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Ipswich Three Conies
also traded as Three Cooneys
52.0579,1.15264
Closed: before 1840
opened pre-1689
Cornhill
grid reference TM 162 446 (approximate location)
One of Ipswich's most ancient inns; this was one of only 24 to appear on a town assessment of 1689. We know from a reference in 1766 (see the historical section) that it was somewhere on the Cornhill; and possibly located close to where the Kings Arms was later built?
C H Evelyn White, in an 1888 paper presented to the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and Natural History, quoted from the Town Assembly book:
87. — 16. James I. Licence by Sir Gyles Mompesson Knt., Gyles Brugges and James Thurbane asquires, His Majesty's Commissioners for continneinge keepinge or errecting of Innes and Hosteries to Thomas Burrage to keep an inn at his dwelling-house in Ipswich under the sign of " The Three Coonyes " during the lives in survivorship of his wife Elizabeth Burrage, Edmond Greenleafe and John Greenleafe.
Manning's 0.02 mile
Swan & Hedgehog 0.05 mile
Arcade Street Tavern 0.05 mile
Three Wise Monkeys 0.06 mile
Rep 0.09 mile
Cosy Club 0.11 mileHistorical interest
On Tuesday next at the Three Conies in Ipswich will be fought a Battle Royal by five Cock Spurs, value five shillings, the owner of each Cock to Pay One Shilling before fighting and no Cock to be handed the Time any two Cocks Fight.Ipswich Journal, April 16th & 23rd 1726***
Robert Crisp, many Years Servant to Sir Jermyn Davers, Bart. has taken the Three Conies in the Market-Place, Ipswich.Ipswich Journal, February 23rd 1745***
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal, January 4th 1766***, to Benj. Chenery, at the Three Conies, on the Corn-Hill, Ipswich
Landlords
Footnote
NOTE: Coneys or Connies is a reference to rabbits.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
