Bury St Edmunds Fountain

Bury St Edmunds Fountain

also traded as Heart And Hand, Heart In Hand

East, 52.24373,0.71282

closed 1906

opened about 1748

80 Whiting St

grid reference TL 853 640

It's shown (though not named) on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map

old OS map

The Fountain has been reported at 81 Whiting Street (in 1869-79) and at 80 Whiting Street (by 1888).

The building dates from the late 18th or early 19th century.

Map

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Historical interest

Historical interest

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Landlords

Landlords

Footnote

NOTE: A messuage equates to a dwelling-house and may include outbuildings, orchard, curtilage or court-yard and garden - this may have been an earlier structure to the current property.

(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)

(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)

(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)

Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

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