Hare & Hounds, Ipswich (Hare & the Hounds)

Also may be listed at 32 Norwich road. At one time what's now the Hare & Hounds was two separate pubs; the Hare & Hounds (fronting Norwich Road, the lower section to the left when looking across Norwich Road) & the Grapes (the taller section on the corner & down Orford Street), listed variously at 1-3 Orford St & Regent St (Norwich Rd). We don't know when the two pubs merged, but it must have been after 1861 as we have census listings for both in that year. A report in the Ipswich Journal** on 06 Oct in 1866 states that : Henry Sar, bricklayer's labourer, was charged by Geo. BUCKENHAM, landlord of the Hare & Hounds, Ipswich, with stealing a grog glass & sugar crusher. He went with a friend to the prosecutor's house & had some beer & afterwards, a small quantity of rum & water. Missing the glass, the prosecutor asked the accused about it, & accused him of stealing it, taking it at the same time out of his trowser's pocket. Sentenced to 3 further days in prison.Photographs of this pub and more up-to-date and detailed information about it can be found at suffolk.camra.org.uk/pub/492