grid reference TL 853 649
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last updated 21/01/2020Bury St Edmunds Royal Oak
historical closure era: late 20th centuryopened 1840s
closed 1970s
3 Tayfen Rd
Now demolished.
A report in the Bury & Norwich Post* in 1857 (January 13th) when Thomas Balls was landlord gave him as a witness in a case of a stolen pig.
A report in the Bury & Norwich Post* in 1860 (November 20th) announced the sudden death, in his 45 year, of Mr Burch of the Royal Oak, Tayfen Road.
Sometime after WWI my Great Grandparents ran the Royal Oak in Tayfen Road and my dad spent some of his childhood living there.Chris Argent
The pub is shown on this OS town plan of 1855.
(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)