android appIpswich Half Moon
Ipswich Half Moon
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Closed: before 1840
Silent St
grid reference TM 162 442 (approximate location)
Reportedly a "popular landmark pub" at the St Nicholas end of Silent Street. Unfortunately we know neither exactly where or when.
Thomas Wolsey 0.04 mile
Miami Bar 0.08 mile
Falcon 0.10 mile
Plough 0.12 mile
Cosy Club 0.15 mile
Shamrock 0.16 mileHistorical interest
To be sold by auction at the sign of Half moon near the bank in Ipswich on Tue next… 300 gallons of foreign brandy and 60 gallons of foreign geneva... sale begins at 11 in forenoon. Ipswich Journal, 27 Sep 1783
Came astray at the Half Moon (Ipswich) a black gelding, full aged. Any person describing the markings and paying the charges may have him again, if not redeemed in one month from the above date he will be sold to defray expenses.Ipswich Journal, 3 July 1784
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
