Bury St Edmunds Soldier's Home
Bury St Edmunds Soldier's Home
also traded as Soldier's House
North, 52.24453,0.70643
Closed: between 1840 and 1920
131&132 King's Rd
grid reference TL 848 641
King's Road was previously called Cemetery Road, and Field Lane before that. Our map shows the location we understand the pub to have stood.
It's probably been demolished, as buildings with those numbers are modern.
Vespers 0.20 mile
Oakes Barn 0.21 mile
Dove 0.24 mile
Rising Sun 0.24 mile
Corn Exchange bar 0.25 mile
Nightjars 0.25 mileHistorical interest
Listed at 42 Cemetery Road by 1871 (as the Soldiers House), 49 Cemetery Road by 1881 and 131 & 132 Cemetery Road by 1901. (Street renumbering)
Landlords
1871: Michael Fener ((Agricultural Worker, not publican, Soldiers House 42, Cemetery R., Head/Married/47/born Suffolk))
1871: Arthur Fener ((Innkeeper, Soldiers House, 42 Cemetery Rd., Son/Unmarried/19/born Suffolk))
1874: Matthias Brevitt ((Beerhouse Keeper, 42 Cemetery Rd., pub not named))
1881: William Laws ((Wood Carver, Publican, Soldiers Home, 49 Cemetery Rd., Head/Married/35/born Norwich, Norfolk))
1888: Mrs Mary Ann Laws ((Beer retailer, 49a Cemetery Rd., pub not named))
(Most pub, location & historic details collated by Nigel, Tony or Keith - original sources are credited)
