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Bures Three Horseshoes
Bures Three Horseshoes
formerly Horseshoes
South, 51.97212,0.77589
Real 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
Other nearby Suffolk pubs
Historical interest
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.
So the Three Horseshoes was run by the same family for several generations and they were also related to the local blacksmiths.
Beer house turn to full licences…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
Backsmith details from this website
