It was a busy day for the bookies at the Ipswich Racecourse when this Victorian photograph was taken. Racing was held here from around 1710. The races were over a 2.5 mile track. Officers from the cavalry at the Ipswich barracks and local gentry took part. The ìlower classesî watched from around the track, which was on a site now approximately bound by Felixstowe Road, Lindbergh Road, Nacton Road and Levington Road. The last steeple chase was in 1895. Flat racing continued until 1911. This area of Ipswich became known as Racecourse. Housing development started in 1921.
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Ipswich: Lost Inns, Taverns and Public Houses
The new book by David Kindred
The book is a remarkable record of some 400 public houses, inns and beer houses. The entries are organised into two sections. The first describes the public houses that have been closed since 1919 and includes photographs of the establishments, while the second lists closures from the eighteenth century to the First World War punctuated with photographs where available. Old Pond Publishing
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