Finningham White Horse
listed building grade II
last updated Dec 20th, 2024.
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Finningham White Horse
East, 52.28169,1.02586
closed 13th July 2023
opened 16th century
last owner/operator: Punch Pubs & Co (Punch Taverns)
Station Rd, IP14 4TL
grid reference TM 064 691
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
A large pub on the Stowmarket-Rickinghall road, which closed in 2023.
Gallery
Trowel & Hammer 1.10 miles
Bull 1.66 miles
Four Horseshoes 2.6 miles
White Horse 3.1 miles
King's Head 3.2 milesHistorical interest
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
C16th timbered pub, with the emphasis on home cooked food.
Beers: Tetley Bitter; Whitbread Flowers IPA, OriginalCAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Cocking at John Hubbard's, the White Horse at Finningham.Ipswich Journal, 20 Jul 1765***
The Petty sessions for Hundred of Hartismere for the hiring and retaining of servants to be held on Fri 3 Oct at the White horse inn in Finningham by order of Chief Constable. Dinner at 2 o clock by J Gerrard.Ipswich Journal, 27 Sep 1794
White Horse at Finningham to be let and entered upon immediately. the above inn now full of trade with one acre of meadow land and a capital garden. Furniture and fixings to be taken by evaluation: enquire John Cobbold of Ipswich…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(**** Last Orders is a free local newsletter - published by Suffolk CAMRA memers since 1978)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
