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Leiston is part of the Leiston cum Sizewell parish.
last updated Jul 15th, 2024.
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Leiston Black Horse
also traded as Kingfisher, Venue
South East, 52.20621,1.5774
Closed: about 2011
opened pre-1874
High St, IP16 4EW
grid reference TM 445 624
It's shown (as an un-named hotel) on this old OS map from about the end of the 19th century. interactive map
This pub traded for most of its existence as the Black Horse (until sometime soon after 2005). After a few years as "The Venue" it was renamed the Kingfisher and traded for some time as a "restaurant, takeaway and free house". When seen in June 2013, all signage for the pub area had been removed and the building was re-signed as the Leiston Tandoori; so it had ceased to be a pub.
In September 2011, permission was granted to convert the pub into a HMO and B&B, so evidently it finally closed not too long before that.
Owner/operator: Inntrepeneur
Massive single bar catering mainly for the young.
Beers: ScotCo John Smith's Bitter.CAMRA's 1997 Suffolk Real Ale Guide
Gallery
Royal Standard 0.04 mile
Bar 0.05 mile
Engineers' Arms 0.14 mile
White Horse 0.16 mile
Parrot 0.90 mile
Butcher's Arms 1.15 milesHistorical interest
The annual Leiston Easter Tea was held at the Black Horse Inn, where only a limited number attended to partake of the good things which landlord Mr W Burrows, had spared no pains to provide. Ipswich Journal, Apr 1865**
At the Halesworth Petty Sessions held in Sep 1875, the application by Henry Frederick Reeve, shopkeeper, for a license to sell wines and spirits, for consumption off the premises was granted. The application had been opposed by Mr Snell of the Black Horse. Ipswich Journal, Sep 1875**
David Burley, a labourer of Theberton, was found guilty of being disorderly and refusing to quit licensed premises when asked to do so by the landlord, Edwin Turtill. He pleaded guilty and as an old offender was fined £1 10s and 17s 6d costs, to be levied by distress…
Landlords
(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.
