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Bury St Edmunds White Lion
Bury St Edmunds White Lion
South, 52.24652,0.71322
Closed: before 1981
9-11 Brentgovel St
grid reference TL 853 643
It's shown on this OS town plan of 1885 (interactive map).
The White Lion must have closed well before 1981 as in March of that year a planning application for "DEMOLITION AND ERECTION OF SHOPS, OFFICES, DWELLINGS AND RESTORE BUILDINGS" was lodged for 5,5A,6 7 8 9 10 11 Brentgovel St.
Historical 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
(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.