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CAMRA Ipswich & East Suffolk branch.
last updated Feb 8th, 2020.
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Framlingham White Lyon
also traded as Lion Inn?
North West, 52.22167,1.34443
Closed: post-1912?
opened pre-1686
Market Hill
grid reference TM 285 634
A document at Suffolk Record Office lists a "White Lion as possibly having stood in Church Street in 1912.
According to A Survey of Suffolk Parish History, a deed of 1686
describes The Griffin Inn as lying between the Crown Inn and the Lion Inn Yard.
It seems reasonable to assume that the Lion Inn was an older name for this establishment, thus giving us an idea of its age.
Gallery
Crown Hotel 0.02 mile
Castle Inn 0.10 mile
Railway 0.12 mile
Station Hotel 0.22 mile
Old Mill House 1.89 milesHistorical interest
To be lett, and enter'd upon at Michaelmas next, the White Lion Tavern in Framlingham, an ancient, large and well accustom'd House, situate near the Market-Place being very commodious for any Inn-holder having a convenient Brewing-Office, Cellars and Stable Room; also a small Shop and Slaughter-House…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
