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Mellis Station Hotel
Mellis Station Hotel
also traded as White Lion, Lion, Red Lion
Closed between 1840 and 1920
last owner/operator: Cobbold
Mellis Green
grid reference TM 100 746
The pub is thought to have been renamed to the Station Hotel between 1896 and 1900.
It's also listed as a posting house close to the Railway station (in 1865).
The White Lion can be seen here on the 1886 OS map.
Gallery
Historical interest
At the Hartismere Petty Sessions of June 1885, the license for the Red Lion Inn, Mellis, was transferred from James Goodenough to Edward Brooks. Ipswich Journal, June 1885**
Landlords
1855: Stephen Goodchild ((White Lion))
1861: Stephen Goodchild ((Innkeeper & Victualler, White Lion, Head/Married/52y/born Redgrave))
1865: James Elliott ((White Lion & posting house))
1869: Samuel Cousins ((White Lion) (& licensed to let horses))
1871: Samuel Cousins ((Publican, pub not named, Head/Married/65y/born Elmswell))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
