android appLaxfield General Wolfe
listed building grade II
last updated Feb 13th, 2021.
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Laxfield General Wolfe
South, 52.30155,1.36443
closed 16th April 1959
last owner/operator: Lacon's
High St
grid reference TM 294 723
The pub can be seen on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
The General Wolfe was built late in the 16th or early in the 17th century, probably as a farmhouse.
Although 1952 has been quoted as a closure date, the Hoxne licensing records show it to have closed in 1959.
Gallery
Royal Oak 0.10 mile
Low House 0.15 mile
Huntingfield Arms 3.0 miles
White Horse 3.1 miles
Dennington Queen 3.4 miles
Fox & Goose 3.8 milesHistorical interest
To be lett, a very convenient and good accustomed House, with a large Yard, decent Outhouses, and a four-stalled Stable, fit for any Gentleman's Horses, known by the Name or the Sign of the Gen. Woolf, situate in Laxfield. Enquire of Mr. George Pretyman or Mr. Abraham Southgate at the White Lion in Eye, or the said Mr. Pretyman, any Monday, at the Queen's Head, Stradbroke.Ipswich Journal, September 10th 1768***
To be lett, the old and good accustomed Public-House, the Wolf at Laxfield. Enquire of Mr. Jonathan Keer at FramlinghamIpswich Journal, 5th Sep 1772***
All persons who stand indebted to the estate of Mr Anthony Gissing, innkeeper, late of the General Wolfe, Laxfield, deceased, are requested to pay the amount of their respective debts to his executors…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
Closure date from Hoxne licensing records.
(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.
