android appIpswich Crown & Chequer
Ipswich Crown & Chequer
52.05883,1.15864
Closed: before 1840
St Margaret's Green
grid reference TM 166 447 (approximate location)
It's known that the Crown & Chequer was open at least as long ago as 1743 and had closed by the 1880s.
There also seems to have been a reference to this inn in 1753 at Cocks (Cox) Lane.
NOTE: St Margarets Green was historically called the Thingstead: an ancient name for a meeting place*****
Salutation 0.10 mile
Bar A to Z 0.10 mile
Halberd 0.10 mile
Cock & Pye 0.14 mile
Rep 0.18 mile
County 0.18 mileHistorical interest
A reference appears in the Ipswich Journal, September 3rd 1743***, to the Crown and Chequer on St Margaret's Green, Ipswich.
Cocking at the Crown and Chequer on St Margaret's Green...Wm. Anderson.Ipswich Journal, August 14th 1756***
Cocking at Wm. Anderson's, at the Crown and Chequer on St Margaret's Green, Ipswich.Ipswich Journal, June 17th 1758***
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(***** information about the Thingstead from http://www.ipswich-lettering.co.uk/streetnames.html)
