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Bury St Edmunds Hare & Hounds
Bury St Edmunds Hare & Hounds
North, 52.24718,0.7089
Closed: 1938, perhaps a little earlier.
opened 1783
19 - 22 Risbygate St
grid reference TL 850 644
The pub is shown on this OS town plan of 1885.
The Hare & Hounds was demolished in 1938 to make way for a car park.
From 1760 onwards, it is listed in the Ipswich Journal as a carrier stop.
Historical interest
Died, aged 64, Mrs CONEY, relict of the late Mr Nathan. CONEY, formerly of the Hare & Hounds inn, Bury.Bury & Norwich Post, 20 May 1801***
Died on 28 Dec 1869, at Thetford, Mrs Elizabeth Elmer, mother of Mrs Harvey, of the Hare and Hounds, Bury.Ipswich Journal, Feb 1870**
Died on 24 Nov 1875, aged 46, Mr John Christopher Smith, landlord of the Hare and Hounds Inn, Risbygate Street, Bury. Ipswich Journal, Nov 1875**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(various directory information courtesy of Desmond Herring)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)