Woodbridge Bull

previously known as Black Bull, Pyed Bull

2 Market Hill
IP12 4LR
01394 382089
grid reference TM 271 491

licensed but not a pub, as such.

hotel

Beer garden or other outside drinking area

(details under review)

Hotel: these premises may only normally offer drinks for residents and/or dinners. Please check before visiting.

Town centre hotel which includes an elegant new wine bar and restaurant.
The building dates from the early 19th century.
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listed building grade II
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Local licensing authority for Woodbridge is Suffolk Coastal
last updated 06/05/2013

(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)

(extracts from a town pub booklet written by David Hague which also includes extracts from Booth's Almanac of 1899)

(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)

(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)

(*** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)

Note

Name may be a sympathetic reference to a Papal bull - a lead seal attached to official religious edicts or documents - or a reference to Henry VIII who introduced a bulls head into his coat-of-arms after he defied a papal bull in 1538. Bull baiting was also quite widespread until it was banned in 1835.