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As soon as the Cobbold family starting brewing they started to buy pubs. As the company expanded the tied estate became larger - by 1983 the company owned 343 pubs.
In 1990 after the collapse of Brent Walker the brewing and pub operations became split with the pubs becoming owned by a new pubco - Pubmaster.
We aim to list all the pubs that have been owned, at some time, by Tollemache and Cobbold and attempt to document at least some of their histories. The table below currently features the pubs listed in agreements of 1924 and 1961. This will be augmented in due course with later dates (1972 and 1983) and, hopefully, earlier ones too.
Although there are little bits and pieces of Tolly Cobbold pub history scattered about there is no real central resource and it has been an uphill struggle just preparing this list. If you have an interest I would recommend contacting the Suffolk Record Office who have holdings on a few pubs and helpful staff. If your pub research is confined to Suffolk then your first stop should be The Suffolk Real Ale Guide - an absolutely superb source of information on closed pubs as well as open ones compiled by Suffolk CAMRA and the Suffolk Pub History Group.
Name of Property | Street | Town/Village | 1924 | 1961 |
East Suffolk | Aldeburgh | Yes | Yes | |
Swan | Alderton | Yes | Yes | |
Sportsman | Aldham | Yes | No | |
Lion | Ardleigh | Yes | Yes | |
Crown | Ashbocking | Yes | No | |
Lord Nelson | Ashbocking | Yes | Yes | |
Swan | Ashfield | Yes | Yes | |
Life Boat | Bawdsey | Yes | No | |
Dog | Bedfield | Yes | Yes | |
Railway Tavern | Bentley | Yes | No | |
Chequers | Blakenham | Yes | Yes | |
Ship | Blaxhall | Yes | Yes | |
White Elm | Bramford | Yes | Yes | |
Cock | Bramford | Yes | Yes | |
Bull | Brantham | Yes | Yes | |
Castle | Bredfield | Yes | Yes | |
Cherry Tree | Bromeswell | No | Yes | |
Shannon | Bucklesham | Yes | Yes | |
Buck's Head | Campsea Ashe | Yes | Yes | |
Talbot | Campsea Ashe | Yes | Yes | |
King's Head | Capel | Yes | Yes | |
Crown | Cattawade | Yes | Yes | |
Horse Shoes | Charsfield | Yes | Yes | |
Butt & Oyster | Chelmondiston | Yes | Yes | |
Queen's Head | Clacton | Yes | Yes | |
Ship | Clacton | Yes | Yes | |
Greyhound | Claydon | Yes | Yes | |
Magpie | Combs | Yes | Yes | |
Punch Bowl | Combs | Yes | Yes | |
Elm | Copdock | Yes | Yes | |
Buck's Head | Creeting | Yes | Yes | |
King's Head | Creeting | Yes | No | |
Rose | Crowfield | Yes | Yes | |
Lion Inn | Debenham | Yes | Yes | |
Anchor | Dedham | Yes | Yes | |
Rose and Crown | Dedham | Yes | Yes | |
Sun | Dedham | Yes | Yes | |
Cliff | Dovercourt | Yes | Yes | |
Devonshire Arms | Dovercourt | No | Yes | |
King's Arms | Dovercourt | Yes | Yes | |
Royal | Dovercourt | No | Yes | |
Victoria | Earl Soham | Yes | Yes | |
Beehive Inn | East Bergholt | No | Yes | |
King's Head | East Bergholt | Yes | Yes | |
Porter Shop | East Bergholt | Yes | No | |
Red Lion | East Bergholt | Yes | Yes | |
Rose and Crown | Elmsett | Yes | Yes | |
Queen's Head | Erwarton | Yes | Yes | |
Elephant & Castle | Eyke | Yes | Yes | |
Dog | Falkenham | Yes | Yes | |
George & Dragon | Farnham | Yes | Yes | |
Empire House | Felixstowe | Yes | No | |
Ferry Boat | Felixstowe | Yes | Yes | |
Fludyer's Arms | Felixstowe | Yes | Yes | |
Grosvenor | Felixstowe | Yes | Yes | |
Ordnance Arms | Felixstowe | No | Yes | |
White Horse | Felixstowe | Yes | Yes | |
Cavendish Hotel | Felixstowe | Yes | Yes | |
White Horse | Finningham | Yes | Yes | |
Shepherd and Dog | Foxhall | Yes | Yes | |
Crown and Anchor | Framlington | Yes | Yes | |
Station Hotel | Framlington | Yes | Yes | |
Greyhound | Framsden | Yes | Yes | |
Greyhound | Gosbeck | Yes | Yes | |
Boot | Great Bealings | Yes | Yes | |
Barley Mow | Grundisburgh | Yes | No | |
Half Moon | Grundisburgh | Yes | Yes | |
Queen's Head | Hacheston | Yes | No | |
Black Swan | Hadleigh | Yes | No | |
Shoulder of Mutton | Hadleigh | Yes | Yes | |
White Hart | Hadleigh | Yes | Yes | |
King's Arms | Hadleigh | Yes | Yes | |
Station Hotel | Halesworth | Yes | Yes | |
Baker's Arms | Harkstead | Yes | Yes | |
Alma | Harwich | Yes | Yes | |
Anchor | Harwich | Yes | Yes | |
Angel | Harwich | Yes | No | |
Duke's Head | Harwich | Yes | Yes | |
Hanover Square | Harwich | Yes | Yes | |
Royal | Harwich | Yes | No | |
Ship | Harwich | Yes | No | |
Wellington | Harwich | Yes | Yes | |
White Hart | Harwich | Yes | No | |
Turk's Head | Hasketon | Yes | Yes | |
Cross Keys | Henley | Yes | Yes | |
Beerhouse | Hintlesham | Yes | No | |
Compasses | Holbrook | Yes | Yes | |
Fox | Hollesley | Yes | Yes | |
