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Bures Three Horseshoes
formerly Horseshoes
South, 51.97212,0.77589
Cask Ale is sold here.
Church Square, CO8 5BS
grid reference TL 907 340
Wooden beamed single bar pub.
The Three Horseshoes is the last remaining pub on the Suffolk side of Bures.
Facilities
Accommodation available
Beer garden or other outside drinking area
Bus stop nearby (see transport links for details)
Dogs welcome
Evening meals
Family friendly
Lunchtime meals (not just snacks)
Parking
Real fire
Traditional pub games available
Railway station about 0.3 miles away (see transport links for details)
Gallery
Nearest railway station
Bures: 528 yards (482m)Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Shoulder of Mutton 3.1 miles
Hare & Hounds 3.6 miles
Brook Inn 3.6 miles
King's Head 4.0 milesHistorical interest
Owner/operator: free
Beamed one bar pub complete with resident dog and bench seating.
Beer: Greene King IPACAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Listed in Nayland Rd. until at least 1901.
The 1841 census lists two Samuel Deaths, one in Nayland Rd. (Smith, Head/Married/61/born Suffolk) and the other in Little Mill (Blacksmith, Head/Married/32/born Suffolk).
The 1861 census lists John Death as a blacksmith journeyman in High St. (Head/Married/26/born Bures St Mary).
In 1869 & 1874 Samuel Death & William Death are listed as Blacksmiths.
In 1937 the pub was listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that were retailing beer that they were brewing.
The blacksmith premises closed sometime between 1933 and 1937 and was still being run by later generations of the Death family.…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
Backsmith details from this website
