android appBures Angel
listed building grade II
Bures is part of the Bures St Mary parish.
last updated Feb 22nd, 2021.
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Bures Angel
South East, 51.97276,0.77477
closed 1961
High St
grid reference TL 906 341
The pub is shown (though not named) on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
Built in the 17th or 18th century, the Angel dates back at least to 1783, when the Ipswich Journal reported an auction on the premises of a nearby house.
Gallery
Three Horseshoes 0.07 mile
Shoulder of Mutton 3.0 miles
Brook Inn 3.5 miles
Hare & Hounds 3.6 miles
King's Head 3.9 milesHistorical interest
To be sold, a compleat sett of Brewing Utensils, little the worse for Use, they being almost new. The size of the Mash-Tub is thirty Bushels, the Underback, Copper and Coolers, answerable to each other...Enquire at the Angel in Bures St Mary.Ipswich Journal, April 4th 1772***
To be sold – Lot 1 – that complete well accustomed inn now in full trade called the Angel in Bures…late in occupation of Mrs Martha Duffield (dec’d). Consisting of a roomy dwelling house, exceedingly dry cellars, large brewing office, diary, granary, stables, and other offices, large yard leading to river Stower….Ipswich Journal, 25 Oct 1783
The Angel - Bures is to be let - Apply to Mr William RAYNER at Bures…
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
