Debenham Lion (AKA The Lion and The Red Lion)
Address: 8 High Street, Debenham, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 6QT.
Website: https://www.debenhamlion.com/
Status: Now (24th November, 2023) re-opened as a Pub.

Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
The Red Lion in the High Street on the left of the image above and on the right of the image below.
I took this photo (above) in 2008.
Occcupiers
- 1746
 - 1783 - Henry Kent1
 - 1851 - Devereux Jessop2
 - 1855 - Devereux Jessop3
 - 1858 - Devereux Jessop4
 - 1861 -
 - 1869 - Mrs Elizabeth Jessop5
 - 1871 - Elizabeth Jessop6
 - 1871 - Mrs Elizabeth Jessop7
 - 1881 - Devereux Jessop8
 - 1885 - Devereux Jessop9
 - 1891 - Devereux Jessop, vict., malt and hop merchant, and horse and trap letter10
 - 1892 - Devereux Jessop11
 - 1892 - Devereux Jessop12
 - 1900 - Albert Edward Pratt13
 - 1901 - William Ruffles14
 - 1908 - William Ruffles15
 - 1912 - Albert Edwd Saunders16
 - 1916 - Albert Edward Saunders17 and 18
 - 1921 - Ernest A Ford19
 - 1922 - Ernest Albert Ford20
 - 1925 - William S. Hearn18
 - 1929 - William S. Hearn21
 - 1933 - William S. Hearn22
 - 1937 - William S. Hearn23
 - 1939 - William S. Hearn24
 - 1955 - The Red Lion becomes a listed building, Grade II (http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-281519-the-red-lion-debenham-suffolk)
 - 1999 - 2022 Was a private dwelling
 - 2022 - Leonora Faggionato24
 - 24th November 2023 - Re-Opened as a Pub
 
Citations
- [S110] Unknown author, 'unknown short article title', "9th August 1783, Page 3."
 - [S27] 1851 Census for England & Wales (online image) "Class: HO107; Piece: 1797; Folio: 120; Page: 24; GSU roll: 207446."
 - [S82] History, Gazetteer and Directory, 1855.
 - [S83] Kelly's Suffolk Directory, 1858.
 - [S861] Kelly's Cambridge, Norfolk & Suffolk Directory, 1869.
 - [S15] 1871 Census for England & Wales (online image).
 - [S145] History, Gazetteer and Directory, 1874.
 - [S25] 1881 Census for England & Wales (online image).
 - [S140] History, Gazetteer and Directory, 1885.
 - [S16] 1891 Census for England & Wales (online image).
 - [S142] History, Gazetteer and Directory, 1892.
 - [S141] Kelly's Suffolk Directory, 1892.
 - [S139] Directory, 1900 "Proprietor."
 - [S3] 1901 Census for England & Wales (online image) "Class: RG13; Piece: 1768; Folio: 70; Page: 1."
 - [S148] Directory, 1908.
 - [S119] Directory, 1912.
 - [S149] Directory, 1916.
 - [S135] Directory, 1925.
 - [S705] Directory, 1922.
 - [S1321] 1921 Census for England & Wales (online image).
 - [S152] Directory, 1929.
 - [S134] Directory, 1933.
 - [S132] Directory, 1937.
 - [S624] 1939 National Register for England & Wales (online image).