Horse & Groom, Melton

Historically may be listed in Ufford (in 1839) The 1904 Woodbridge licensing records show that the Horse & Groom's license was issued in 1853. Whether this was when it was first licensed or when it got a full (ie not just beer) license isn't clear, though the latter seems more probable. A report in the Ipswich Journal** on 09 Jul in 1842 states that a capital brewery in Ipswich with residence & inn attached & several well accustomed public houses to be sold at auction by Robert Garrod including the Horse & Groom inn, Melton near Woodbridge with the gardens, paddock & outbuildings. A report in the Ipswich Journal** on 31 May in 1851 states that : "A well-accustomed & capital Inn or Public House, known by the sign of the Horse & Groom Melton, now in the occupation of Mr J FISHER." A report in the Ipswich Journal** in Jan 1880 states that : "Died on the 15th, aged 41, Mr Walter Burrows, for many years land lord of the Horse & Groom, having survived his wife by 5 months, leaving a family of seven children. To be sold by auction, all the household furniture & effects of Mr Burrows, deceased, of the Horse & Groom Inn." Photographs of this Grade II listed pub and more up-to-date and detailed information about it can be found at suffolk.camra.org.uk/pub/717