TM 173 438 (approximate location)
The White Horse may also be listed in Fore Hamlet.
Albion Street used to run from John Street to the bottom of Bishop's Hill, joining the latter opposite Cavendish Street. One reference has the pub on Fore Hamlet, suggesting it was on the corner.
Gardener's Arms 0.04 mile
Bin 93 0.34 mile
Isaacs 0.34 mile
Briarbank 0.36 mile
Lord Nelson 0.36 mile
Steamboat Tavern 0.41 mileHistorical interest
Robert Button a brick-maker offered William Nunn safe passage along Rope Walk, but on their journey Nunn was seized, beaten and robbed. Button claimed he was an unwitting accessory to the crime. However, he admitted to helping the thieves change a sovereign with Tommy Hope the landlord of the small beerhouse called the White Horse. To do this Button purchased half a gallon of beer which they consumed opposite at the gas works.Ipswich Journal, August 7th 1869**
Abraham Dale's license to sell beer had been held back because of his earlier conviction of serving beer in the middle of the night to gas work men. Dale assured them he had not drawn beer since out of hours…
Landlords
1742: Mr Walker ((at the White Horse in Ipswich - 25 Sep***))
1839: Mr BROOKS ((White Horse Tavern - 12 Oct**))
1861: Thomas Hope ((Mariner, 107 Albion St., not shown as pub or publican, Head/Married/41y/born Woolwich, Kent))
1869: Tommy Hope
1870: Abraham Dale ((White Horse Inn - Oct**))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
