Tolly Cobbold Pubs

Pubs

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.

List of Known Tollemache and Cobbold Pubs

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