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Elmswell Oak
Elmswell Oak
West, 52.24452,0.91964
Closed: probably not long after 1911.
Ashfield Rd
grid reference TL 994 647
The Oak can be seen on this old OS from about the end of the 19th century.
Gallery
Historical interest
To be sold by auction, by instructions from the Trustees of the late Mrs Eleanor Baker and Mr George Randall Baker, deceased, Lot 3, The Oak beer house, Elmswell, well situated on the Ashfield Road, with wheelwright's shop and land.Ipswich Journal, July 1890**
Landlords
1871: Robert Durrant ((Manure Manufacturer, not shown as publican, Oak Inn Beerhouse, Head/Married/53y/born Stowupland))
1874: Robert Durrant ((Beerhouse keeper & manure mfr. pub not named))
1879: Wm. Manning ((Beer retailer & wheelwright - Pub not named))
1881: William Manning ((Wheelwright & Publican, Buttenhaugh Rd. (pub not named), Head/Married/62y/born Elmswell))
1888: William Manning ((Beer retailers & wheelwright, pub not named))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1891 census information from Dudley Diaper)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.