Barnby Blind Man's Gate
Barnby Blind Man's Gate
North, 52.45649,1.65943
Closed: between 1920 and 1970
Beccles Rd
grid reference TM 487 905
The pub can be seen here on the 1884 OS map (larger map).
An inn appears on the OS maps at this approximate location at least as late as 1946. On the 1856 map, "Blindman's Gate" is marked here.
It's listed in the 1910 Rates book as being owned by the Crown Brewery of Lowestoft.
A car wash now stands on the site of the pub.
There's no consensus as to the origin of this unusual name; one suggestion is that it was originally a tollhouse looked after by a blind man.
Swan 0.72 mile
Crown 1.08 miles
Coach House 1.21 miles
Bell Inn 1.59 miles
Old Red House 1.63 miles
Three Horseshoes 1.78 milesHistorical interest
The Beccles Brewery was sold with a house, gardens, building plots, a hotel [Kings Head] and 32 public houses previously owned by Frederick William Farr, at the Kings Head in Beccles on 28 Apr 1852. See Suffolk Archives Ref: 559/1 - This sale included the Blindmans Gate, Lowestoft Road, Barnby [landlord Henry Doddington]
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
