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Lavenham Blackbird
Lavenham Blackbird
also traded as Black Birds, Three Blackbirds
South West, 52.10878,0.79572
Closed: about WW1
opened 1734 or earlier
1 Market Ln
grid reference TL 915 492
The Listed Buildings Register confirms this as the correct building, as do signs on the building itself.
Gallery
Historical interest
To Publicans, to be let, with immediate possession, The Blackbirds Inn, Lavenham - brews their own beer, for further particulars apply at the Westgate Street Brewery, Bury St Edmunds.Ipswich Journal, October 16th 1847**
The Blackbirds Inn (Lavenham) to be let : apply to Mr Edward Green, Westgate Brewery, Bury St Edmunds.Ipswich Journal, March 18th 1848**
Landlords
1734: Mary Raynham
1736: ??
1765: ??
1768: Tho. Russell ((listed at the Blackbirds - 29 Jan***))
1791: Thomas Ruffle ((Blackbirds))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)