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Stowmarket White Hart
North East, 52.18746,0.99553
closed 1808
opened 1641
Ipswich St
grid reference TM 048 585
This one-time coaching inn and post house was closed and sold for use as retail premises in 1808. The building was later used by Woolworth's (now Peacock's).
Sometime after closure the name was transferred to the former Black Swan.
Queen's Head 0.07 mile
Fred's Bar & Vinyl 0.07 mile
Royal Oak 0.11 mile
Stag 0.16 mile
Mill Bar & Grill 0.20 mile
Willow Tree 0.20 mileHistorical interest
Joseph Lamb, who kept the Greyhound in Stowmarket, has now taken the White Hart in the same Parish.Ipswich Journal, June 24th 1769***
There will be a ball at White Hart Stowmarket on Tue April 2nd. Tickets 3s 6d each, tea and coffee included.Ipswich Journal, 9 March 1782
White Hart Stowmarket the nobility, gentry and clergy of the County Committee are most respectfully informed that a diner will be provided at the above inn on Tuesday next Sep 10, by order of Wm Middleton esq. High Sherriff - Venison for dinner at half past 2 o clock. W ShaveIpswich Journal, 7 Sep 1782
Stowmarket Mercury coach to London through Finborough, Bildeston, Hadleigh Stoke, Nayland, Kelvedon, Witham, Hatfield and Chelmsford…
Landlords
1769: Joseph Lamb ((now at the White Hart in Stowmarket - 24 Jun***))
1777: William Shave ((has taken the White Hart Inn, Stowmarket - 18 Oct***))
1782: W Shave ((White Hart Stowmarket - 7 Sep))
1783: Creditors of William Shave ((late of White Hart inn in Stowmarket - 25 Oct))
1783: Creditors of William Shave ((late of White Hart inn in Stowmarket - 25 Oct))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(detailed information from Neil Langridge - and also Brian Southgate - see their book "Stowmarket, Combs and Stowupland Pubs" published by Polstead Press in 2009)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
