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Bury St Edmunds Suffolk Hotel Shades
Bury St Edmunds Suffolk Hotel Shades
also traded as Half Moon Tap, Suffolk Shades
52.24508,0.71375
Closed: between 1840 and 1920
opened After 1861
17 High Baxter St
grid reference TL 853 642 (approximate location)
This stood behind the Suffolk Hotel.
The map location is based on the location of the Suffolk Hotel, and not on the current street numbering.
Historical interest
It's not listed as a pub in the 1851 & 1861 censuses. It is not to be found in the 1879 Kelly's Directory.
Landlords
1871: Edmund Manester ((Ostler & - not shown as publican, Half Moon Tap, High Baxter St., Head/Married/27/born Bury St. Edmunds))
1881: Joseph Henry Smith ((Hackney Master & Publican, (Half Moon Tap, High Baxter St., Head/Married/35/born Ipswich))
1891: William Joseph Tyson ((Publican, Half Moon Tap, 17 High Baxter St., Head/Married/59/born Higham))
1901: (Unoccuppied) ((Note: unoccuppied does not necessarily mean closed, Suffolk Hotel Shades, 17 High Baxter St.))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)