android appEye Cherry Tree
CAMRA Mid-Anglia branch.
last updated Sep 26th, 2021.
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Eye Cherry Tree
North East, 52.31879,1.15609
Closed: 1953 or 1954
last owner/operator: Lacon's
Ludgate Causeway
grid reference TM 151 736
It's shown (though not named) on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
The Cherry Tree is also listed as being at Gretney (1844) and at Gretna Green (1874). In 1855 it's listed at Ludgate.
One of two Lacon's pubs in Eye called "The Cherry Tree"; coincidentally they both closed within about a year of each other.
Gallery
Queen's Head 0.47 mile
Beaconsfield Arms 1.86 miles
Cherry Tree 1.94 miles
Oaksmere Hotel 2.0 miles
Black Horse 2.6 miles
Swan Inn of Hoxne 2.8 milesHistorical interest
At the Eye Petty Sessions held in Nov 1895, the license for the Cherry Tree Inn, at Gretna, was transferred from Henry Tuffs to Francis Coe. Ipswich Journal, Nov 1895**
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
Closure details from Eye licensing records.
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
