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Needham Market Rampant Horse
Needham Market Rampant Horse
formerly Chequers, Cross House, Kings Arms, Ram, White Horse, Fleece
North West, 52.15198,1.05402
Cask Ale is sold here.
Coddenham Road, IP6 8AU
grid reference TM 090 548
opened 1544
owner/operator: DAB ASSOCIATES LIMITED
A timber framed building with an old beamed bar which has been a pub (on and off) since 1544. Sells a wide range of locally-sourced food & drink.
Reopened April 2021 under new ownership.
Historically also listed at Station Yard.
Facilities
- Beer festivals
- Beer garden or other outside drinking area
- Beer served through handpumps
- Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
- Dogs welcome
- Evening meals
- Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
- Oversized, lined glasses in regular use
- Parking
- Pub sells beer from local brewers
- Real fire
- Traditional pub games available
- WiFi available
Railway station about 0.1 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
Old beamed bar; being refurbished at time of survey.
Beers: Ind Coope Friary meux BB; Tetley Bitter; guest beer (Pubmaster list).CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
This timber framed building dates back to about 1500. It has also been listed at Station Yard.
As a pub it opened as the Chequers in 1544. it was called Cross House in 1590 and the Kings Arms for a short while from 1618. It was renamed the Ram in 1750, and then renamed the White Horse in 1775 when Susan Baldry and Robert Dickenson owned the inn. In 1804 it was renamed the Fleece, when it was sold to John Cobbold, a brewer in Eye. It finally became the Rampant Horse in 1830.…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1891 census information from Dudley Diaper)
(various information from book "Needham Market Pubs" by Desmond and Shelagh Herring)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(**** historic detail from Abi Pullen-Game)