android appBury St Edmunds White Lion
Bury St Edmunds White Lion
South, 52.24652,0.71322
Closed: 1990s
9-11 Brentgovel St
grid reference TL 853 643
It's shown on this OS town plan of 1885 (interactive map).
The White Lion has been demolished.
King's Arms 0.05 mile
Nightjars 0.08 mile
Grapes 0.08 mile
Nethergate Bury St. Edmunds 0.10 mile
Gym 0.10 mile
Nutshell 0.12 mileHistorical interest
To be lett, the White Lion Inn in Bury St Edmunds, Enquire of Mr Thomas Taylor of the said Town.Ipswich Journal, September 25th 1742***
To be sold, the White Lion Inn, with the Stables, large kitchen-garden and orchard, situated near the Market-place in Bury St Edmunds. The whole of the premises are freehold, in the occupation of Mr…
Landlords
1778: Mr. Hyde ((has been at the White Lion Inn for 7 years - 28 Mar***))
1823: Poley Pearson
1830: Pooley Pearson
1839: Seth Rolfe
1844: Seth Rolfe
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(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)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
