android appBury St Edmunds Pickerel
Bury St Edmunds Pickerel
52.24527,0.71331
closed 1770
Buttermarket
grid reference TL 853 642 (approximate location)
According to Old inns of Suffolk by Leonard P Thompson this medieval hostelry was separated by one house from the Half Moon Inn. By 1770 it had ceased to exist and became a shop.
Nethergate Bury St. Edmunds 0.03 mile
Nutshell 0.04 mile
Corn Exchange bar 0.05 mile
King's Arms 0.08 mile
Vespers 0.10 mile
Masons' Arms 0.12 mileHistorical interest
To be lett, the Pickerel, an ancient Inn, situate in the Butter-Market in Bury St Edmunds, with a Brick and Sash front, two Kitchens, two Parlours, a very good Dining-Room, Chambers for 14 or 15 Beds, two good Cellars and a Storehouse, with a convenient Brewhouse and other Conveniences suitable, and Stabling for 50 Horses. For better Encouragement, there will be no rent to pay up to Lady Day next.Ipswich Journal, November 23rd 1751***
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
