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Ipswich Brewers Arms
Ipswich Brewers Arms
Real Ale is sold here.
18 Orford St, IP1 3NS
grid reference TM 157 449
owner/operator: Hawthorn Leisure
A popular back street pub retaining two bars, a small & friendly front bar & a larger back bar with a pool table & other games.
Facilities
Accessible to disabled customers
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Separate bar
Traditional pub games available: pool
Railway station about 0.8 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Historical interest
This was a brew-pub in the 1860s.
To be sold by auction, by order of the Mortgagees, under a Bill of Sale, Lot 2, three red brick houses, situated on the Tower Ditches, each containing lower rooms, 2 chambers, cellar and yard…
Landlords
1845: Mr Harvey ((Brewer’s Arms - fronting Crown Street - Apr**))
1870: Iona Gardiner ((Brewer’s Arms license holder - Sep**))
1888: George Fisher ((beer retailer - pub not named) (20 Orford st) )
1891: William Scopes ((Beerhouse Keeper, 20 Orford St., pub not named, Head/Married/26y/born Hollesley))
1891: Wm Scopes ((beer house - pub not named) (& cab proprietor) (20 Orford st))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
