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Stowmarket Vulcan Arms
CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Feb 8th, 2020.
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Stowmarket Vulcan Arms
closed 1913
opened about 1864
37 Bury St
grid reference TM 048 587
The Vulcan Arms was located close to James Woods' Suffolk Iron Works.
The pub is also listed at 41 Bury Street (with 7 boarders) in 1891. It was owned by Tollemache brewers after 1896.
The last tenant, John Potter, retired and continued living in premises until 1927.
The building was bought by W & C.Simpson in 1919.
For many years it was Simpsons toy shop, though that has now closed down.
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Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Stag 0.03 mile
Queen's Head 0.07 mile
Royal William 0.11 mile
Pickerel 0.16 mile
Walnut 0.16 mile
Mill Bar & Grill 0.16 mileHistorical interest
At a special petty session, held at Stowmarket on Saturday, Thomas Makens, 60, drover, of Stowmarket was charged on a warrant with having tried to strangle with a rope, and threatened to kill, Mrs. Emeline Smith, wife of Frederick Smith, landlord of the Vulcan Arms Beerhouse, Bury Street. her assailant then pulled a rope out of his pocket, and, throwing it over her head with a running knot endeavoured to strangle her. Mrs. Smith screamed for assistance. A butcher named Philip Medcalf ran to her aid and at once cut the rope. The police were sent for and a warrant was issued for Makens' arrest. This was executed on Friday afternoon when he avowed his intention of killing Mrs. Smith and himself at the first opportunity…
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Footnote
Vulcan is the Roman god of fire and metal working.
(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)
