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Sudbury White Horse

Sudbury White Horse

North West, 52.03366,0.71657

Closed: between 1840 and 1920

48 & 49 Ballingdon St

grid reference TL 864 407

It's shown on this OS town plan from 1881 (larger map).

old OS map

The White Horse was located adjacent to former Mauldon's brewery buildings (today only the offices remain). The inn dates back at least as far as 1822, when the Bury & Norwich Post reported**** a stabbing there.

March 20th 1822

On Wednesday last at the White Horse Inn at Ballingdon near Sudbury, a person named Rippengall, a shoemaker from Wisby Hills, Bulmer, had words with Thomas Noakes a horse breaker from Halstead, after a scuffle he drew a knife and stabbed Noakes in the body making wounds between 7-8 inches long so the poor fellow's bowels protruded, hopes are entertained for his rcovery, Rippengall is in Chelmsford Gaol.

The pub is also listed at number 48/49 in the 1891 census and at another time in Gregory Street.

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

(**** report reproduced with kind permission from Foxearth & District Local History Society)

(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)

(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)

Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

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