| History of The Gardeners Arms The building was owned by a William Crosse and later Charlotte Crosse from 1852 to 1860 then Joseph Lankester, wine merchant of Stowmarket owned it. In 1882 Alexander Clutterbuck, brewer of Stowmarket sold it to Edward Greene & Co. which in 1887 became Greene King & Co. The first mention of a beerhouse in the area is in 1855 when a William Haxell had a beerhouse in Upper Combs, not named but probably The Gardeners Arms. 1863 - 1875 The Gardeners Arms was run by John Robinson, a dealer. 1879 - 1891 the landlord was George Webber a cattle dealer he died in 1891 and his widow Margaret Webber was there until 1892 when Thomas Gosling, a bricklayer took over until 1911. from 1912 - 1938 George Battle was there, he had previously been at The Cricketers in Stonham. On his death the licence was transferred to his widow Mrs Nellie Battle, but by 1939 Roy Cotterell took over, he was the uncle of Pat Cobbold of The Live And Let Live. While Roy was serving in the forces during the war his wife Kathleen May Cotterell ran the pub. On his return Roy took over the licence and stayed on until 1950 when Dennis Buckle arrived. From this time a succession people took the pub usually for a few years only. 1956 mains water supply connected, water previously obtained from pond. 1966 - 1968 - Robert J. Prior 1968 - 1975 - Edmund J. Morphew 1976 - 1980 - Peter G. and Maria Theobald 1981 - 1982 William Burch 1983 - 1985 Martin M. Benson 1986 - 1989 Roy Goldwin 1990 - 1993 David J. Grieves 1993 - 1994 James W. Fareden 1995 - Tim Reeves & Vi Stephenson 1996 - 1998 David E. Stephens - Row 1999 - Terence O. Clarke 1999 - Nigel Burch, manager to Melanie Scott of the Magpie ( Stowmarket) 2000 - Richard & Jean Senior Relief managers, while still running the Freston Boot. 2001 - 2002 Simon Griffith 2002 - Sherran & Sean Eastman previously of Shepherd & Dog, Forward Green,Earl Sonham 2003 - Barrie Pierce With acknowledgement to Brian Southgate and Neil Langridge who did the reseach If you are interested in the history of the English Pub check out this site here . |
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