android appGlemsford Black Lion
listed building grade II
last updated Oct 19th, 2021.
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Glemsford Black Lion
also traded as Lion
North West, 52.10243,0.66742
Closed:
Pub closed 2021, changed to hotel 2022 - planning permission DC/21/00244 | Full Planning Application - Conversion of ground floor to provide 2 letting rooms, erection of single storey rear extension, erection of outbuilding to provide three letting rooms Approved 19 Aug 2021
opened 14th century
Lion Rd, CO10 7RF
grid reference TL 827 482
The pub is shown on this old OS map from about 1924 (interactive map)
A 14th century local serving good beer.
Gallery
Wong's Cherry Tree 0.10 mile
Angel 0.46 mile
George 1.77 miles
Five Bells 1.80 miles
Black Lion 2.5 miles
Hare 2.6 milesHistorical interest
Owner/operator: Greene King
C14th local serving good ale and home cooked food.
Beers: Greene King IPA, seasonal ale, Abbot.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Notice hereby given that on Mon 24th day inst. June will be the usual annual show of horses, milch cows and young stock at Glemsford Suffolk. An ordinary will be provided at the Black Lion at 1 o clock. All those gentlemen and others that please to favour him with their company shall meet with suitable entertainment and their favours gratefully acknowledged by their most obliged and humble servant, James Rogers …Ipswich Journal, 15 Jun 1782
To be sold by auction by James Chaplin on Friday 13 inst…
Landlords
Footnote
The black lion is a heraldic sign mainly related to either Queen Philippa of Hainault - wife of Edward III and a popular 14th cent. queen who was married for over 40 years. Or it may be a reference to Owain Glyndwr - the celebrated 14th cent. Welsh chieftain.
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
(old PO directory information courtesy of londonpublichouse.com)
(** historic newspaper information from Stuart Ansell)
Old OS map reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.
