android appIpswich Crooked Billet
Ipswich Crooked Billet
52.05793,1.13374
Closed: unknown era
Handford Hall
grid reference TM 149 445 (approximate location)
The old bridge it was close to can be seen on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
The Crooked Billet is described as standing "close to Seven Arches Bridge"; a predecessor to the present London Road bridge over the western branch of the Gipping. Handford Hall.
It seems to have been roughly where the present Sainsbury's store stands.
Another inn of this name stood in Great Whip Street.
Mermaid 0.08 mile
Earl Kitchener 0.25 mile
Brewers Arms 0.56 mile
St Jude's Brewery Tavern 0.57 mile
Red Lion 0.60 mile
Station Hotel 0.69 mileLandlords
1830: Henry Waller ((farmer))
1841: Henry Waller ((Farmer, Handford Hall, pub not named, not shown as pub or publican, Head/Widower/75y/born Ipswich))
1844: Hy. Waller
1851: Henry Waller ((Farmer, Handford Hall, pub not named, not shown as pub or publican, Head/Widower/66y/born Ipswich))
1855: Henry Waller
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
