The 1791 Universal British Directory lists a George in Bury St Edmunds, which could be an earlier name for this pub? (but currently we have listed these references to the George Inn separately).

The pub is listed in the Buttermarket in 1823, at 18 Great Market place in 1830, at 16 Meat Market in 1839 and at 18 Meat Market in the 1840 Pigot's directory.