Located on the south bank of the Orwell, right on the water on Bridge Street, immediately to the west of Stoke Bridge. It first appears in Ipswich borough records in 1562 during the reign of Elizabeth I (reigned 1558 - 1603) when the owner was a "Mr. MADOCKE" and it was noted "water at back gate". It appears not to have been a very large house at that time It was rebuilt in 1819 and from 1835 to 1873 was run by a Noah HAMBLING. In 1823/24, its owner/publican was a T. TAYLOR. It was torn down after September, 1924, along with the demolition of all the other timber-framed buildings in the immediate area when the concrete bridge and approaches still standing today were built (and completed in April, 1925). *
Ipswich pub history index
A listing of historical public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Ipswich - Suffolk.
Residents at this address.
1823/T Taylor/../../../Pigots Directory
1830/Grace Taylor/../../../Whites Directory
My great great great great grandfather was Noah Hambling who ran the White Lion,
Stoke Bridge, 24 Bridge Street, Ipswich. Noah Hambling died in 1879 and his wife
in 1875. If anyone has a photo, please let me know. *
1841/Noah Hambling/Innkeeper/35/Suffolk/Census
1841/Elizabeth Hambling/../30/Not Suffolk/Census
1841/Sarah Hambling/../15/Not Suffolk/Census
1841/Eliza Hambling/../15/Not Suffolk/Census
1841/Charles Hambling/../8/Not Suffolk/Census
1841/Elizabeth Hambling/../5/Suffolk/Census
1841/Walter Hambling/../2/Suffolk/Census
1844/Noah Hambling/../../../Whites Directory
1851/Noah Hambling/Inn Keeper/46/Holton, Suffolk/Census
1851/Elizabeth Hambling/Wife/43/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1851/Charles Hambling/Son, Mariner/16/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1851/Elizabeth Hambling/Daughter, Scholar/14/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1851/Walter Hambling/Son, Scholar/11/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1851/George Hambling/Son/8/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1851/William Hambling/Son/3/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1851/Christena Mathews/Niece, Upholstress/19/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1855/Noah Hambling/../../../Whites Directory
1861/Noah Hambling/Victualler/57/Halesworth, Suffolk/Census
1861/Elizabeth Hambling/Wife/53/Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1861/Emma Hambling/Daughter, Dress Maker/16/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1861/George Hambling/Son, Unreadable/18/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1861/William Hambling/Son, Scholar/12/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1869/Noah Hambling/../../../Post Office Directory
1871/Noah Hambling/Inn Keeper/66/Holton, Suffolk/Census
1871/Elizabeth Hambling/Wife, Inn Keeper�s Wife/65/Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1871/Charles Hambling/Son, Mariner/38/Gt Yarmouth, Norfolk/Census
1871/Emma Steggall/Daughter, Dressmaker/26/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1871/Alice E Steggall/Grand Daughter, Scholar/9/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1871/William Hambling/Son, Moulder in Ironworks/23/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1871/Sophia Hambling/Daughter in Law/21/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1871/Florence F Hambling/Grand Daughter/2/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1874/Noah Hambling/../../../Whites Directory
1881/Charles F Jennings/Publican/51/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/Elizabeth Jennings/Wife/50/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/Elizabeth Jennings/Daughter, Semptress/19/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/Annie Drover/Niece/14/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1881/Frederick Stern/Boarder, Drover (Cattle)/26/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1891/H Fisk/../../../Post Office Directory
1891/Henry Fiske/Licensed Victualler/54/Woodbridge, Suffolk/Census
1891/Florence Fiske/Daughter, Scholar/7/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1891/William Scott/Boarder, Quay Porter/37/Chelmondiston, Suffolk/Census
1891/George Farrow/Boarder, Foundry Labourer/51/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Henry Morphew/Publican/36/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Jessie Morphew/Wife/23/Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk/Census
1901/Violet Morphew/Daughter/1m/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/William Oxburrow/Nephew/16/Woodbridge, Suffolk/Census
1901/William Morphew/Boarder, Quay Labourer/34/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Alfred Haylock/Lodger, Crippled/27/Mildenhall, Suffolk/Census
1901/John Hartned/Lodger, Tailors Cutter/42/Darlington/Census
1901/Joseph Murphy/Lodger, Sanitary/45/Akenham, Suffolk/Census
1901/Joseph Addison/Lodger, Jobbing Gardener/63/Slayford, Suffolk/Census
1901/Ambrose Harper/Lodger, House Painter/49/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Albert Meadows/Lodger, Jobbing Carter/33/Ipswich, Suffolk/Census
1901/Walter J Rigby/Boarder, Shipping Clerk/33/Flore, Northamptonshire/Census
1901/James Bumstead/Lodger, Quay Labourer/63/Needham, Suffolk/Census
1904/Hy Morphew/../../../Post Office Directory
1912/William Hunt/../../../Post Office Directory