I also have an interest in addresses in Ipswich. Two of my ancestors, John Denny and Emma Eliza Block, were married at the parish church of St Clements, Ipswich, on April 20, 1878. On their certificate, John's address is given as 6 Orford Place, St Clements, and Emma's as 9 Potter Street, St Clements. I can't find either road on a modern map. Do they still exist? If not, where were they?
One of their offspring, Alice Maud Mary Denny, was born on November 14, 1881, and the place of her birth is given on her certificate simply as Key Street, Ipswich. I believe, on the evidence of census returns, that this was actually the Maltsters Arms, long gone. The excellent Old Suffolk Pubs website gives some details of the pub/beerhouse but no picture and it seems probable that none exists if they haven't been able to raise one. But does anyone have a picture of Key Street itself as it was in those days? I'd really like to see one. I've not been able to visit the area since I discovered the family connection, and won't be able to soon, and I understand that it has changed beyond all recognition.
John Denny and his brother Robert certainly kept the Maltsters Arms (is it spelt Maltsters or Malsters?) either together or separately at some time. But by the time Alice's mother registered her birth (which she did on Christmas Eve 1881), although the occupation of father is given as publican, the mother's address is given as 20 Orwell Street, Ipswich. Was that also a pub or beerhouse? I haven't been able to answer that question myself.
I don't think that John and his wife had separated. They were certainly still together when they later moved to Debenham and took over the Eight Bells there.
In summary...
1 Where are/were 6 Orford Place and 9 Potter Street, both in St Clements.
2 Was 20 Lower Orwell Street a pub/beerhouse? Does a picture exist?
3 Are there any pictures of Key Street as it was in the 1800s?
Thank you for reading this. AF
