android appIpswich Britannia Inn
Ipswich Britannia Inn
South, 52.06023,1.19268
Closed: about 1906
975 Woodbridge Rd
grid reference TM 189 450
It's shown on this OS town plan from about 1880 (larger map).
The Britannia Inn stood where the Lattice Barn now stands. The latter pub was opened in 1910, so the Britannia was probably demolished (burned down?) just before this.
Due to boundary changes, the Britannia was originally listed as being in Rushmere St Andrew.
Lattice Barn 0.00 mile
Brickmakers' Arms 0.21 mile
Old Times 0.44 mile
Fat Cat 0.50 mile
Harp 0.52 mile
Royal George 0.76 mileHistorical interest
A group of men and women broke into the Britania (in Woodbridge Road) during the early hours of a morning. They were caught playing games and drinking the pubs beer and charged with theft. At their trial they were found not guilty as they had "taken too much drink".Ipswich Journal, August 5th 1882** (when Robert Thompson was the landlord)
Landlords
1841: Samuel Newson ((Innkeeper, Head/60y/born Suffolk))
1844: Samuel Newson
1855: G. Farthing ((& butcher))
1865: Philip Segger ((& blacksmith))
1869: Philip Segger ((Britannia) (& blacksmith) (Woodbridge rd, California))
(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.