Asylum | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Bell (Black) | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Bell (Old) | Stoke Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Black Horse | Black Horse Lane | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Boar's Head | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Borough Tavern | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Brickmaker's Arms | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Bull | Kay Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Case is Altered | Woodbridge Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Chequers | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Commerce House | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Cross Keys | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Crown | Bridge Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Crown (Whitton) | Norwich Road | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Crown and Sceptre | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Currier's Arms | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Dale Hall Beerhouse | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Dove | St Helen's Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Duke of Edinburgh | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Duke of Gloucester | Clapgate Lane | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Duke of Kent | Upper Orwell Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Duke of York | Woodbridge Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
E. U. R. | Croft Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Earl Kitchener | Hadleigh Road | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Emperor | Norwich Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Engineer's Arms | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Feathers | Westgate Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Firzroy Street Beerhouse | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Fountain | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Fox | Upper Brook Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Fruiterer's Arms | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Gainsborough Hotel | Sandy Hill Lane | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Gardener's Arms | Bishops Hill | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Globe | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Golden Fleece | St Matthew's Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Golden Tavern | St Helen's Street | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Grapes | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Griffin | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Grosvenor | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Grove Tavern | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Gun | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Halberd | Northgate Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Half Moon & Star | St Matthew's Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Handford Cottage | Handford Road | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Happy Return | Holywells Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Heathlands Hotel | Foxhall Road | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Inkerman | Norwich Road | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Joiner's Arms | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Kings Arms | Thoroughfare | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Kings Head | Sproughton Road | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Lifeboat | Wherstead Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Lion's Head | Caudwell Hall Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Lock Tavern | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Malt House | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Margaret Catchpole Hotel | Cliff Lane | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Marquis Cornwallis | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
May Bush | St Helen's Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Millers Arms | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Mitre | St Helen's Street | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Mulberry Tree | Woodbridge Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Myrtle | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Nacton Road Beerhouse | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Neptune | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
New Engineers | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
New Inn | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Newson Street | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Nightingale | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Parliament Road Beerhouse | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Plough | Dogs Head Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Pot of Flowers | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Quadling Arms | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Queen's Head | St Matthew's Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Racecourse Hotel | Nactobn Road | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Railway Hotel | Foxhall Road | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Ranelagh Arms | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Rising Sun | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Rose | St Peters Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Rose and Crown | Norwich Road | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Rose of England | Woodbridge Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Roundwood Stores | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Royal George | Colchester Road | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Royal Oak | Felixstowe Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Saracen's Head | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Sea Horse | College Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Ship | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Ship Launch | Ship Launch Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Sorrel Horse | Fore Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Spread Eagle | Upper Orwell Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Spring Tavern | Spring Road | Ipswich | No | Yes |
