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Beccles Caxton Arms
Beccles Caxton Arms
South East, 52.45991,1.56404
Closed: 21st century
Landlords decided not to renew their lease. 23/09/24 spotted as sold stc.
opened about 1875
1 Ravensmere, NR34 9DY
grid reference TM 422 906
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
A locals street corner bar with TV screen, pool, darts, fruit machine & juke box. Refurbished and reopened in May 2012. No food. Handy for bus station. No longer any real ale.
Gallery
Historical interest
Owner/operator: Inntrepeneur
Small, one bar pub close to the town centre.
Beer: Webster's Yorkshire Bitter.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
To be sold by auction following instructions from the Trustee of Mr William Moore's estate, Lot 12, a newly erected free public house, in Raven Meer, called Caxton Arms.Ipswich Journal, June 1875**
The Caxton Arms (situated near the Caxton Printing Works) to be let at once. For particulars apply to Messrs. Steward, Patterson, Finch, and Co., Pockthorpe brewery, Norwich. Ipswich Journal, Oct 1880**
A report in the Ipswich Journal** in December 1880 states that the license transfer to Thomas Henry Rogers, of Dunwich, was refused.…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.