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Lowestoft May Fly
Lowestoft May Fly
52.47906,1.75715
Closed: between 1840 and 1920
Herring Fishery Score
grid reference TM 552 934 (approximate location)
The May Fly is also listed at the Beach and in Nelson Score.
Isaac Hall owner and keeper of the Mayfly beerhouse, at the bottom of Herring Fishery Score (which runs beside the Wheatsheaf), died suddenly after returning from a neighbouring beerhouse where he partook of some ales and porter.Ipswich Journal, April 21st 1860** when Isaac Hall was the (recently deceased) landlord of the May Fly.
Landlords
1851: Isaac Hall ((Twine Spinner & Shop Keeper, Halls Yard, not shown as pub or publican, Head/Married/40y/born Lowestoft))
1851: + Mary Hall ((Halls Yard, not shown as pub or publican, Wife/Married/37y/born Holton))
1855: Issac Hall ((Beerhouse, beach, pub not named))
1860: Issac Hall ((recently deceased))
1861: Abraham G Porter ((Joiner & Shopkeeper, May Fly, Nelson Score, Head/Married/41y/born Lowestoft))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)