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last updated Jun 1st, 2020.
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Stradishall Black Horse
North East, 52.15054,0.5333
Closed: shortly after WW1
opened 1850s
Farley Green
grid reference TL 734 532
It' shown (though not named) on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
The Black Horse was also colloquially known as "The Bluster" (not the Blister as stated in the book 'Ten Miles From Anywhere' which is in fact a typing error). The nickname was a reference to the strong winds that whipped over the fields and in fact still do as you can see by the positions of the trees in the garden.
Today the house is called The Old Bakery as it was bought by a baker in the 1930's and was run as a Bakehouse until 1965.
(information from Linda Lambert)
Some listings record the pub as being in Wickhambrook; the boundary between the two parishes runs quite close to the north of the building.
The house itself was built about 1750 and was a Blacksmith's for about a century. (Hence the name the Black Horse). It was run as a small alehouse for a while and eventually bought by Greene King in 1898 and they owned it for 15 years.
The pub was not listed in the 1916 Kelly's Directory.
Gallery
Cherry Tree 0.50 mile
Three Ways 1.35 miles
Greyhound 1.68 miles
Rose & Crown 2.8 miles
Star 2.9 miles
Compasses 3.2 milesHistorical interest
Mr Brooke, applied for a licence on behalf of George WEBB, Black Horse Beerhouse, Stradishall; refused.Ipswich Journal, August 30th 1870***
Webb, a grocer and landlord of the Black Horse, was robbed of his purse after he had visited a number of public houses in which he had been drinking rum and beer. A Henry Twinn was charged, tried and found guilty of stealing Webb's money and sentenced to six months hard labour.Ipswich Journal, October 25th 1873** (when George Webb was the landlord)
Landlords
Footnote
There was another Black Horse on Hargrave Rd.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(information from Linda Lambert)
(** 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.
