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Stoke by Clare George
CAMRA West Suffolk & Borders branch.
last updated Feb 8th, 2020.
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Stoke by Clare George
closed 1918
The Street
grid reference TL 741 435
The inn is known to date back to before 1793, when it was reported in the Bury & Norwich Post as being for sale.
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Stoke-by-Clare : The George
Situated in the centre of the village, not far from railway station.
On the First Floor: 3 Rooms and a Club Room.
On the Ground Floor: Fitted Bar, Tap Room, Kitchen and Cellar.
Large Yard with folding gates; containing good Stabling, Coach-house, Pig-stye and Garden. Also an adjoining Shoemakers.
Let to Mr. Mitson who has occupied the premises for about 38 years.Details of pub premises belonging to William Ward & Son sold, along with the brewery, by auction, January 23rd 1894***. Taken from the original source of documentation at Suffolk Record Office
It was owned by the F C Christmas & Co brewery at the time of closure. Its closure date coincides with the acquisition of the Christmas brewery by Greene King in 1918.
Landlords
1841: Ebenezer Wright ((Publican, pub not named, Head/33y/born Suffolk))
1844: Ebenz. Wright ((An Ebenezer Wright was landlord of the Lion in 1855))
1851: William Doe ((Innkeeper, pub not named, Head/Married/35y/born Steepel Bumstead))
1855: William Doe ((& butcher))
1861: Josiah Mitson ((Publican & Shoemaker, named in description, Head/Married/38y/born Hundon))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(some old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(***Original source of documentation transcribed by Graham Nunn)
