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CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Feb 21st, 2021.
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Stowmarket Prince of Wales
also traded as Falcon
South West, 52.18678,0.99757
Closed between 1840 and 1920
opened 1859
Ipswich St
grid reference TM 050 585
The Prince of Wales was originally called the Falcon and first owned by the Falcon Brewery , of Ipswich [Cuthbert, Bridges & Co]. It was never a very successful beerhouse, with over 25 licensees in just 50 years.
After 1873 it was owned by William Golland Ranson (a Stowmarket brewer). Finally in 1896 it was sold to Tollemache Brewery.
Its close position to the Royal Oak probably helped to guarantee its closure in 1906 in a move to reduce the number of beerhouses at that time.
The building is now a kebab take away.
Gallery
Willow Tree 0.10 mile
Queen's Head 0.13 mile
Mill Bar & Grill 0.19 mile
Stag 0.23 mile
Pickerel 0.25 mile
Royal William 0.26 mileHistorical interest
Charles Mills alias Tricker, pleaded guilty to having assaulted Thomas Pooley, landlord of the Prince of Wales beer-house, on the 21st February 1870. Fined, with costs, 27s 6d; in default 14 days imprisonment, with hard labour. Ipswich Journal, Mar 1870**
Married on the 13th January 1875, Mr William Simeon Whittle, of the County Hotel, Ipswich to Agnes Baker, youngest daughter of Mr Edward Baker, of the Prince of Wales Inn, Ipswich Street, Stowmarket.Ipswich Journal, January 1875**
Edward Smith, labourer of Stowmarket, was charged by H C Talbot with refusing to quit his house, The Prince of Wales, when drunk. Smith pleaded guilty and fined 5s.Bury & Norwich Post, July 3rd 1883** (when H C Talbot was the landlord)
Seven lodgers were listed in 1891.…
Landlords
Footnote
May have become the Prince Of Wales sometime after March 1863 to commemorate Edward, Prince Of Wales (eventually Edward VII) being married to Alexandra of Denmark.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(detailed information from Neil Langridge - and also Brian Southgate - see their book "Stowmarket, Combs and Stowupland Pubs" published by Polstead Press in 2009)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
