android appLowestoft Old Market Inn
Lowestoft Old Market Inn
52.48121,1.75447
Closed: unknown, but certainly post-1940.
34 St Peters St
grid reference TM 550 936
My grand parents and then my parents kept this pub till 1940. On my birth certificate (dated 8-2-1940) its states Old Market Inn. This pub had only a license to sell beer, My parents also run the Spread Eagle from 1947 then the Norman (1960-68).from Mike Leggett
The pub is also listed at Old Market plain (in 1865) and at Old Market Square (in 1879). It has since been demolished.
Old Blue Anchor 0.05 mile
Marilyn's 0.05 mile
Carousel 0.14 mile
Welcome 0.16 mile
First & Last 0.17 mile
Oak Tavern 0.19 mileHistorical interest
In 1937 the pub was listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that were retailing beer that they were brewing.
Landlords
1865: Abraham Porter
1869: Abraham Porter ((Beer retailer, pub not named) (Old Market plain))
1871: Abraham G Porter ((Publican, 59 St Peter St. & 4 Old Market Plain, pub not named, Head/Married/50y/born Lowestoft))
1871: + Elizabth Porter ((59 St Peter St. & 4 Old Market Plain, pub not named, Wife/Married/51y/born Lowestoft))
1874: Abraham Porter ((Beer house, Old Market Plain, pub not named))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
