android appRushmere St Andrew Hop Garden
Rushmere St Andrew Hop Garden
South, 52.06414,1.21672
Closed: about 1881
opened about 1844
Woodbridge Rd
grid reference TM 205 455
This old OS map from about the end of the 19th century (interactive map) shows a building called "Old Hopgrounds" in what seems to be the right location.
My dad has paperwork somewhere which shows that the house and land was bought by his grandfather, Harry Cooper, in 1905. However, he knew the family had been there for some time before that, probably as tenant farmers - I think this was around 1881-3? My grandfather was born there in 1883 and the previous tenant was called Pells.
My dad refers to the house as "The Old Hop Gardens".
The house was demolished around 1955 - the former Aries Garage on the main road was later built on the site.
(info from Alan Cooper)
Bell 0.78 mile
Lattice Barn 1.06 miles
Golf 1.08 miles
Brickmakers' Arms 1.27 miles
Farmhouse 1.48 miles
Old Times 1.50 milesHistorical interest
1861 census: Joshua Parish is shown in Rushmere as victualler; I assume this would have been at the Hop Gardens.
The 1881 census lists Henry Pells as a "farmer of ten acres employing 2 men and 1 boy" - no mention of a victualler so I guess you can be sure that the beer house closed sometime before 1881?
The 1891 census shows the house listed as "Old Hop Gardens".
A small extent of land is still employed in hop-gardens, in the neighbourhood of Stowmarket, and at Rushmere, near Ipswich. Mr…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(info from Alan Cooper)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
