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listed building grade II
last updated May 11th, 2022.
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Bury St Edmunds Blackbirds
also traded as Three Blackbirds?
East, 52.24232,0.71605
closed May 1973
14 Bridewell Ln
grid reference TL 855 639
The pub was built early in the 18th century.
After closing it was used as a B&B for several years, but is now residential.
It's listed at 24 Bridewell Lane until at least 1874, 17 until at least 1892, and at 14 from about 1900.
Gallery
Dog & Partridge 0.05 mile
Queen's Bar & Grill 0.08 mile
Rose & Crown 0.14 mile
Masons' Arms 0.15 mile
Westgate 0.16 mile
Nutshell 0.23 mileHistorical interest
A report in the Ipswich Journal** on 13 Jan in 1857 states that :
Freehold House & Cottages to be sold at the Half Moon Hotel, BSE by orders of the Executors of John SMITH, Gent. - A desirable Freehold Dwelling House & Premises, called "The Three Blackbirds" with cottage attached in Bridewell-lane in the occupation of Messrs. BRABROOK & LOMAS.Ipswich Journal, January 13th 1857** (not listed as an Inn but the name may indicate it may have been)
In 1937 the pub is listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that was retailing beer that they were brewing.
Landlords
1851: William Clark ((Beerhouse Keeper, 24 Bridewell Lane, pub not named, Head/Married/38y/born Bury St Edmunds))
1855: John Jarrell ((Beerhouse Keeper, 24 Bridewell Ln., pub not named))
1861: William Brabrook/50y/Bury St Edmunds ((Plumber & beerhouse keeper))
1865: William Brabrook ((beer retailer - pub not named) (& plumber))
1869: Mrs Susan Bradbroke ((Beer retailer, pub not named) (& plumber) (Bridewell la))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
