Foxhall Shepherd & Dog
last updated May 22nd, 2025.
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Foxhall Shepherd & Dog
South, 52.0282,1.23109
closed March 2016
last owner/operator: Mitchells & Butlers / Miller & Carter (Mitchells & Butlers)
Felixstowe Rd, IP10 0DF
grid reference TM 217 415
The original Shepherd & Dog is shown on this old OS map from about 1902 (interactive map)
A large roadside restaurant. Large car park.
It was rebuilt as a large open plan bar and restaurant in the 1980s after a fire destroyed the original building.
Gallery
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Golden Hind 1.80 milesHistorical interest
Owner/operator: ScotCo
Typical roadside carvery, with small garden and bar billiards.
Beers: ScotCo Courage Directors; ScotCo John Smith's Bitter, ScotCo Theakston Best Bitter.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
The location may also be listed historically at Halfway house.
Eliza Akins, 15, servant to Samuel Levitt, landlord of the Shepherd and Dog, Foxhall was charged in November 1860 with stealing copper and other coins from the drawer of the pub. Levitt had often missed coins from his drawer and therefore searched her room, finding coins, to the value of 4s 6d, between her mattress and bed. She pleaded guilty and received six weeks hard labour. Ipswich Journal, November 1860**
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the Shepherd & dog's license was issued in 1855…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
