android appEye Horse Shoes
listed building grade II
last updated Feb 23rd, 2021.
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Eye Horse Shoes
also traded as Three Horseshoes
North East, 52.31964,1.14623
Closed: 1991 or 1992
18 Castle St
grid reference TM 145 737
It's shown (though not named) on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. …
Gallery
Queen's Head 0.10 mile
Oaksmere Hotel 1.81 miles
Beaconsfield Arms 2.0 miles
Black Horse 2.5 miles
White Horse 2.7 miles
Swan Inn of Hoxne 3.0 milesHistorical interest
Eye lamb Show: Gentlemen graziers and dealers in general are respectively informed there will be a show of sheep and lambs, neat stock, etc., held in a convenient piece of land, called Chimney Close, Eye. Hurdles will be delivered gratis the previous day. It is expected at this show, flock masters will be able to make a selection of Down Shearling Ewes of the purest blood. Note! A good Ordinary will be provided at 2pm, by your humble servants, George Hammond, at the White Lion, Randal Ward at the Horse Shoes, W M Jarrow at the Bottles. Ipswich Journal, June 1825**
The annual market tea took place at the Horse Shoes Inn, on the 14th March 1870…
Landlords
1823: Randall Ward ((Three Horse shoes))
1825: Randal Ward ((at the Horse Shoes, Eye - June**))
1830: Randall Ward ((Three Horse shoes))
1839: Lydia Ward ((Three Horse shoes))
1844: Lydia Ward ((Three Horse shoes))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
(*** historic newspaper information from Bob Mitchell)
(1861 census information from Malcolm Fairley)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
