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Barking Blackbirds (Birds)
Barking Blackbirds (Birds)
also traded as Blackbird
West, 52.13074,1.01759
closed 1965
opened 1860s
Barking Rd
grid reference TM 066 523
It's shown here as a beerhouse on an OS map of the 1890s. (interactive map)
Now residential, the Blackbirds was originally only licensed as a beerhouse; it only got a full license on February 8th 1956, according to the Stow licensing records. It was known locally just as "the Birds".
Gallery
Historical interest
In 1937 the pub is listed in Kelly's Directory as one of 220 pubs that was retailing beer that they were brewing.
Landlords
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(1891 census information from Dudley Diaper)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Opening date from A Survey of Suffolk Parish History.
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
