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Bury St Edmunds Ram
Bury St Edmunds Ram
South East, 52.2473,0.72205
Closed: between 1920 and 1970
24 & 25 Eastgate St
grid reference TL 859 645
It's shown on this OS town plan from about 1850 (larger map).
Demolished 1971. Location ascertained from the 1885 OS map at the Bury Record Office.
Also listed at 22 and 24a Eastgate St.
Historical interest
To be lett, the Ram Inn, in the Eastgate-Street, Bury St Edmunds. NB. The Stock and Furniture to be Sold as they Stand.Ipswich Journal, August 15th 1747***
Tuesday some villains entered the house of Mr Walker, the sign of the Ram in East Gate street, Bury, in the absence of the family, and broke open a bureau, from which they took ten guineas, some silver and halfpence. Ipswich Journal, 7 Sep 1782
William Adkin late of Ram inn in Bury St Edmunds begs leave to return his grateful thanks to his friends for their liberal support for six years past in this inn and gives notice that he has taken Green Dragon in Guildhall street, the house of his deceased mother..…
Landlords
1765: Mr. Walker ((at the Ram Inn, in the East-Gate Street, Bury - 26 Jan***))
1782: Mr Walker ((the sign of the Ram, East Gate street, Bury - 7 Sep))
1791: William Adkin ((Innkeeper))
1823: Chas Middleditch
1830: William Middleditch
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** 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.