St Clement's Ale Stores | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
St Edmunds Hd | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Staff of Life | Bramford Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Star Bakery | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Station Hotel | Burrell Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Steam Boat Tavern | New Cut West | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Steam Packet | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Swan | King Street | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Tankard | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Thomas Eldred | Cedarcroft Road | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Three Swans | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Three Tuns | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Trafalgar | Spring Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
Tramway Tavern | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Underwood & Co | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Victoria (Mannings) | Cornhill | Ipswich | No | Yes |
Vine | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Waterman's Arms | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Wherry | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Withipoll Arms | Ipswich | Yes | No | |
Woolpack | Tuddenham Road | Ipswich | Yes | Yes |
White Horse | Kersey | Yes | No | |
Ship | Kirby-le-Soken | Yes | Yes | |
Greyhound | Kirton | Yes | Yes | |
White Horse | Kirton | Yes | Yes | |
Skinner's Arms | Lawford | No | Yes | |
Queen's Head | Layham | Yes | Yes | |
Cobbold Arms | Leiston | Yes | No | |
Crown | Leiston | Yes | Yes | |
Ship | Levington | Yes | Yes | |
Admiral's Head | Little Bealings | Yes | Yes | |
Lion | Little Glenham | Yes | Yes | |
Railway Tavern | Manningtree | Yes | No | |
Bell | Marlesford | Yes | Yes | |
Station Hotel | Mellis | Yes | No | |
Horse & Groom | Melton | Yes | Yes | |
Station Hotel | Melton | Yes | No | |
Green Man | Mendlesham | Yes | Yes | |
Royal Oak | Mendlesham | Yes | No | |
Dragon | Mickfield | Yes | Yes | |
White Elm | Monk Soham | Yes | Yes | |
King's Head | Needham | Yes | No | |
Bull | Needham Market | Yes | Yes | |
Lion | Needham Market | Yes | Yes | |
Rampant Horse | Needham Market | Yes | Yes | |
Swan | Needham Market | Yes | Yes | |
Shoulder of Mutton | Old Newton | Yes | Yes | |
Swan Inn | Peasenhall | Yes | Yes | |
Greyhound | Pettistree | Yes | Yes | |
White Horse | Rendham | Yes | Yes | |
Angel | Saxmundham | Yes | Yes | |
Railway Inn | Saxmundham | No | Yes | |
Refreshment Rooms | Saxmundham | Yes | No | |
White Hart | Saxmundham | Yes | Yes | |
Volunteer | Saxtead | Yes | Yes | |
Bristol Arms | Shotley | Yes | Yes | |
Sorrel Horse | Shottisham | Yes | Yes | |
Duke of Marlborough | Somersham | Yes | Yes | |
Wild Man | Sproughton | Yes | Yes | |
Brewer's Arms | Stonham Aspel | Yes | Yes | |
Ten Bells Inn | Stonham Aspel | No | Yes | |
Duke's Head | Stowmarket | Yes | Yes | |
Greyhound | Stowmarket | Yes | Yes | |
King's Arms | Stowmarket | Yes | No | |
King's Head | Stowmarket | Yes | Yes | |
Pickerel | Stowmarket | Yes | Yes | |
Pot of Flowers | Stowmarket | Yes | Yes | |
Queen's Head | Stowmarket | Yes | Yes | |
Rose | Stowmarket | Yes | No | |
Crown | Stowupland | Yes | Yes | |
Pickerel | Stowupland | Yes | No | |
Wellington | Stowupland | Yes | Yes | |
King's Arms | Stratford St Mary | Yes | Yes | |
King's Head | Stutton | Yes | Yes | |
Chequer's Inn | Sudbourne | No | Yes | |
Half Moon | Swilland | Yes | Yes | |
Waterloo House | Tattingstone | No | Yes | |
White Horse | Tattingstone | Yes | Yes | |
Crown | Tendring | Yes | Yes | |
Lion | Theberton | Yes | Yes | |
Bell | Thorpe-le-Soken | Yes | Yes | |
Maid's Head | Thorpe-le-Soken | Yes | Yes | |
Hand in Hand | Trimley | Yes | Yes | |
Three Mariners | Trimley | Yes | Yes | |
Fountain | Tuddenham | Yes | Yes | |
Green Man | Tunstall | No | Yes | |
Crown | Ufford | Yes | Yes | |
Lion | Ufford | Yes | Yes | |
Maybush | Waldringfield | Yes | Yes | |
Angel | Walton | Yes | No | |
Egyptian Lodge | Walton | Yes | No | |
Feathers | Walton | Yes | Yes | |
Ferry Boat | Walton | No | Yes | |
Half Moon | Walton | Yes | Yes | |
Ordnance Arms | Walton | Yes | No | |
Porto Bello | Walton-on-the-Naze | Yes | Yes | |
Ostrich | Wherstead | Yes | No | |
Crown | Wickham Market | Yes | No | |
Barley Mow | Witnesham | Yes | Yes | |
Station Hotel | Wivenhoe | Yes | Yes | |
Anchor | Woodbridge | Yes | No | |
Angel | Woodbridge | Yes | Yes | |
Bay Horse | Woodbridge | Yes | Yes | |
Boat | Woodbridge | Yes | No | |
Cherry Tree | Woodbridge | Yes | Yes | |
Cross | Woodbridge | Yes | Yes | |
Horse and Groom | Woodbridge | Yes | No | |
King's Head | Woodbridge | Yes | Yes | |
Maltster's Arms | Woodbridge | Yes | Yes | |
Prince of Wales | Woodbridge | Yes | No | |
Queen's Head | Woodbridge | Yes | No | |
Red Lion (Lion) | Woodbridge | Yes | Yes | |
Royal Oak | Woodbridge | Yes | No | |
Station Hotel | Woodbridge | No | Yes | |
Swan | Worlingworth | Yes | Yes |