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Bury St Edmunds Marquis of Cornwallis
Bury St Edmunds Marquis of Cornwallis
also traded as Cornwallis Inn, Marquis Cornwallis
West, 52.24762,0.71206
closed 1926
78 St John's St
grid reference TL 852 645
The pub is shown (though not named) on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
The pub is also listed at Long Brackland (in 1839 & 1840), at 130 Long Brackland in 1830, at 80 St Johns Street (in 1855 & 1861), 92 St Johns Street (in 1869 & 1874) 91 St John's Street (1879) and 78 St John Street (in 1891).
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Historical interest
Marquis of Cornwallis" Inn, St John's Street, Bury, to be let "to an energetic man". Apply to Mr A BISHOP, Sarecen's Head, Guildhall Street, Bury.Ipswich Journal, February 28th 1882***
An announcement of the marriage on the 22nd, at St John's church, by special license, by the Rev. Dr Stantial, vicar, Thomas Roper Simpson to Mrs Martha Simpson, of the Marquis of Cornwallis, Bury St Edmunds.Ipswich Journal, July 1890**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.