android appLowestoft Free Trade Tavern
Lowestoft Free Trade Tavern
also traded as Free Trade Inn
52.48267,1.75292
Closed: unknown era
25 Factory St
grid reference TM 549 938 (approximate location)
This was listed as the Free Trade Tavern in the 1910 Lowestoft Rate book, when the pub was owned by Youngmans & Preston.
It's listed at 20 Factory Street until at least 1901, then at number 25 by about 1911.
First & Last 0.05 mile
Oak Tavern 0.09 mile
Old Blue Anchor 0.15 mile
Edge of Town 0.15 mile
Marilyn's 0.16 mile
Triangle Tavern 0.17 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
1888: Francis Rix Balls ((Beer retailer, 20 Factory St., pub not named))
1891: Francis R Balls ((Innkeeper, Head/Married/42y/born Lowestoft))
1891: + Charlotte Balls ((Wife/Married/43y/born Lowestoft))
1891: Francis Rix Balls ((Beerhouse, 20 Factory St., pub not named))
1900: Albert Edward Balls ((Beer retailer, 20 Factory St., pub not named))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
