Chillesford Froize

Chillesford Froize

North, 52.11682,1.4888

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The St, IP12 3PU

grid reference TM 389 522

bar / restaurant, opened 1975

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A comfortable Free House & restaurant with integral locally sourced delicatessen shop. The large outdoor seating area is popular with lunchtime walkers & cyclists in the summer.

There's a toilet accessible to disabled customers.

The name, which as far as we can ascertain is unique, apparently comes from an Elizabethan filled pancake.

To make a Bacon Froize Take eight Eggs well beaten, & a little Cream, & a little Flour, & beat them well together to be like other Batter, then fry very thin slices of Bacon, & pour some of this over, then fry it, & turn the other side, & pour more upon that, so fry it & serve it to the Table.

According to the Wordsworth Dictionary of Pub Names, the Froize was built in 1980 on the site of an ancient alehouse, associated with the monks of the nearby priory (presumably Butley Abbey).

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Footnote

Froize is a local name for a pancake which may be sweet or savoury and reputedly was a tradition fayre served by the monks at the nearby priory.

(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)

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