To get the best out of this site you need Javascript enabled. If you cannot enable Javascript, please use the menu at the page bottom to navigate around the site.
Bury St Edmunds Duke of Wellington (Wellington)
Bury St Edmunds Duke of Wellington (Wellington)
North, 52.2451,0.7093
closed 1986
opened 1848
37 Prospect Row
grid reference TL 850 642
The Duke of Wellington was demolished for a new retail development in 2009.
An earlier pub of the same name (Wellington) was closed in Sparhawk Street in 1824.
Gallery
Historical interest
Died on the 2nd, after a few days illness, Mr John Hill, of the Duke of Wellington beer house, Prospect Row, Bury.Ipswich Journal, February 1870**
In 1937 the pub was listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that were retailing beer that they were brewing.
Landlords
Footnote
In 1830 the Duke of Wellington was Prime Minister when the the Beer Act was introduced to help create Beer Houses - a new lower tier of premises permitted to sell alcohol. Under the 1830 Act any householder who paid rates could apply, with a one-off payment of two guineas, to sell beer or cider in their home (usually the front parlour) and even brew on the premises. The permission did not extend to the sale of spirits or fortified wines.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)