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Walton Railway hotel
Walton Railway hotel
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Closed: between 1920 and 1970
In 1867, Colonel (George) Tomline (1813-89) purchased 6,000 acres of coastal land from the Duke of Hamilton on which he soon started to build roads and houses. He also began a campaign to build a railway from Ipswich to Felixstowe and was soon chairman of the Felixstowe Railway and Pier Company. This resulted in a new branch line and many new developments in Waton and Felixstowe. This hotel was one of several applications made by Tomline during the early phase of his ambitious plans for the new town developments, that also included the Station hotel and Pier hotel. However in the 1883 White's Directory the Railway hotel is still not listed and we do not know if it was ever built? If you know more please let us know.
Historical interest
To the overseers of the poor of the parish of Felixstowe and Walton, and to the superintendant of the police: I, George Tomline, now residing at Orwell Park, Nacton, and Waterloo Place, Middlesex, do hereby give notice of my intention to apply at the next licensing meeting for a license for the sale of Spirits, wine, beer, porter, cider, perry, and other intoxicating liquors, to be drunk or consumed upon a house about to be erected and constructed on a piece of ground situated at Walton, and intended to called the Railway Hotel, and which I intend to keep as an Inn, Alehouse, or Victualling House. Ipswich Journal, July 1875**
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)