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Aldeburgh Victoria
also traded as Herrings
West, 52.15164,1.6016
closed 2004
opened 1838?
146 High St, IP15 5AQ
grid reference TM 464 564
Now a restaurant, in its heyday the Victoria was a popular place for the lifeboat crew to meet up in.
The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the Victoria's beerhouse license was issued in 1838.
Town centre pub which has reverted to its original name after a spell as "Herrings". Loud piped music in bar and large restaurant at rear.
Beer: Greene King IPA, Seasonal Ale, Abbot.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Gallery
Cross Keys 0.08 mile
DP's Bar 0.10 mile
White Hart 0.15 mile
Mill Inn 0.23 mile
Railway Inn 0.53 mileHistorical interest
In 1937 the pub was listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that were retailing beer that they were brewing.
Landlords
1865: Horace Podd ((Beer retailer, pub not named) (High St))
1869: Benjamin Horace PODD ((Beer retailer, pub not named) (High St))
1871: Benjamin H Podd ((Shoeing Smith, High St., not shown as pub or publican, Head/Married/43y/born Aldeburgh))
1871: + Charlotte Podd ((High St., not shown as pub or publican, Wife/Married/37y/born Aldeburgh))
1881: Charlotte Podd ((Blacksmith, not shown as publican, Victoria Beerhouse, Head/Married/47y/born Aldeburgh))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic book information from Bob Mitchell)
