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Brettenham Crown
Brettenham Crown
closed 1977
Old School Rd
grid reference TL 972 541
Now residential and the base for a company that makes curtain poles and other window furniture.
Jim Hill tells us:
My grandfather James Jolly was landlord here and also at the Cockfield Kings Head. I lived with him from 1940 to 1945, his sister also had Felsham Six Bells and two nephews had Hesset Five Bells & Preston Six Bells.
Also reported on Stowmarket Rd and Buxhall Rd.
The pub can be seen here on an old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
Gallery
Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Landlords
1844: William Green ((Beerhouse, pub not named))
1851: William Green ((Beer Seller, Village, Head/Widower/60y/born Hitcham) [Entry based on location])
1861: Richard Offerd ((Beer Seler, Buxhall Rd., pub not named, Head/Married/45y/born Westhorpe) [Entry based on location])
1865: Richard Orford ((Beer retailer, pub not named))
1869: Richard Offord ((Beer retailer, pub not named))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
