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Ipswich Bee Hive Tap
Ipswich Bee Hive Tap
also traded as Beehive
North, 52.05703,1.15404
Closed: 1893
18-20 Buttermarket
grid reference TM 163 445
The pub is shown on this OS town plan from about 1880 (larger map).
This building appears on the 1883 OS map as "Beehive". The Bee Hive hotel was advertised for sale in 1893. Subsequently demolished and the Grand Hotel was built before 1901.
The Bee Hive Tap is listed at the next lower even number to 16 (Bee Hive, later Grand Hotel) until at least 1871. It appears to have closed by 1881.
The building dates from the early 19th century.
Gallery
Historical interest
It's also listed at Old Butter Market, and at New Market in 1855.
Died on the 25th, James, infant son of James and Elizabeth Goodhew, of the Beehive Inn.Ipswich Journal, November 1870**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.