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Lound Village Maid
Lound Village Maid
East, 52.5328,1.69108
Cask Ale is sold here.
71 The St, NR32 5LP
grid reference TM 504 991
opened approximately 1835
owner/operator: Punch Pubs & Co (Punch Taverns) / Moss & Co
The most northerly pub in Suffolk, the Village Maid is primarily a restaurant and has an almost unique name for a pub, the only others having been found being in Bradfield, near Manningtree and in Birmingham.
The pub was extensively renovated by its new owners in early-2016.
Facilities
- Accessible to disabled customers
- Beer garden or other outside drinking area
- Evening meals
- Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
- Parking
- Real fire
- Restaurant or separate dining area
Railway station about 3.2 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Historical interest
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1903 (interactive map)
Owner/operator: Pubmaster
Food orientated bar in a picturesque position. Landlord keen on Tolly Cobbold beers.
Beers: Ind Coope Burton Ale; Tetley Bitter; Tolly Mild, Bitter, Cobbold's IPA.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
To be sold by auction at the Bear Inn, Southtown, Lot 2: All that new built free public house, called the Village Maid, with yard and stable adjoining, now in full trade, and in the occupation of Joseph Chapman.Ipswich Journal, December 1835**
(Southtown is part of Great Yarmouth).
Two customers were caught throwing dice for small sums of money contary to the terms of the licence. The landlord and lady were not present as they with a legal raffle for a pig and geese…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)